Summary
Ray Tran is a seasoned Head of Technology with 12+ years of hands-on experience building web and standalone applications, leading infrastructure teams, and shaping backend architecture across Python/Django, Java, and modern JavaScript frameworks. He has progressed from systems and security engineering to technical leadership roles at Elixir Software and earlier as Technical Director at Artran, combining deep protocol and server configuration knowledge with agile, TDD-driven delivery. Ray is comfortable across the full stack and ops stack—designing secure, scalable services, managing heterogeneous server estates, and leading infrastructure strategy. Notably, his background includes contributing to security tooling (Burp Suite feature work) and delivering domain-specific systems for pharmaceuticals and finance, reflecting a knack for translating complex regulatory or scientific requirements into usable software. Based in England, he emphasizes usability, security, and quality while mentoring teams to bridge product needs and technical feasibility.
12 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Liverpool John Moores University
English, French