Kevin Channon
Principal Consultant at PA Consulting
Greater Cambridge Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Channon is a Principal Consultant based in the Greater Cambridge area with a strong foundation in C++ and fourteen years of professional software development experience shaped by a PhD in Biophysics from the University of Cambridge. He has progressed from academic research in peptide and polymer self-assembly to delivering production-grade mathematical and embedded software across oil & gas, security, and industrial printing domains. At PA Consulting he blends technical leadership with client-focused delivery, drawing on prior senior roles at Domino Printing and Spiral Software where he led product direction, team coordination, and line management. Kevin pairs deep numerical and scientific modelling expertise with hands-on C++ engineering, making him adept at turning complex domain problems into robust software products. Colleagues value his ability to bridge research rigor and commercial delivery — an unusual combination that helps teams prioritise impactful work and maintain high engineering standards.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Biophysics, PhD, Biophysics at University of Cambridge
English, Spanish
Github Skills (29)
buffer10
strings10
geometry10
routines10
visual-studio-extension10
scripting9
svn9
cpp-library9
io9
cpp9
package-manager8
visual-studio-for-mac8
visual-studio-mac8
windows-driver8
conan8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kevinchannon/wite
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Wite is a small collection of routines and classes that aims to make easy things that should be easy in C++ but are not, for one reason or another.
Contributions:1 release, 771 commits, 1 PR in 5 months
buffercppstringsaimscpp17
kevinchannon/cppstart
Apr 2023 - May 2023
Contributions:109 pushes, 3 branches, 21 tags in 1 month
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