Summary
Nyk Cowham is a seasoned software leader and founder with over a decade of experience building high-availability, media-focused ingest and delivery systems and leading product strategy. As co-founder and CEO of Menabrea Labs, he now channels his engineering and socio-technical design background into decentralised tech for disenfranchised communities. Previously he combined senior engineering, DevOps and product roles at Demotix/Corbis and Forum One, architecting MySQL Galera clusters, high-performance Drupal and Node.js pipelines for major publishers and public-sector clients. Known for tailoring bespoke software tools, he excels at assessing legacy platforms and recommending pragmatic migrations or replacements to maximise organisational resources. His early training in applied social science and graphic design informs a human-centred approach to information representation that complements his technical depth. Based in Thailand, he blends startup leadership with hands-on systems engineering across digital asset management, online community and open-source stacks.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons), Applied Social Science, First Class, BA (Hons), Applied Social Science, First Class at University of Humberside (now University of Lincoln)
Psychology, Sociology, Math, Human Biology, Psychology, Sociology, Math, Human Biology at Grimsby College of Technology & Art
Thai, Latin