Simon Archer
CTO at Real Manc Tech
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Archer is a pragmatic technology leader and founder with 11 years’ commercial experience and over six years building consumer-facing web products across music, fashion, and sport. As CTO and founder of Wata Digital he’s focused on digital music publishing, and previously co-created enduring consumer services like Lanyard and albumcards that distill disparate APIs into cohesive user experiences. He blends hands-on full‑stack development and product-minded engineering with an attention to detail honed by high-expectation, consumer sectors. Active in community building as co-founder of Real Manc Tech, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a track record of shipping autonomous, long-running web services.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
College, College at Blackpool Sixth Form CollegeBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 2:1, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 2:1 at The University of ManchesterHigh School, High School at Garstang High School
Github Skills (200)
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browser10
vagrant10
php10
chai10
operation10
ruby10
ava10
stream10
virtualization10
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dts10
todomvc10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
archy-bold/not-enough-musk-spambot
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
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Contributions:103 pushes, 352 comments, 12 issues in 2 years 1 month
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archy-bold/october-cms-contactform
May 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:6 commits, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 11 months
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