Quentin Stafford-Fraser is a Cambridge-based CEO and technologist with over 17 years of experience building cloud and IoT services, and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. He founded and led multiple ventures—including Telemarq and Camvine—and has a track record of shipping systems used by thousands of healthcare and veterinary practices across the UK. His background blends hands-on software and DevOps work (notably contributing Python modules to the widely used Ansible project) with research roles on human/computer interaction, autonomous vehicles and computer vision. Comfortable oscillating between strategy, engineering and industry engagement, he still prefers to connect with people after coffee rather than by blind LinkedIn requests. Quirky, searchable name aside, he combines academic rigour with practical product delivery and a long history of prototyping novel user interfaces and sustainable computing ideas.
17 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of Cambridge
Ansible extra modules - these modules ship with ansible
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Quentin primarily contributed to the creation and modification of Ansible modules for Webfaction, focusing on managing various aspects of a Webfaction account. This included modules for creating and deleting websites, applications, databases, domains, mailboxes, and database users. The contributions involved writing Python code to interact with the Webfaction API and ensure proper functionality of the modules.
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:10 commits, 6 PRs, 14 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Quentin contributed significantly to the Ansible project by developing and refining modules related to Webfaction. Their work involved writing Python code, particularly focused on interacting with the Webfaction API. They implemented new modules for managing sites, applications, mailboxes, databases, and domains, and also updated existing modules. The contributions span across multiple areas including implementing new features, fixing bugs, improving documentation, and refactoring code.
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