Jim Newbery
SVP Product at CodeBase
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Newbery is a seasoned product and engineering leader with 15 years in web and front-end development now serving as SVP Product at CodeBase in Edinburgh. His career traces a trajectory from hands-on front-end roles at Channel 4 and BSkyB through senior engineering and director positions at FanDuel to leading product innovation and education at CodeBase. He blends a psychology background (BSc and MSc) with technical craft, giving him a rare strength in user-centered product strategy and team coaching. A long-standing startup mentor and consultant, Jim is comfortable with both rapid prototyping and scaling organisational practice across early-stage ventures. Currently taking a reflective pause, he’s known for unconventional career moves and a taste for “accidental” shifts that spark new directions. Based in Edinburgh, he pairs practical engineering experience with a thoughtful, human-centered approach to product leadership.
15 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) Psychology, BSc (Hons) Psychology at University of NottinghamMSc Health Psychology, MSc Health Psychology at University of London
Github Skills (28)
sinon10
jasmine-matchers10
testdouble9
galen9
js9
jasmine8
mocking8
jekyll8
testing8
responsive-design7
webservice6
frontend5
tdd5
plural5
responsive5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
froots/froots.github.io
Feb 2011 - Feb 2020
My personal site, using Jekyll
Contributions:638 commits, 126 PRs, 342 pushes in 9 years 2 months
jekyll
jasmine-sinon/jasmine-sinon
Feb 2011 - May 2014
Jasmine matchers for Sinon.JS
Contributions:64 commits in 3 years 3 months
jasmine-matchersjssinon
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