Luke Farmer
Production Manager at BOFA - A Donaldson Company
Poole, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLuke Farmer is a seasoned production leader with over 30 years in manufacturing, rising from a City & Guilds fabrication apprentice to Production Manager at Donaldson BOFA. He has built and scaled a fabrication department, led lean transitions across multiple shop floors, and played a pivotal role in outsourcing half of fabrication—personally overseeing supplier education in Vietnam, India, and Mexico. Combining hands-on welding and fabrication expertise with an HNC in Business Management, he bridges technical trade skills and strategic operations. Known for collaborating closely with HR and serving as a physical and mental health first aider, he prioritises people-focused leadership and continuous improvement.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES, HNC in Business management, BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES, HNC in Business management at Brighton School of Business and ManagementCity & Guilds in Fabrication and management- HNC in Business management, Business and Manufacturing, City & Guilds in Fabrication and management- HNC in Business management, Business and Manufacturing at Ferndown Upper SchoolCity and guilds, Fabrication, City and guilds, Fabrication at Bournemouth and Poole College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
ups-api10
ups10
api9
ruby7
test-kitchen7
algorithm6
summarization6
sfml6
parsing6
scopes6
mruby5
rails5
rubygems4
jruby3
p4a1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
lefarmer/uk_mail
Oct 2015 - Nov 2020
UK Mail API for Ruby
Contributions:2 PRs, 33 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 2 months
apimailmail-apiemailruby
veeqo/uk_mail
Dec 2020 - Mar 2025
UK Mail API for Ruby
Contributions:23 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 3 months
apimailmail-apiemailruby
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