Stuart Buchanan
Chief Automation Officer
South Ribble, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolStuart Buchanan is a seasoned technology leader and Chief Automation Officer with over three decades of hands-on experience modernising enterprise IT across Microsoft platforms, cloud and networking. He combines deep C# and System Center roots with practical expertise in Azure (AKS, Service Bus, API Management, Logic Apps, Functions), containerisation and Helm to drive DevOps-led transformations. Stuart has led large-scale migrations and monitoring consolidations for global organisations (CCEP, HSBC, Nestlé) while also inventing patented encryption solutions and commercialising secure Azure managed services. He balances technical delivery, pre-sales and people leadership at Telana, bridging applied innovation in AI, data and cloud for public and private sector clients. Notably, he retains strong low-level operational instincts—from SCOM agent fleets to endpoint management—that help translate strategic cloud programs into reliable, auditable runbooks.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
English Maths Science Information Technology, English Maths Science Information Technology at Oldershaw School
English
Github Skills (103)
tuya10
python10
handlers10
automation10
home-assistant10
iot-application10
google-home10
mqtt10
hue10
smartthings10
tplink10
home-automation10
smartphone10
iot10
pulseaudio10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
fuzzysb/Garadget
Dec 2016 - Feb 2019
Garadget (Connect) - SmartThings to Garadget Integration
Contributions:17 commits, 6 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 2 months
smartthings
fuzzysb/SmartThings
Mar 2016 - Jun 2018
Contributions:126 commits, 141 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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