Nick Lowe
VP Of Technology at RX Global
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Lowe is a seasoned global technology leader and VP of Technology based in the UK with over 25 years of IT experience and 11 years in senior leadership roles driving infrastructure, cloud migration and security programs. He has a proven track record delivering multi-year transformation strategies—migrating services to AWS, modernising end-user computing with Microsoft 365, and implementing resilient VPN and CTI solutions that enabled 100% remote operations during 2020. Nick combines hands-on engineering roots (contributions to OpenWRT/hostapd wireless configuration and IoT networking tweaks) with strategic vendor and operating-model decisions that reduced costs while improving service quality. He has repeatedly restructured teams, introduced Centres of Excellence, and led acquisition/divestiture integrations to reduce risk and accelerate delivery. An MBA and BSc in Information Systems Management underpin his blend of technical depth and commercial judgement. Notably, he has driven rapid cybersecurity remediation at scale—cutting vulnerable assets by an order of magnitude within 60 days.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Whitecross High SchoolHereford Sixth Form CollegeBSc, Information Systems Management, BSc, Information Systems Management at University of London
Github Skills (24)
network-configuration10
scripting10
routers10
802-11p10
net10
hostapd10
wireless10
router10
networking10
w-net10
openwrt10
script10
sys10
sh10
embedded10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
openwrt/openwrt
Sep 2020 - Oct 2023
This repository is a mirror of https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git It is for reference only and is not active for check-ins. We will continue to accept Pull Requests here. They will be merged via staging trees then into openwrt.git.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 11 PRs, 64 comments in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Nick primarily focused on modifying the `hostapd` service configuration within the OpenWRT project. Their contributions involved adding and modifying options related to 802.11 standards, including disabling legacy rates, adding a cell density option, and using EAPOLv1 if WPA is enabled, enhancing compatibility. The user also enabled the hunting-and-pecking and hash-to-element mechanisms by default for improved security.
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lede-project/source
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Mirror of https://git.lede-project.org/?p=source.git Please send your PRs against this tree. They will be merged via staging trees and appear in this tree once the staging trees get merged back into source.git
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 PRs, 5 comments in 17 days
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributes to the `hostapd` component of the OpenWRT project, focusing on wireless network configuration. Their commits implement new options like `legacy_rates` and `cell_density` to fine-tune data rates and optimize for different network environments. The changes also include enabling and configuring features related to WPA/SAE security, improving compatibility and performance. The contributions involve modifying shell scripts (`hostapd.sh`) that configure hostapd.
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