Jay Collett
Associate Director, Software Engineering
Greater Lexington Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJay Collett is a founder and CTO with a decade of hands-on experience designing and building responsive, SEO-conscious websites and platforms from Bath, England. He combines creative digital design with pragmatic front-end engineering, specializing in Craft CMS and modern frameworks like Next.js to deliver bespoke client solutions. As founder of CounterPress Media and operator of his own studio, he balances product leadership with day-to-day technical delivery, driving both implementation and business growth. His background spans healthcare-facing projects improving usability and performance to agency work leading responsive and email development. Outside work he identifies as husband, father, coder and maker—bringing a practical, user-focused mindset informed by real-world client and NHS-linked product experience.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer and Information Sciences General, Master's degree Computer and Information Sciences General at University of KentuckyBachelor of Science Organizational Leadership, Bachelor of Science Organizational Leadership at Western Kentucky University
Github Skills (96)
python10
movie10
handbrake10
mqtt10
blu-ray10
automatic10
home-automation10
iot10
handbrakecli10
ip-address10
transcode10
internet-of-things10
asyncio10
dvd10
raspberry-pi10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jaycollett/ESPBatterySense
Mar 2018 - Jan 2021
Battery powered ESP8266 based sensor using the BME280 and MQTT communication
Contributions:48 commits, 3 PRs, 52 pushes in 2 years 10 months
esp8266mqtt
jaycollett/MQTTDoorbell
Jan 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:26 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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