Tom Okas
Head Of Engineering at Marks and Spencer
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Okas is a seasoned Head of Engineering based in London with 15 years of experience building and leading full-stack teams to deliver high-quality, customer-focused web products. He combines hands-on engineering (Python/Django, front-end, systems ops) with people-first leadership—hiring, coaching and shaping engineering frameworks that improve clarity and delivery. At Thread he oversaw cloud migrations, launched major cross-functional products ahead of schedule, and represented engineering through an acquisition by Marks & Spencer, where he now leads engineering. He excels at turning ambiguous product ideas into measurable, production-grade systems and has a track record of automating and scaling infrastructure from early-stage to enterprise. Beyond work he keeps multiple side projects running and channels competitive energy into playing squash, often more than he admits.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Engineering, Computer Science, First Class, Masters of Engineering, Computer Science, First Class at University of SouthamptonAlton College
Github Skills (19)
queue8
cron7
django7
job-queue7
task-queue6
python6
modular6
slack-bot5
django-debug-toolbar4
slack3
hipchat3
django-framework2
switch2
chatbot2
state-machine2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
tomokas/pyviera
Jan 2012 - Aug 2014
Control Panasonic VIERA TVs programmatically.
Contributions:10 commits in 2 years 7 months
panasonicpanasonic-vieraprogrammaticallytvs
tomokas/dots
Sep 2016 - Jul 2020
Contributions:7 pushes in 3 years 10 months
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