Russel Winder
Consultant at Concertant LLP
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRussel Winder is a retired consultant and former academic with a PhD in theoretical physics who spent decades designing concurrent and parallel systems, teaching software engineering, and leading small technical teams. He co-founded and ran technology companies focused on embedded JVMs and open-source infrastructure, and later worked as a committer on the GPars concurrency framework. His hands-on background spans systems programming, languages (C++, Java, Go, D, Scala, Groovy, Python, Kotlin) and build systems—evidenced by contributions to an SDR project where he reintroduced and stabilized a CMake build for complex native dependencies. Having held senior academic posts including professorship and department head roles, he brings both rigorous research instincts and practical product experience. Known for pivoting between academia, startups and consultancy, he now describes himself as retired but remains an active, curious contributor to open-source projects and technical discussions.
14 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Physics with Mathematics, BSc, Physics with Mathematics at University of SussexPhD, Theoretical Physics, PhD, Theoretical Physics at Liverpool University
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Github Skills (16)
cmake10
rust-cargo10
software-defined-radio10
rad10
cprogramming-language9
rust9
c-language9
git8
open-source6
multiprocessing6
version-control6
versioning6
chapel6
mercurial6
python6
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
AlbrechtL/welle.io
Apr 2017 - Aug 2018
A DAB/DAB+ Software Defined Radio (SDR)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 6 PRs, 45 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Russel focused on reintroducing and implementing a CMake build system for the DAB/DAB+ SDR project. They modified CMake modules to find dependencies such as FFTW3f, libfaad, and librtlsdr, crucial for the project's functionality. They also merged changes from the master branch and updated the codebase in the `CRAWFile` class, modifying how audio file formats are handled and read. Further contributions included merging upstream changes, which shows they were integrating and managing the project's build and core functionality.
software-defined-radiosdrrtl-sdrdabdabplus
LiteIDE/liteide
Oct 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:57 pushes, 8 tags, 1 issue in 1 year 8 months
golanglinuxidecross-platformmacos
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