Colin Howe
Head Of Engineering EMEA at Ashby
Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolColin Howe is a seasoned engineering leader with 15 years’ experience building and scaling teams and technology across startups and fast-growing product companies, currently Head of Engineering EMEA at Ashby. A Cambridge-trained mathematician and computer scientist, he blends hands-on Python and React engineering with architectural judgment and AWS-driven operational rigor. He has held CTO and interim head roles at companies like Conversocial, Juggle Jobs and Prolific, and now splits time mentoring and advising startups while shipping product. Known for turning early-stage stacks into reliable, scalable platforms, he brings a pragmatic mix of technical depth and people-first leadership shaped by extensive cross‑functional delivery.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA Mathematics and Computer Science, Master of Arts - MA Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Cambridge
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Github Skills (84)
django-debug-toolbar10
django9
mongoengine9
graph9
mongodb9
sql8
command-line-tool8
python8
partial8
dumper8
jquery7
nodejs7
vim6
programming-language6
dlna6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
colinhowe/django-model-versions
May 2011 - Jul 2013
Contributions:14 commits in 2 years 2 months
colinhowe/pyFaceGraph
Feb 2011 - Nov 2021
Python client lib for Facebook's new Graph API
Contributions:17 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 10 years 10 months
graphpython
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