Martin Porter
Head Of Service Delivery at Specsavers
Shaftesbury, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMartin Porter is a seasoned technology and operations leader with 24 years of experience translating digital capability into business value, currently serving as Head of Service Delivery at Specsavers. He has led cross-functional teams through digital transformation, data-driven marketing and content initiatives at large consumer brands including Dyson and Specsavers, combining product ownership, programme management and service delivery. Technically grounded with formal software engineering and interactive media education, he retains hands-on development chops—evidenced by contributions to the Snowball compiler where he implemented UTF-8 support and fixed wide-character bugs. Based in Shaftesbury, he blends strategic leadership with practical engineering insight to drive measurable outcomes across customer-facing digital platforms. A psychology graduate who understands human behaviour, he leverages that perspective to align digital experiences with user needs and business objectives.
24 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Psychology, Bachelor’s Degree Psychology at The Open UniversityLongcroft SchoolBSc Hons Interactive Media, BSc Hons Interactive Media at University of WolverhamptonBSc Applied Software Engineering, BSc Applied Software Engineering at Birmingham City University
English
Github Skills (7)
c1710
c1110
utf10
compiler-development10
character-encoding9
algorithm9
algorithms9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
snowballstem/snowball
May 2005 - Dec 2009
Snowball compiler and stemming algorithms
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Martin contributed to the Snowball compiler, primarily focusing on compiler features and UTF-8 support. They implemented new features for the compiler, including UTF-8 capabilities. Code changes involve modifications to the compiler's core logic and utility functions within the runtime, enhancing its functionality. They also fixed truncation bugs related to wide characters.
compilersnowballstemming
snowballstem/snowball-website
Oct 2001 - Mar 2014
Website source for snowballstem.org
Contributions:198 commits in 12 years 7 months
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