James Skimming is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in London with over 25 years of hands-on experience delivering full-stack software across Legal Tech, Medical Tech, eCommerce, Financial Services and CRM. He combines strategic leadership with deep engineering chops, having moved from early software engineering roles into technical director and interim head of engineering positions before becoming CTO at TIC Systems. Known for pragmatic application lifecycle management, he focuses on performance, customization and infrastructure best practices to build fast, adaptable products. James remains an active .NET practitioner and contributor, maintaining and modernising community projects (notably upgrading IoC performance tooling to newer .NET frameworks), which reflects his continued commitment to keeping legacy systems relevant. His background in both large enterprises and startups gives him a rare ability to translate complex domain requirements into practical, maintainable solutions.
14 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BEng (Hons), BEng (Hons) at The University of Manchester
Contributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 1 comment in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on updating the project's dependencies and migrating it to newer .NET Framework versions, specifically upgrading to .NET 4.6 and then to .NET 4.7.2 for compatibility. They added support for the abioc dependency injection container and upgraded it through multiple versions, demonstrating an active role in maintaining and evolving the project's core functionalities. Their contributions also included adding and updating project dependencies, showcasing their experience with .NET development and dependency management.
Contributions:7 releases, 25 reviews, 358 commits in 4 years 5 months
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James Skimming - Chief Technology Officer at TIC Systems