Duncan Heron
Director Of Software & Applied AI Engineering at TPXimpact | B Corp™
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDuncan Heron is a seasoned software leader with 13 years of experience, currently serving as Director of Software & Applied AI Engineering at TPXimpact in the UK. He combines hands-on engineering, architecture and delivery leadership—having progressed from principal engineer to head of software and now director—across public sector and charity-focused projects. Duncan has led serverless, microservices and event-driven architectures (notably a temporary accommodation platform for Hackney Council and UNICEF UK's donation platform) while integrating React frontends and AWS-based backends. He is skilled at translating complex stakeholder needs into pragmatic, high-quality technical solutions and promoting strong engineering practices across blended teams. A background spanning agency work, in-house systems for major charities and early contributions to open-source conversational tooling hints at a practical, mission-driven approach to technology. Colleagues describe him as a delivery-focused technologist who brings both product empathy and technical depth to socially impactful projects.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology English, Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology English at University of Cape Towndiploma IT Programming, diploma IT Programming at IIE Varsity College
Github Skills (37)
react10
jquery9
fastest9
gatsby9
chatbot9
graphql9
frontend8
compiler8
contentful8
conversational-ai8
conversational-applications8
static-site-generator8
opendialog8
javascript7
conversational-bots7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
duncanheron/contentful-migration-generator
Feb 2019 - Aug 2020
Creates a base set of migrations based on your Contentful content models.
Contributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 6 months
cmscontentfulmigrations
duncanheron/dropPin
Jun 2012 - Aug 2020
A quick and simple tool to drop markers onto static images with jQuery avoiding the use of annoying area maps.
Contributions:30 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 8 years 3 months
markersjavascriptdropjquery
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