Summary
Dale Holborow is a pragmatic freelance cloud developer based in Helsinki with 11 years of experience building backend systems, financial risk models and cloud-native services—primarily with C# .NET and Azure. He has delivered production software for high-profile clients including Relex, F‑Secure, Microsoft and Nokia, improving supply-chain performance and launching cloud protection for O365 during a critical shift to remote work. Earlier roles in quantitative risk at KPMG, Towers Watson and Queensland Treasury honed his strengths in modeling, validation and high-integrity data systems. Comfortable leading small teams or shipping solo, he focuses on simple, robust solutions that reduce cost and waste while being easy to operate. Outside of code he blends interests in quant finance, motorcycles and a slow-but-steady attempt at Finnish, which helps him adapt to new cultures and problem domains.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Multimedia, 3D Game Programming, Bachelor of Multimedia, 3D Game Programming at Griffith University
Masters of Science, Financial Mathematics, Masters of Science, Financial Mathematics at The University of Queensland
Online Course, Machine Learning, 96.9%, Online Course, Machine Learning, 96.9% at Stanford University (via coursera.org)
English, Spanish, Finnish