Mark Hanford
Technical Architect at SiXworks Limited
Surrey Heath, England, United Kingdom
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SeniorMark Hanford is a Technical Architect with 15 years’ experience blending application development, database administration and infrastructure design across enterprise and cloud environments. He specialises in relational database design and migrations using MS SQL Server and MySQL, and brings deep hands-on expertise in server architecture, network infrastructure and cross-application synchronization. Mark has led automation and reliability teams and delivered platform and DevOps solutions for organisations including UKCloud and DOPS DIGITAL, now applying that systems-level thinking at SiXworks. He is comfortable moving between coding, DBA tasks and infrastructure leadership, and has contributed embedded/UI improvements to the widely used Marlin 3D printer firmware, highlighting an interest in pragmatic hardware-software integration. Based in Surrey Heath, UK, he also has experience growing community tech initiatives through makerspace leadership, demonstrating a knack for translating technical strategy into people-focused delivery.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
English, German
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Github Skills (4)
firmware10
arduino10
3d-printing9
configuration-file8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
MarlinFirmware/Marlin
Feb 2014 - Feb 2014
Marlin is a firmware for RepRap 3D printers optimized for both 8 and 32 bit microcontrollers. Marlin supports all common platforms. Many commercial 3D printers come with Marlin installed. Check with your vendor if you need source code for your specific machine.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:19 commits in 18 days
Contributions summary:Mark's contributions involve modifying the Marlin firmware, specifically focusing on adding and modifying menu options related to axis movement and babystepping, and modifying display strings. The user also incorporates new language definitions by adding new strings to the Marlin language.h file. This suggests a focus on user interface improvements and system configuration related to 3D printer control.
32-bit3d-printerfirmwaremicrocontrollerreprap
Cylindric3D/uv-box
Nov 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:91 commits in 29 days
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