Mark Abbott
Head Of Application Development
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Abbott is a seasoned software leader with 14 years’ experience, currently heading Application Development at Rentokil Initial and overseeing project managers, business analysts, testers and developers for a custom Progress OpenEdge ERP. He combines hands-on technical understanding of server/client architectures and enterprise systems integration with people-focused delivery—managing teams through a major rebuild of a monolithic UI into a responsive, web-driven interface. His career progression from analyst programmer to head of department reflects deep domain knowledge of back-office systems, developer pipeline planning and stakeholder coordination across global teams. Comfortable balancing legacy platforms and modern web approaches, he prioritizes practical, auditable solutions that reduce business risk. Based in the UK, he brings steady operational leadership and a knack for translating complex business processes into maintainable software. An early web developer with commercial PHP and e-commerce experience, he still values pragmatic engineering over hype.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at University of ReadingKings Manor
Spanish
Github Skills (19)
openedge10
line-series8
testing8
unit-testing7
unit-testing-framework7
java7
tdd7
log4j7
test-framework7
graph6
logging5
javascript5
time-series4
archetype4
maven-project3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
msabbott/OEMock
Jan 2015 - Mar 2019
Testing Doubles library for OEUnit and Progress OpenEdge
Contributions:4 releases, 328 commits, 6 PRs in 4 years 1 month
testingopenedge
msabbott/log4oe
Jun 2018 - Jun 2019
Logging framework for OpenEdge ABL based on log4j
Contributions:64 commits, 18 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 year 1 month
log4jlogginglogging-frameworkopenedge-ablabl
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