Edward Thurgood
Principle Solutions Architect at Fastly
Greater Leeds Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolEdward Thurgood is a Principal Solutions Architect with 11 years of experience helping enterprises modernize web architecture through edge computing, performance optimization, and automation. Based in Greater Leeds, he has risen through technical and customer-facing roles at Fastly—shaping their Image Optimization platform and now guiding large organizations onto Fastly’s technology to drive business transformation. He blends hands-on software architecture and image delivery expertise with process improvement and AI-driven automation to boost operational efficiency. Previously a founder and MD of a real-time image delivery startup, he brings entrepreneurial instincts and deep domain knowledge in media delivery to complex enterprise environments. Notably, he pairs technical leadership with practical project and people management experience gained across both product and services contexts.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BEng Software Engineering, BEng Software Engineering at University of Bradford
Github Skills (43)
helix10
fastly9
cli8
python7
aem6
adobe-experience-manager6
waf6
dispatcher6
golang5
sling5
osgi5
plugin5
openwhisk5
oak5
visual-studio-code-extension4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ejthurgo/gostuff
Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 28 days
fastly/waflyctl
Dec 2018 - Jun 2019
Fastly WAF CLI
Contributions:4 releases, 17 commits, 16 PRs in 6 months
golangfastlywafclifastly-waf-control-tool
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