Matthew Styles
Director at Compiled Creations
Greater Coventry Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Styles is a seasoned software leader and director based in the Greater Coventry area with over two decades of industry experience and 12 years in senior roles delivering desktop, web and mobile products. He combines hands-on development (C++, Java, Swift, PL/SQL, Perl) with product ownership, Scrum mastery and coaching, having led R&D and software teams at PerkinElmer and steered engineering across diverse projects at Compiled Creations. His work has ranged from scientific imaging and 3D visualisation to critical infrastructure enhancements for the UK domain registry, demonstrating an ability to operate in both highly regulated and fast-moving environments. Matthew remains an active practitioner—contributing iOS UI improvements such as a touchable UILabel replacement—highlighting a sustained attention to user-facing detail alongside architectural and delivery responsibilities. Known for refactoring legacy systems and improving maintainability, he brings a pragmatic, quality-focused approach to product delivery and team development.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
2:1 Batchelor of Science Hons, Software Engineering, 2:1 Batchelor of Science Hons, Software Engineering at Oxford Brookes University
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Github Skills (14)
uid10
swift10
ios10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
autolayout10
objective-c7
react-testing-library6
stl6
container6
appkit6
nsview6
react6
storybook6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Krelborn/KILabel
Nov 2013 - May 2015
A simple to use drop in replacement for UILabel for iOS 7 and above that highlights links such as URLs, twitter style usernames and hashtags and makes them touchable.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:3 releases, 48 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily focused on developing features for an iOS application using Swift, specifically addressing UI-related aspects of a custom UILabel. The contributions include implementing a text rendering system, supporting link detection for URLs, usernames, and hashtags. Furthermore, the user refactored the project by adding nullability annotations. This work resulted in improved maintainability and a more robust user interface.
urlsdrop-inuilabelsimple-to-usehashtags
Krelborn/Timebomb
Sep 2017 - Jan 2024
Contributions:1 release, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
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