Chris Wooder
Solutions Architect at Conferma
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Wooder is a Solutions Architect with nine years of experience designing and delivering practical, commercially-aware software systems, currently focused on additive manufacturing. He has progressed from hands-on software development and test automation to technical leadership roles, including Solutions and Cloud Architect positions at TalkTalk and a Software Engineering Manager role at Carpenter Additive. Chris is skilled at rapidly understanding complex business problems, selecting appropriate technologies, and architecting robust solutions while keeping product and commercial realities in view. He contributes to open-source testing efforts—improving unit test coverage in projects like HTBox/allReady—highlighting a strong emphasis on reliability and maintainability. Based in the UK, he combines MSc-level engineering training with a track record of shipping production software across domains such as energy, telecoms, and additive manufacturing. Outside work he balances family life with outdoor pursuits and technical hobbies, which often inform a pragmatic, curiosity-driven approach to problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Software Engineering at University of Liverpool
Github Skills (11)
unit-testing10
test-framework10
asp-net-core10
csharp10
ready10
xunit10
onready10
moq10
dotnet-core10
test-automation10
testing10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
HTBox/allReady
Jan 2017 - Jul 2017
This repo contains the code for allReady, an open-source solution focused on increasing awareness, efficiency and impact of preparedness campaigns as they are delivered by humanitarian and disaster response organizations in local communities.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 14 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on implementing unit tests for the `ManageController` within the AllReady application. Their commits demonstrate a strong understanding of testing methodologies, specifically related to ensuring the correct behavior of controller actions and message handling. The code changes involve setting up test environments, mocking dependencies like `UserManager`, `SignInManager`, and `IMediator`, and verifying the expected outcomes of various controller methods, covering scenarios such as password changes, setting passwords, and message display. The commits are predominantly focused on improving the test coverage of the existing codebase.
awarenesspreparednesscampaignsc-sharporganizations
Chris-Wooder/allReady
Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:15 pushes in 5 months
awarenesspreparednessdisasterhumanitarianpreparedness-campaigns
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