Neil Ballard
Principal Developer at Jisc
Wychavon, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNeil Ballard is a Principal Developer with 11 years of professional experience and a long track record of turning ideas into production SaaS and data-driven systems. He combines deep SQL and database design expertise—often described as a "SQL guru"—with hands-on development in .NET-era stacks and practical business consultancy skills. His recent leadership roles at Jisc and HESA show a progression from analysis programmer to head of software development, with a focus on delivery, managing expectations and productivity methods. As a small-business founder and former technology consultant, he brings an entrepreneurial mindset to enterprise problems, bridging technical design with achievable roadmaps. Based in Wychavon, England, he is especially adept at making complex data reliable and usable for stakeholders, translating vague requirements into completed products.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
HND Business and Finance, HND Business and Finance at Coventry University
Github Skills (41)
wireless9
bluetooth9
aws-ecs9
ecr8
ditto8
amazon-ecs8
amazon7
runner7
database7
kotlin7
aws-fargate6
camera6
webassembly6
aws-apprunner6
camera2-api6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
getditto/Ditto-Core-Data-Sample
Aug 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
npb12/portal
Nov 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:12 pushes, 6 branches in 7 months
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