Samuel Heather
CEO At Kody UK & Europe, EVP
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Heather is a technically-grounded business leader with 13 years of experience scaling product, engineering and operations for high-growth fintech and commerce platforms. Trained as a software engineer and seasoned in investment banking, he led development of critical regulatory trading systems before joining Kody’s founding team and driving growth from zero to 75 employees and over US$1B in annual processing volume. He has held progressive C-suite roles (COO, CTO, CIO) and now leads Kody UK & Europe as CEO/EVP, blending hands-on technical judgment with strategic execution. Samuel’s background includes entrepreneurship (sold 500k+ apps, Techstars alumnus, co-founded pingWHEN) and talent-building—he’s recruited and mentored dozens of engineers while scaling cross-functional teams. Notably, he combines deep product engineering chops with operator experience in regulated financial environments, enabling rapid but compliant expansion across markets.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Truro SchoolBachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Science at University of York
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (55)
super-resolution9
pyinstaller9
package9
image-restoration9
bundle8
freeze8
denoising8
cffi8
text-to-image8
revit-api8
ios7
py2app7
android7
inpainting7
python7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
samheather/SpotTheStation
Jul 2014 - Jul 2016
Contributions:28 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years
samheather/samheather.github.io
Jul 2020 - Nov 2023
Contributions:50 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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