Syd Lawrence

Founder at Delphina

Winchester, England, United Kingdom
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Syd Lawrence is a founder and seasoned software leader with 17 years of experience building data-driven, user-focused products from early-stage startups to scale-ups. He co-founded and scaled The Bot Platform to 400K+ MAUs and led its acquisition, then drove AI-driven GTM and product optimizations at Flip, cutting sales cycles and materially improving win rates and ARR. Now founding Delphina, Syd applies advanced financial modelling and intuitive design to deliver the UK’s first personal financial clarity platform, combining product, data and automation expertise. His background spans real-time data systems (handling billions of events at AwesomeWall), developer evangelism at Twilio, and hands-on front-end open-source work like a jQuery video background plugin. Comfortable across strategy, engineering and go-to-market, he also advises and invests in AI and automation startups through Minith Labs. Based in Winchester, he pairs academic training in ML and machine vision with a practical track record of turning complex data problems into scalable customer value.
code17 years of coding experience
job4 years of employment as a software developer
bookBSc Computer Science with Machine Learning and Machine Vision, BSc Computer Science with Machine Learning and Machine Vision at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
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Github Skills (14)

html10
javascript10
jquery10
cross-browser9
browser-support9
backgrounds9
backward-compatibility9
history6
ajax6
hash6
popstate6
coding-style6
html5-video6
css5

Programming languages (2)

CSSHTML

Github contributions (5)

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sydlawrence/jquery.videoBG

Mar 2011 - Feb 2015

Adding HTML5 video backgrounds to websites
Role in this project:
userFront-end Developer
Contributions:10 commits, 1 push in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Syd primarily contributed to the front-end development of the jQuery plugin. Their work involved modifying the core JavaScript file (`jquery.videoBG.js`), updating HTML files for demos and documentation (`index.html`, `demo_bg.html`, `demo_div.html`, `demo_text.html`), and adding HTML video support. They implemented cross-browser compatibility and fixed play functionality. Furthermore, they introduced changes related to the README file.
html5-videojavascripthtml5videobackgrounds
sydlawrence/SocialFeed

May 2009 - May 2009

Contributions:13 commits in 1 day
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Syd Lawrence - Founder at Delphina