Gareth Brown
Technical Lead at Crane Authentication (NXT)
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolGareth Brown is a technical lead with 13 years of hands-on experience building web and back-end systems, currently leading engineering at Crane Authentication after recent leadership at De La Rue. He brings a strong higher-education pedigree—PGDip in Computer Science and a BSc in Computer Science & AI—and a long track record modernising CMS-driven platforms using .NET, C#, React, Ruby, PHP and RESTful APIs. Comfortable across the stack, Gareth combines pragmatic legacy migration skills (Contensis, Razor Pages, concrete5) with modern frontend work in React.js and JavaScript. He excels at turning institutional requirements into robust, maintainable systems and is known for bridging academic and commercial contexts. Based in Brighton, he also runs a history of freelance projects, reflecting an entrepreneurial streak and a focus on practical tooling that improves team productivity.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Zero To Mastery AcademyBSc, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence, BSc, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence at University of SussexPGDip, Computer Science, PGDip, Computer Science at University of Brighton
Github Skills (13)
pixel9
azure9
microsoft8
microsoft-azure8
edtech7
open-source7
pixel-art6
leaflet6
react-leaflet5
print4
nodejs4
react4
browser3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
UniversityOfBrightonComputing/PureToContensisImporter
Apr 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:24 commits, 4 pushes, 2 tags in 27 days
beedyg/ga-js
Jun 2013 - Jul 2019
Contributions:17 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
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