Jack Whitehead
Tech Lead at bet365
Heywood, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJack Whitehead is a Tech Lead with 11 years of hands-on experience building software and embedded systems, currently leading engineering efforts at bet365. He blends a strong academic background (MSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Newcastle) with practical expertise in C++, .NET, network programming and electrical troubleshooting developed during an earlier R&D tenure at Siemens. Jack has progressed from firmware and factory automation projects to full-stack development and team leadership, shipping reliable systems in high-availability production environments. He is an active open-source contributor, improving UX and multi-monitor behavior in the popular Hearthstone Deck Tracker, demonstrating attention to polish and cross-platform UI quirks. Known for bridging hardware-level understanding with scalable software delivery, he brings pragmatic problem solving and a meticulous approach to configuration and deployment challenges.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bury CollegeMaster's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2:1, Master's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2:1 at Newcastle University
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Github Skills (10)
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csharp10
ui-design10
dotnet-core10
configuration-management9
hearthstone9
decks8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
HearthSim/Hearthstone-Deck-Tracker
Jul 2014 - Apr 2015
A deck tracker and deck manager for Hearthstone on Windows
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:41 commits, 13 PRs, 8 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Jack primarily focused on bug fixes and enhancements related to the user interface and configuration of the Hearthstone Deck Tracker application. They addressed issues concerning window positioning, saving window dimensions, and correct display of UI elements such as checkboxes. Their contributions included fixing typos, improving multi-screen handling for window positions, and implementing features such as archive/unarchive deck functionality. They also worked on improving the export functionalities, like saving screenshots.
hdtgamedeckhearthsimwindows
dvide/Hearthstone-Deck-Tracker
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:38 pushes, 29 branches in 2 months
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