Gavin Barnett
Director at Genki Tech
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolGavin Barnett is a director and seasoned software leader based in Edinburgh with nearly three decades of experience building commercial web platforms and leading engineering teams across startups and blue-chip clients. He has founded and scaled product-focused companies, shipping lead-distribution and intranet systems that became industry-leading commercial offerings. Comfortable moving between hands-on engineering and strategic technical management, Gavin excels at aligning business and technology to deliver measurable commercial outcomes. Recent roles include directing Genki Tech and leading data engineering at Profylr, where he focused on human-centric transformation and cross-functional collaboration. He brings a pragmatic, calm approach to complex delivery challenges and a flair for turning bespoke client projects into repeatable SaaS products. Off-hours he’s the sort of engineer who “has coconut, will travel,” hinting at a practical, adventurous streak beyond the code.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Royal High School
Github Skills (18)
mermaid10
sensor10
design-tool9
markdown9
open-data9
vscode9
agility8
dog8
react6
css6
open-source5
javascript5
chatbot4
routes3
command-line-interface2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
CodeTheCity/city-consult
Feb 2017 - Nov 2019
Chatbot project to guide citizens through Civic Consultations
Contributions:17 commits, 1 PR, 16 pushes in 2 years 8 months
chatbotconsultationscitizenscivic
gavbarnett/Agility-Course-Maker
Jul 2018 - Apr 2020
online dog agility course design tool.
Contributions:216 commits, 6 PRs, 129 pushes in 1 year 8 months
reactcssjavascriptagilitydesign-tool
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