Douglas Brain
Software Consultant at Self-employed
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDouglas Brain is a seasoned software consultant and engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience delivering complex systems across defence, rail, IoT and startup environments. He has led and built teams, managed programmes up to £300k, and presented technical solutions to senior UK and US government stakeholders. Equally comfortable in agile and waterfall settings, he architects, implements and integrates software and prototype hardware on platforms from embedded devices to Linux, macOS, Windows and Android. His background spans robotics, computer vision, radio & network comms, cyber threat analysis and logistics, with a strong track record in requirements capture, quality systems and technical proposals. Notably, he transitioned decades of defence-grade engineering into commercial rail and IoT solutions while maintaining an ability to rapidly learn new technologies. Based in Bristol, he combines cognitive-science-informed problem solving with practical delivery instincts forged in mission-critical programmes.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Design and Designing, Pass, BSc, Design and Designing, Pass at The Open UniversityILP French 1, French, Pass, ILP French 1, French, Pass at University of the West of EnglandBSc, Psychology, 2:1 (Hons), BSc, Psychology, 2:1 (Hons) at University of LiverpoolMSc, Cognitive Science, Distinction, MSc, Cognitive Science, Distinction at University of Birmingham
Github Skills (23)
plugin9
flutter-plugin9
background-service9
sdk8
flutter7
dart6
android6
ios6
programming-language5
java4
kotlin3
swift3
react3
speech3
google3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
DarkerWaters/flic_button
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
A flutter plugin for the Flic2 Button iOS and Android
Contributions:3 reviews, 11 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 3 months
dartandroidpluginbuttonflutter-plugin
DarkerWaters/Playbox
Jan 2015 - Apr 2020
Contributions:544 pushes in 5 years 4 months
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