Darren Troy
Director at Firefinch Software
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDarren Troy is a software engineering leader and founder with 11 years of industry experience and a 9-year focus in biotech, building data analytics and hardware control software. As Director of Firefinch Software he combines hands-on development with client engagement and business operations, delivering bespoke solutions for scientific and commercial customers. Previously he led teams at Agilent Technologies, driving a 10+ man-year data analytics project to completion, contributing IP-grade image and signal processing algorithms, and helping scale a product line into a ~$100M business. He is skilled at translating complex scientific requirements into practical, reliable software and has a track record of rapid progression from junior developer to expert R&D engineer. Based in Edinburgh and trained in computer science at the University of Auckland, he brings both technical depth and entrepreneurial grit to cross-functional, geographically distributed projects. A detail that hints at his creative side: his GitHub bio simply reads “I like colour,” suggesting a playful appreciation for design alongside engineering rigor.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Post-Graduate Diploma in Science, Computer Science, Post-Graduate Diploma in Science, Computer Science at University of Auckland
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Github Skills (71)
image-processing10
bmp10
webp10
netcore10
dotnet10
drawing10
editor10
camera10
opengl10
exif10
electron10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
jpeg10
dictionary10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
waacton/Japangolin
Dec 2015 - Jan 2023
Contributions:308 commits, 171 pushes, 9 branches in 7 years 3 months
waacton/Unicolour
Jan 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:32 releases, 94 commits, 1045 pushes in 1 year
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