Dan Hulme
Software Engineering Lead at Hoare Lea
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDan Hulme is a software engineering lead with 18 years of experience building products across embedded systems, mobile, automotive simulation, and cloud services, currently based in Cambridge. He combines hands-on engineering—ranging from GPU drivers at ARM to Android UI libraries and self-driving car simulators—with a knack for spotting new markets and shipping first customer-facing products. He mentors teams, introduces pragmatic engineering practices, and keeps one foot in product management to ensure technical work delivers real business and user value. Dan has a history of entrepreneurial initiative, having run an indie mobile studio and acted as office manager in early-stage startups to keep projects moving. An active contributor to Android open-source projects, he focuses on practical UX and performance improvements that make libraries more robust and usable. He enjoys outreach and teaching, regularly engaging schools and professional audiences to broaden the pipeline into STEM.
18 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MA Computer Science, MA Computer Science at University of Cambridge
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Github Skills (29)
mobile-development10
drag-and-drop10
drag10
gesture-detection10
ui-design10
colors10
java10
listview10
javas10
uid10
front-end-development10
android10
bluetooth10
rgb10
android-listview10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bauerca/drag-sort-listview
Oct 2012 - Oct 2012
Android ListView with drag and drop reordering.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:7 commits in 7 days
Contributions summary:Dan primarily contributed to the `drag-sort-listview` project by implementing new features and improving existing ones. They added a demo for fling-to-remove functionality and another to handle item clicks when the entire item acts as a drag handle. Furthermore, the user refactored code to remove warnings and improve long-press support, addressing usability issues and optimizing the drag-and-drop experience. These changes focused on enhancing the Android ListView's behavior and interaction.
reorderingandroid-libraryandroiddrag-and-dropkotlin
pakerfeldt/android-viewflow
Jul 2013 - Jul 2013
A horizontal view scroller library for Android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:10 commits in 18 days
Contributions summary:Dan primarily focused on improving the `ViewFlow` library for Android. Their contributions include fixing UTF-8 character issues, implementing proper measurement and layout behavior, and addressing scrolling interruptions. They also enhanced the `CircleFlowIndicator` component by improving its placement, adding a snap option, and correcting documentation. These changes reflect a focus on UI/UX and performance improvements.
scrollerviewpagerswipe-gesturesandroid-libraryandroid
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