David Morrissey
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Morrissey is a seasoned full-stack architect and lead developer with 12 years of experience delivering services, websites and mobile apps from concept to production across multiple industries. Based in Edinburgh, he combines hands-on coding with system design and a knack for troubleshooting complex technical problems. He is an active Android contributor—initial author of the popular SubsamplingScaleImageView library—demonstrating deep expertise in image handling, touch interactions and UI performance. A collaborative mentor who enjoys sharing knowledge and experimenting with modern languages and frameworks, he brings practical engineering judgement and tenacity to production delivery. Despite a background in biochemistry, his career shows a clear shift to software craftsmanship and long-term commitment to open-source tooling.
12 years of coding experience
BSc (Hons), Biochemistry, BSc (Hons), Biochemistry at University of Bristol
Github Skills (7)
uid10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
android10
image-processing10
java9
javas9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
davemorrissey/subsampling-scale-image-view
Aug 2013 - Dec 2020
Android library (AAR). Highly configurable, easily extendable deep zoom view for displaying huge images without loss of detail. Perfect for photo galleries, maps, building plans etc.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:21 releases, 304 commits, 50 PRs in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:David was the initial author of the `SubsamplingScaleImageView` library for Android, and all of the commits included were related to it. The user added features like handling touch events and pinch-to-zoom. They also refactored tile map and display code to support multiple images and preview images, and added a double tap zoom with animation. The user demonstrated deep knowledge of the image manipulation and Android UI component development.
perfectdetaillossaarandroid-lib
davemorrissey/ssiv-kotlin-sample
Nov 2017 - Jan 2022
Contributions:23 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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