John Kershaw
Technical Lead at Kulcho
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Kershaw is a seasoned technical lead and founder with 12 years of experience building consumer platforms, infrastructure and bespoke products for startups and enterprises. He founded Bristlr and M14 Industries, pioneering a white‑label dating/social app platform and famously succeeding on BBC's Dragon’s Den, and later led development of BYP Network’s mentorship platform used by major corporations. Comfortable as a hands‑on engineer and strategic consultant, he has led technical teams, run SaaS products, and supported venture and investment clients. Based in the UK with an MSc in Advanced Computer Science, he combines product-focused engineering with a flair for storytelling—previously running a popular games blog and podcast—meaning he brings both technical depth and user-facing empathy to technical leadership.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Advanced Computer Science, MSc Advanced Computer Science at The University of Manchester
Github Skills (16)
cordova9
embedded-javascript9
apache-cordova8
nodejs7
objective-c7
ios6
javascript6
mobile5
testing4
browser3
heroku3
roller2
monitor2
derby2
matic1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
JKershaw/jkershaw.github.io
Nov 2022 - Apr 2026
Contributions:82 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
Bristlr/overwatch
Mar 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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