Geoff Falk
Director at BBC
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGeoff Falk is a seasoned software leader with 12 years’ experience building mobile and web products, currently directing product development and prototyping at Visualate while also serving as a Senior Software Engineer at the BBC. He has deep Android expertise—having led the Hostelworld Android team for a travel app that surpassed one million downloads and won Google Editor's Choice and Android Excellence awards—and a strong background in learning technologies from roles producing educational content and an MSc in Computer Science. Geoff combines hands-on engineering with product and content strategy, having built apps and energy-visualisation tools for schools and scaled mobile learning portfolios to millions of users internationally. Known for bridging technical execution and user-focused learning experiences, he often brings research-driven ideas (e.g., robotics-led coding for children) into production-ready apps.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Birkbeck, University of LondonBachelor's degree Psychology and Philosophy, Bachelor's degree Psychology and Philosophy at University of Bristol
Github Skills (8)
kotlin8
java8
android8
jvm6
google-maps6
http-client5
abstraction4
user-interface3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
geofffalk/RoboLiterate
May 2014 - Oct 2015
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 6 months
geofffalk/headphones_code
Nov 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:98 pushes, 2 branches in 28 days
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