Mark Thomas
Instructor at Learning Tree International
Newtonmore, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Thomas is an experienced instructor and consultant with over three decades of hands-on practice in object-oriented analysis and design, Java, Scala, Python and Android development, currently teaching enterprise and practitioner-focused courses at Learning Tree International. He blends deep academic grounding from an MA in Engineering Science with practical Agile and Scrum coaching, database design, and mentoring work across clients and universities, including long-term adjunct teaching for the Open University. Mark’s career spans early systems consulting at ICL through ongoing consultancy at Highland Consultancy Services, reflecting a rare continuity in both training and production development. Beyond classroom delivery he has narrated technical audiobooks, signaling a talent for translating complex engineering concepts into engaging, accessible formats. Located in Newtonmore, Scotland, he brings a calm, veteran perspective to technical training and software design that helps teams adopt pragmatic, well-architected practices.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Engineering Science, MA, Engineering Science at University of OxfordChrist College, Brecon
Spanish
Stackoverflow
1,000reputation
360kreached
38answers
2questions
Github Skills (6)
audio6
java6
eclipse6
python6
reverse6
concurrency3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
highland/Garden-Show
Jan 2023 - Aug 2024
Applications to support a garden club annual show
Contributions:2 PRs, 84 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
highland/grokking_concurrency
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
"Grokking Concurrency" book code examples
Contributions:104 commits, 75 pushes in 5 months
concurrency
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