Summary
John Durrant is a human-centric technology leader and founder with 11 years of engineering experience who frames software development as a psycho-social-technical endeavour where people come first. As Head of Engineering at enterprise SaaS and research firms and now co-founding Human-Centric Engineering, he coaches teams and designs workshops to improve engineer growth, performance and culture. He also founded Ordinary Mastery to encourage continuous personal progress across creative, wellbeing and skill-based pursuits—bringing an uncommon blend of leadership, coaching and product experience. Comfortable at the intersection of people, process and product, he has built and led engineering organisations that prioritise psychological safety and operational excellence. Based in Fleet, UK, he combines practical delivery experience with entrepreneurial instincts honed from founding and exiting a consumer services business. His perspective that “we cannot be better engineers or leaders than we are as people” informs how he scales both teams and capability.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BA Economics, BA Economics at The University of Sheffield