Tara Simpson
Founder CTO at Instil
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTara Simpson is a seasoned founder and technology leader with over two decades building and scaling Instil, a Belfast-based software engineering firm whose products reach millions of users daily. After 20 years as CEO she has returned to the CTO role to focus on software craftsmanship, emerging technologies and delivering measurable impact for clients. She combines deep systems-level experience from early C/C++ and JEE engineering roles with hands-on leadership of a 100+ multidisciplinary team spanning cloud, mobile and desktop. A frequent international speaker and developer trainer, she pairs practical education with product-led engineering practices. Tara is selective about professional connections, preferring in-person relationships, which reflects her emphasis on trusted partnerships and long-term client engagement. Her background in micro-electronics and software engineering gives her a rare hardware-aware perspective when designing robust, scalable software systems.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Micro-electronics and Software Engineering, BSc Micro-electronics and Software Engineering at Newcastle UniversityAntrim GrammarGithub contributions (5)
instil/jetris
Aug 2013 - Jun 2016
Contributions:5 commits, 1 push in 2 years 11 months
TaraTheBloke/JavaEngineeringWorkshop
Jul 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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