Jon Smart
Chief Technology Officer at NatWest Rooster Money
Weston-super-Mare, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorJon Smart is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 11+ years of experience steering product and engineering teams from startup consulting to fintech at RoosterMoney/NatWest. He combines hands-on mobile and backend engineering—demonstrated by iOS contributions to the popular cordova-plugin-firebase—with strategic delivery of cross-platform apps, global marketing sites, and live quoting/incentive platforms. As a founder and director of ESZ, he built and scaled distributed teams across sectors and countries, pairing technical implementation with operational leadership. He holds a patent for a lifesaving device, hinting at a practical, problem-solving mindset that extends beyond software into real-world impact. Based in Weston-super-Mare, Jon is passionate about children's education and exploring emergent frameworks and techniques that keep teams innovative and production-ready.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
English
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Github Skills (6)
objective-c10
ios10
firebase10
cordova10
firebase-analytics9
notification8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
arnesson/cordova-plugin-firebase
Mar 2018 - Aug 2018
Cordova plugin for Google Firebase
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:6 commits, 5 PRs, 14 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jon primarily contributed to the iOS implementation of the Cordova Firebase plugin. Their work involved fixing a UIWebView freezing issue, upgrading the Firebase SDK, and addressing localized string handling. The user demonstrated an understanding of Firebase SDK integration within a Cordova environment and corrected the thread safety of screen name updates.
google-firebasecordovafirebaseandroidnotifications
JonSmart/CordovaYoutubeVideoPlayer
Apr 2016 - Jun 2017
Play Youtube Videos in a native Video Player on Android & iOS
Contributions:25 commits, 1 PR, 23 pushes in 1 year 2 months
videosios-androidplay-youtube-videosandroidyoutube
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