Mark Mcgookin
Group Head Of Development Operations
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMark Mcgookin is a cloud-native software leader and Group Head of Development Operations at Bright, bringing over a decade of hands-on experience and two decades immersed in software development. He has progressed from mobile and web development to senior architecture and DevOps leadership, shaping scalable .NET and Azure-based platforms while championing IoT integrations and VS Code-driven workflows. Based in Belfast, he combines practical engineering with strategic delivery—balancing technical architecture, team enablement, and continuous delivery. An enthusiast of 3D printing and embedded systems, he often bridges physical and cloud worlds, turning prototype IoT ideas into production-ready services.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computing for Business, BSc Computing for Business at Northumbria UniversityBangor Grammar School
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Github Skills (142)
asp-net-core10
asp-net10
dotnet10
editor9
continuous-delivery9
linux9
pipeline9
helm9
api9
azure9
graphiql9
microsoft9
visual-studio-code9
docker9
devops9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
markmcgookin/unicorn-hat-mini-github-contributions
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
Python library to get your github contributions and display it on the pimoroni unicorn hat mini
Contributions:58 commits, 2 PRs, 57 pushes in 1 month
python
markmcgookin/Adafruit_Python_SSD1306
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
Python library to use SSD1306-based 128x64 or 128x32 pixel OLED displays with a Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone Black.
Contributions:72 pushes in 3 days
python-librarybeagleboneraspberry-pipythondisplays
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