Steve Baxter
Owner at Kuamka Ltd
Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Baxter is a commercially focused software architect and owner with 11 years of documented experience leading R&D and product teams across startups and global corporations. He combines hands-on C++ engineering and UX-aware image processing expertise with strategic leadership—having led PerkinElmer’s scientific imaging R&D and served as CTO at Eventsforce—while running his consultancy Kuamka to advise on software strategy and engineering management. Comfortable from coding to board-level strategy, he has a track record delivering accessible solutions for complex problems such as high-content screening and light microscopy. Known for blending agile delivery and architectural rigor, he has chaired a global software leadership council and overseen multi-site teams across Europe. Based in Royal Leamington Spa, he brings uncommon depth in both scientific imaging products and commercialisation, making him equally effective in technical design, M&A due diligence and business strategy.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
United World College of the AtlanticBSc, Business Information Systems, BSc, Business Information Systems at University of East Anglia
Github Skills (185)
e2e-testing10
python10
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automation10
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home-assistant10
javascript10
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firefox10
api10
yaml10
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
stevebaxter/swapmyvote
Nov 2019 - Nov 2024
Contributions:118 pushes, 35 branches in 5 years
stevebaxter/esphome-docs
Dec 2020 - Jun 2024
Source for esphome.io documentation files.
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 6 months
sphinxtechnical-writingesphomesphinx-doc
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