Damon Skelhorn
Head Of Software Engineering at JD Sports Fashion
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDamon Skelhorn is a seasoned technology leader and Head of Software Engineering with over a decade of experience modernising cloud and legacy systems to deliver measurable business outcomes. He specialises in translating strategic ambitions into day-to-day engineering priorities, scaling teams and leadership capability, and improving developer experience through pragmatic use of Agile, Lean and DevOps. Damon has driven AI-first experimentation and LLM integrations to unlock new revenue and workflow automation, while also shepherding long-serving Delphi engineers into modern stacks. A committed coach and mentor, he builds learning pathways and cultures of continuous experimentation that reduce silos across geographies. Based in Stevenage, he combines hands-on engineering roots with executive-level strategy, often surfacing practical, not-obvious trade-offs between long-term strategy and immediate delivery.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Business Software Development, Bachelor of Science Business Software Development at The University of Bolton
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Github Skills (51)
visual-studio-code-extension10
draw10
obsidian10
react10
rendering9
python9
vscode-extension9
pdo9
iot9
database9
editing9
raspberry-pi9
home-automation8
privacy8
automation8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
damonsk/vscode-wardley-maps
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
A Wardley Maps for Visual Studio Code extension supporting rendering and editing maps-as-code.
Contributions:60 commits, 6 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 years 2 months
wardleymapsvisual-studio-codevscode-extensionvscodevisual-studio-code-extension
damonsk/onlinewardleymaps
Dec 2019 - Jan 2023
OnlineWardleyMaps.com - Draw Wardley Maps in seconds using this free online tool
Contributions:496 commits, 50 PRs, 345 pushes in 3 years 1 month
reactwardleymapsdrawwardley-mapssimon-wardley
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