Daniel Shields
Technical Lead at BLAST
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Shields is a Technical Lead based in Copenhagen with a decade of hands-on experience building bespoke web and live-broadcast software for high-profile clients across esports and traditional media. He progressed rapidly at BLAST from Software Engineer to Technical Lead after co-founding Orthographics, where he delivered broadcast graphics and interactive systems for clients including BBC News, McLaren Racing and Red Bull. Comfortable both coding and operating live events, he blends low-latency systems engineering with product-minded leadership to ship reliable tooling under tight, live-production constraints. Trained as an electronic engineer at the University of Manchester, he brings hardware-aware thinking to software design and a track record of converting complex broadcast requirements into polished, production-ready solutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BEng Electronic Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BEng Electronic Engineering at The University of ManchesterA-Levels in Maths Physics Electronics, A-Levels in Maths Physics Electronics at Shrewsbury College
Github Skills (130)
minecraft10
extendscript10
render10
adobe10
lottie10
animation10
bodymovin10
after-effects10
typescript10
android10
react-native10
react10
broadcast10
javascript9
docker-compose9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
UoMEsports/HiveAid-bundle
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020
NodeCG bundle used at HiveAid 2019
Contributions:87 commits, 4 PRs, 76 pushes in 1 year
nodecg-bundleuniversity-of-manchesterbundlejavascriptvue
Dan-Shields/bodymovin-extension
Jul 2020 - Oct 2024
Bodymovin UI extension panel
Contributions:13 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 3 months
reactpanelbodymovinui-extensionchrome-extension
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