Tom Taylor is a Director and Web Architect with 12 years of professional experience specialising in UX and web performance, running his own consultancy from Warrington while delivering contract architecture and front-end work for clients like AstraZeneca, The Hut Group and United Utilities. He blends hands-on front-end engineering, performance optimisation and UX strategy with back-end and database skill—evidenced by contributions to the roxy-wi project improving MySQL 8 compatibility for a popular load‑balancer/web-server management UI. Comfortable leading technical direction and rolling up his sleeves, Tom has shaped UI architecture and site speed for large consumer sites (AutoTrader, LateRooms, Travelsupermarket) and holds MIT professional training in IoT. Known for pragmatic, metrics-driven improvements, he brings a rare combination of long-term web experience (user since 1996) and current, cross‑stack execution.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
A Level in ICT and Media Studies, Information Technology, A Level in ICT and Media Studies, Information Technology at Priestley College, Warrington
Internet of Things (IoT): Roadmap to a Connected World, MIT Professional Education, 100% Pass with Certificate, Internet of Things (IoT): Roadmap to a Connected World, MIT Professional Education, 100% Pass with Certificate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
GCSE, ICT, English, Maths, Science Double Award, Art, Spanish, GCSE, ICT, English, Maths, Science Double Award, Art, Spanish at William Beamont High School
Web interface for managing Haproxy, Nginx, Apache and Keepalived servers
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 1 day
Contributions summary:Tom primarily focused on improving the compatibility of the application with MySQL 8. They resolved issues related to database queries and server management. The changes included modifications to the SQL queries and database interactions within the `app/sql.py` file. Additionally, the user made minor formatting and space adjustments throughout the codebase.
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Tom Taylor - Director Web Architect at The Tom Taylor Company