Jacob Kittley-davies
Senior Product Manager at Siemens
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Kittley-davies is a Senior Product Manager with 10 years of experience at the intersection of technical product delivery and human-centred design, currently leading product efforts at Siemens. He holds a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction and a first-class degree in Computer Software Engineering, applying research-backed methods to make complex systems—including ML-driven products—more understandable and usable. His background ranges from hands-on appliance repair and field engineering to software development and academic research, giving him an unusually practical perspective on user behaviour and system robustness. Jacob has led feature lifecycles, roadmaps and funded research projects (e.g., Innovate UK), and is comfortable translating user insights into incremental, low-risk delivery via agile practices. He is particularly motivated by projects that deliver social and environmental benefit, and by designing feedback that helps users build accurate mental models of sophisticated technology.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Electrolux Certificate, Appliance Installation and Repair Technology/Technician, Electrolux Certificate, Appliance Installation and Repair Technology/Technician at Electrolux training schoolCity & Guilds 2391, Electrical Inspection and Testing, City & Guilds 2391, Electrical Inspection and Testing at Colleg Sir GarUniversity College LondonBachelor of Engineering (BSc), Computer Software Engineering, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Engineering (BSc), Computer Software Engineering, First Class Honours at Southampton UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction, Passed, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction, Passed at University of SouthamptonGCSE English, English Language, A, GCSE English, English Language, A at Itchen CollegeYsgol Gyfun Emlyn
Welsh
Github Skills (3)
raspberry8
python6
raspberry-pi5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jkittley/anim8-space
Sep 2017 - Nov 2018
Contributions:67 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
jkittley/iceflowswebsite
Nov 2018 - Jul 2024
Contributions:19 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 9 months
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