Fergus Kennedy
Senior Vice President Of Engineering at DataGuard
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFergus Kennedy is a senior technology executive with nine years in executive engineering leadership and over two decades building and scaling software organisations. Currently SVP of Engineering at DataGuard, he specialises in transforming engineering operations and partnering with product to deliver security and compliance platforms. He previously built UserTesting’s first international HQ, growing EMEA from zero to 200 people and leading a £10M multi-year R&D programme, demonstrating skill at scaling people, process, and systems even through a pandemic. Fergus combines strategic vision with hands-on delivery—driving Agile best practices, technical debt reduction, systems integration, and regulatory compliance across global teams. A committed advocate for diversity and inclusion, he is known for mentoring leaders and creating transparent, high-performance cultures. His background in both assurance and engineering gives him an uncommon fluency in marrying operational rigor with product-driven innovation.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Daniel Stewart's and Melville CollegeBEng (Hons) Software Engineering, BEng (Hons) Software Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University
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Github Skills (14)
barcode-scanner8
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face-detection7
text-recognition7
object-detection6
pgadmin6
google6
android6
postgresql6
encoding6
machine-learning4
ios4
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Github contributions (5)
FergusK/Hopf-Visualisation
Jan 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:26 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
FergusK/Satyavanam
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
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Contributions:2 PRs, 14 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
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