Richard Howarth
Senior Software Engineer at GBG Loqate
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Howarth is a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building desktop and web applications across C/C++, C#, Java, .NET, PHP and modern front-end stacks. He has progressed from hands-on vehicle diagnostics and engineering tools to leading software teams at GBG Loqate, retaining a strong delivery focus while mentoring engineers. Equally comfortable in low-level systems and full-stack web development, Richard combines legacy language expertise (VB6, VB.NET) with contemporary HTML5/CSS3 and JavaScript practices. His freelance background running FruitPixel highlights entrepreneurial instincts and the ability to scope and deliver end-to-end projects for varied clients. Based in England, he pairs a BSc in Computing with practical, long-term ownership of products and tooling that bridge embedded/desktop and web domains. A pragmatic problem-solver, he often brings cross-disciplinary insight from vehicle diagnostics into robust engineering and product-focused solutions.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computing Computers Programming Java, BSc Computing Computers Programming Java at The Open University
Github Skills (22)
integrate10
predict10
checkout9
pca9
sdk6
magento6
oauth5
native-code5
tasks5
async5
cpp-library4
raii4
api4
rest4
client-server4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
PCAPredict/magento2
Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
Magento 2 extension to integrate PCA Predict services into the store checkout
Contributions:28 commits, 4 PRs, 16 pushes in 9 months
magento-2magento2-modulemagento2predictcheckout
PCAPredict/cpprest
Nov 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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