David Reid
Presales Solutions Architect at Hitachi Solutions UK
Greater Reading Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Reid is a Presales Solutions Architect and AI-focused Business Applications visionary with 13+ years of experience driving Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Copilot Studio and autonomous agent solutions across public sector and enterprise customers. He blends deep hands-on engineering roots—from early work on Ada compilers and EDI systems to open-source contributions in projects like GLM and miniaudio—with strategic pre-sales and solution-architecture leadership cultivated during a long tenure at Microsoft and now at Hitachi Solutions. Known for translating complex technical capabilities into clear business value, he champions sustainable, low-TCO designs that are easy to configure and operate while calling out risks of short-term workarounds. An active open-source contributor, his backend and UI fixes to well-regarded projects (GLM, yquake2, raylib) reveal a practical focus on robustness and user experience beyond enterprise software. He’s passionate about using AI to streamline services and improve citizen and employee experiences, and often pairs technical craft with persuasive storytelling to drive adoption and ecosystem growth.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Hons, Computer Science, BSc Hons, Computer Science at The University of Manchester
Github Skills (50)
cpp-library10
deco10
c-language10
matrix10
bit-manipulation10
menu-item10
signal-processing10
mathematics10
audio-processing10
c1110
ui-design10
decode10
math10
quaternions10
menubar10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mackron/dr_libs
Jul 2015 - Jan 2023
Audio decoding libraries for C/C++, each in a single source file.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2195 commits, 56 PRs, 1034 pushes in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to an audio decoding library for C/C++. Their work involved fixing bugs in the frame reconstruction logic, optimizing bit manipulation within the decoding pipeline, and adding features for handling the "smpl" chunk, which contains audio loop information. The user also refactored portions of the code by streamlining the structure and adding and removing inline and code hints.
cppdecodingaudio-filemp3wav
mackron/miniaudio
Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
Audio playback and capture library written in C, in a single source file.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 1 review, 3273 commits in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to audio processing and digital signal processing within the miniaudio library. They improved channel conversion, fixed bugs in spatialization, and implemented different channel mixing modes to support more flexibility. Their work also focused on the library's internal handling of data, with optimizations for stereo and multi-channel audio streams, with a focus on audio processing performance. The user also introduced the concept of stereo and mono expansion modes and optimized the gainer.
mp3playbackiosclapwav
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