Leon Barrett
Head Of Product at Griffiths Waite
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolLeon Barrett is a product and engineering leader with 16+ years of experience turning complex, ambiguous challenges into customer-focused digital products and measurable business outcomes. He has led product teams at Amazon/Ring shaping device and app experiences at scale across international markets, and now advises enterprises on translating AI and technology strategy into fast-to-value products as Head of Product at Griffiths Waite. Leon combines hands-on engineering roots with senior product leadership, having built and grown product functions, led delivery across automotive, finance, hospitality and public sectors, and founded a developer tool early in his career. He’s particularly interested in practical, trustworthy AI that respects real operating constraints and in the human side of product—creating shared narratives that align diverse teams. Based in Birmingham, he also supports his community through civic initiatives, reflecting a bias to tangible social impact alongside commercial results.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Multimedia Technology, BSc, Multimedia Technology at Birmingham City UniversitySmall Business Administration/Management, Small Business Administration/Management at Aston Business School
Github Skills (8)
philips-hue7
homebridge6
homekit6
hue6
libfdk-aac5
version-control4
command-line-tool4
cli3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
leonbarrett/BeanstalkCommandLine
Feb 2011 - Aug 2014
Contributions:56 commits in 3 years 6 months
command-line-toolrepositoriesversion-controlhostedbeanstalk
leonbarrett/Downloadr
Nov 2010 - Jan 2013
Contributions:4 commits in 2 years 2 months
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