Ralph Mcardell
Independent Contractor at DIBASE LIMITED
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRalph Mcardell is an experienced independent contractor and C++ specialist with 14+ years delivering cross-platform solutions on Windows, Linux and UNIX for clients including McAfee, Fuji Film and MediaKind. He excels at interpreting complex requirements and producing flexible, reusable code, with a strong track record in refactoring legacy systems to improve readability, reduce complexity and boost performance. Comfortable across high- and low-level development, he has applied his skills to areas from embedded device control and image processing to microservices, CI pipelines and DPDK-based packet processing. As a fast-moving contractor he rapidly becomes productive in complex codebases and contributes architectural and testing guidance as well as hands-on fixes. An active member of the ACCU and a follower of ISO WG21 discussions, he keeps current with emerging tech—recently exploring FPGA work, RISC-V and Rust. His combination of deep C++ expertise, systems-level troubleshooting and ongoing standards engagement makes him a pragmatic choice for high-risk or legacy modernization projects.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of Westminster
Github Skills (48)
vcenter8
upstream8
cloud-init8
vultr7
ubuntu7
ovirt7
python7
alibabacloud7
kernel6
aws6
rockchip6
gcp6
orangepi5
linode5
azure5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ralph-mcardell/dibase-rpi-peripherals
Nov 2012 - Sep 2015
Contributions:19 commits, 11 pushes in 2 years 10 months
ralph-mcardell/dibase-assemblage
Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:60 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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