Michael Clayton
Technical Development Manager at Stavros Patsavouras & SIA O.E.
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Clayton is a Technical Development Manager with 14 years' experience blending software engineering, data analysis and wind engineering to drive operational and technical improvements for engineering organisations. He leads the design and delivery of bespoke in-house software, automation and renewable systems while providing technical oversight of internal and external projects from concept to client reporting. His background in aerodynamic testing, wind loading and experimental aerodynamics informs pragmatic ML and data-driven solutions implemented in Python, Java and SQL, and he has practical DevOps automation experience contributing robust PowerShell and testing improvements to a well-used Octopus Deploy community repository. Known for streamlining workflows and instituting QA practices, he combines hands-on coding with cross-disciplinary project leadership and international supply-chain development. Educated with a First Class MEng in Aerospace from Loughborough, he brings a rare mix of fluid-mechanics domain expertise and production software delivery.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, First Class Honours, Master of Engineering (MEng), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, First Class Honours at Loughborough University
English, Greek
Github Skills (10)
powershell10
automation10
automations10
pester10
devops10
testing10
cicd9
octopus-deploy8
github8
windows7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
OctopusDeploy/Library
Dec 2016 - Dec 2016
| Public | A repository of step templates and other community-contributed extensions to Octopus Deploy
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 10 comments in 16 days
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to automating and improving the build and deployment processes within the `octopusdeploy/library` repository, which focuses on step templates and community extensions for Octopus Deploy. They added Pester tests, modified and created PowerShell scripts (`_pack.ps1`, `_unpack.ps1`, `Converter.ps1`) to facilitate the packing, unpacking, and conversion of step templates. The user also introduced an "Invoke-CommandLine" function with error handling for better exit code management, and updated the Windows Scheduled Task script, demonstrating a focus on automation and robustness within the project.
octopustemplateextensionsoctopus-deploy
KingslandConsulting/Kingsland.MofParser
Jul 2014 - Aug 2022
A C# library for parsing the contents of Managed Object Format (MOF) files
Contributions:2 releases, 340 commits, 65 PRs in 8 years 2 months
c-libraryvcentermofparsingc-sharp
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