Duncan Crawford
Head Of Technology, Crime Digital & Technology Services at HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)
Greater Brighton and Hove Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDuncan Crawford is a pragmatic, people-focused technology leader with 12+ years of experience guiding large-scale digital transformations across public sector and startup environments. Currently Head of Technology for Crime Digital & Technology Services at HMCTS and founder of the consultancy side8, he blends hands-on architecture and platform experience with change leadership to align engineering teams to strategic outcomes. His career spans CTO and senior architect roles at government bodies, fintechs and health techs, demonstrating an ability to shift between disruptive product builds and complex legacy modernisations. Known for pragmatic tooling choices and an engaged, coaching leadership style, he consistently secures team buy-in to deliver auditable, scalable systems. Based in Greater Brighton, he pairs a solid technical pedigree with an entrepreneurial streak that surfaces in concurrent advisory and founder roles.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Hons, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Hons at Oxford Brookes University
Github Skills (159)
jquery10
case-class10
reactivemongo10
derived10
driver10
survey10
jenkins10
blocking9
wrapping9
sbt-plugin9
knockout9
surveyjs9
low-level9
validating9
asynchronous9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
hmrc/Play-ReactiveMongo
Jun 2014 - Nov 2015
ReactiveMongo plugin for Playframework
Contributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 27 pushes in 1 year 4 months
reactivemongoplayframework
duncancrawford/shortid
Apr 2020 - May 2023
Super short, fully unique, non-sequential and URL friendly Ids
Contributions:3 releases, 8 PRs, 13 pushes in 3 years 1 month
idsshortnodejslinksurl-shortener
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