Stuart Beard
Demo Platform Engineer
Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolStuart Beard is a Demo Platform Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building resilient software for embedded and distributed systems, currently at Okta in Reading. He blends deep domain expertise in smart metering (DLMS, M2M, SSWG) with strong backend skills in databases, Java/Spring and system integration earned through roles at John Lewis Partnership, Veritas and CGI. Stuart excels at turning complex device protocols into robust, device-agnostic platforms—he led national smart meter interface design and implemented firmware and restore processes for enterprise head-end systems. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic design decisions, clear technical documentation and driving cross-vendor integration workshops. Always curious about emerging standards, he enjoys tackling low-level problems that surface in large distributed deployments.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BEng Hons., Software Engineering, 2:1, BEng Hons., Software Engineering, 2:1 at The University of EdinburghBay House Sixth Form
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (75)
specification10
rest-api10
api-specification10
rest10
java10
api9
swagger-ui9
home-automation9
integrations9
python9
swagger9
chat9
openapi9
kotlin9
raspberry-pi9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sebeard/config
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
common config stuff
Contributions:4 PRs, 10 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 9 months
dotfilescommon-configconfigurationconfig
sebeard/iorek
Jun 2019 - Apr 2022
Library for checking public (or private) breached credential data to determine if a password is appropriately secure for usage
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 25 commits in 2 years 10 months
spring-bootpwnedpasswordscryptographysecuresecurity
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