James Hibbeard
Ground & CRM Trainer at British Airways
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Hibbeard is a versatile full-stack developer and trainer based in Berlin, blending 11 years of aviation and customer-facing experience with modern web development skills in Ruby on Rails, Laravel, React and React Native. A Le Wagon alum who taught and managed cohorts there, he brings rare instructional strength to engineering—translating complex concepts into practical learning and product features. He co-founded a startup, shipped freelance PHP/Laravel projects for startups and public sector clients, and continues to build mobile web and app experiences. Currently balancing technical roles with training responsibilities at British Airways while also serving as a First Officer, he demonstrates strong operational discipline and reliability under pressure. Colleagues describe him as a coach-developer who enjoys mentoring and building dynamic, user-focused interfaces. His background spanning cockpit, classroom and codebase makes him adept at bridging stakeholder needs with pragmatic technical solutions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Algonquin CollegeHigh School, General Secondary Eduction, B - C, High School, General Secondary Eduction, B - C at Grainville SchoolFull stack web development, Full stack web development at Le WagonEASA ATPL Written Exams, EASA ATPL, 87% Average, EASA ATPL Written Exams, EASA ATPL, 87% Average at Bristol Ground SchoolEASA CPL, ME & IR, Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew, First time passes, EASA CPL, ME & IR, Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew, First time passes at Diamond Flight Academy Scandinavia
English, French, Spanish, German
Stackoverflow
95reputation
3kreached
2answers
5questions
Github Skills (36)
prototyping8
responsive7
sass-framework7
backend6
backend-template6
ruby-on-rails6
react6
mobile-application6
nodejs6
api6
prototypes6
css6
rails-api6
typescript6
python6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
LofftApp/lofft-mobile-app
Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
Lofft mobile application, change co living, and the housing market from the user out.
Contributions:22 reviews, 112 PRs, 260 pushes in 7 months
housing-marketreactmobile-applicationhousinggraphql
LofftApp/lofft-web-api
Oct 2021 - Jan 2022
MyWG API is the backend template for the MyWG application. The application is built using Ruby on Rails.
Contributions:1 review, 127 commits, 33 PRs in 2 months
ruby-on-railsapirails-apirailsruby
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