Des Flanagan
Co-Founder And Technical Director at buythebook.ie
Connacht, Ireland
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Top SchoolDes Flanagan is a seasoned software leader and founder with over 15 years’ experience delivering large-scale, secure Microsoft-stack applications across banking, legal, SaaS and publishing sectors. As Co-Founder and Technical Director of buythebook.ie he leads architecture and product development for Ireland’s largest direct-to-author book platform, which has supported multiple Irish Times bestsellers. He has led cross-border engineering teams and product roadmaps at fast-growth SaaS company LiveTiles and driven AI and conversational-banking innovations at Westpac, blending hands-on development with stakeholder and security management. Known for mentoring engineers and running industry-university initiatives through Software Space, he helps graduates bridge into the workforce while staying current on cloud, NLP and Azure-driven solutions. Based in Connacht with a Masters in Electronic Commerce, he combines entrepreneurial grit with deep practical experience shipping reliable, customer-focused systems.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Electronic Commerce Software Business, Masters Electronic Commerce Software Business at University of Galway
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Github Skills (31)
sdk10
azure-bot-service10
bot-framework10
javascript9
conversation9
java9
python9
microsoft-cognitive-services9
bots9
csharp9
nodejs9
chatbot8
typescript8
database6
angular6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
desflan/Multi-Language-Bot
Oct 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:27 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
desflan/Custom-Error-Bot
Nov 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:4 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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