Ray Cooke
Fractional CTO at The Great River Race
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRay Cooke is a strategic technology leader and Fractional CTO with two decades of experience delivering product-led engineering transformations across startups and global organisations. He combines hands-on system architecture and cloud/DevOps expertise with proven skill in building engaged, cross-functional teams and streamlining operational efficiency. Former VP of Engineering at Flexciton and ex-leader in financial and public-sector tech, he thrives at the intersection of product, business and engineering to turn complex requirements into pragmatic, scalable solutions. Ray also blends formal study in mechatronics with a background in distributed systems, giving him a practical appreciation for both software and hardware-led innovation. As an inventor of gadgets and career-long advocate for Agile and Lean practice, he enjoys making lives better by discovering elegant technical solutions. Based in London, he operates as a hands-on fractional CTO and freelance developer, helping organisations accelerate delivery without losing architectural integrity.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Merchant Taylors' School, NorthwoodBSc Computer Science with Distributed Systems and Networks, BSc Computer Science with Distributed Systems and Networks at University of SouthamptonGraduate Diploma Engineering (Mechatronics), Graduate Diploma Engineering (Mechatronics) at WelTec
English, Hungarian
Github Skills (68)
monitoring9
dashboard9
elasticsearch9
mysql9
data-visualization8
cmsis8
datasource8
grafana8
cycle8
visualize8
visualization8
prometheus8
analytics8
alien7
influxdb7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rcjcooke/jira-grafana-team-metrics-datasource
Dec 2019 - Feb 2022
Grafana Datasource that connects to JIRA and analyses data to produce team management metrics such as velocity and cycle time
Contributions:1 review, 4 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 2 months
data-analysesanalysesjiracyclegrafana
rcjcooke/apfc
Aug 2022 - Nov 2024
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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