Tom Walder
Technical Consultant & Advisor at Fluent Thinking Limited
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTom Walder is a seasoned technology leader and advisor with over two decades of experience building e-commerce platforms and leading technology teams, currently consulting for Gear4Music and running Fluent Thinking Limited. As former CTO and director at Gear4Music and founder-owner of Venditan/Docnet, he has deep expertise in bespoke e-commerce, ERP integrations and scaling multi-channel retail systems. He blends hands-on technical delivery with strategic leadership, guiding product engineering, cloud adoption (notably Google Cloud) and operational improvements for high-growth retailers. Based in England, he pairs commercial pragmatism with systems engineering training from UMIST, often stepping into both CTO and principal consultant roles. Outside work he speaks occasionally, cycles, and enjoys beer — a reminder he values real-world balance alongside technical rigor. An advisor who moves fluidly between architecture, delivery and business outcomes, he’s known for turning complex retail requirements into practical, production-ready solutions.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
St. Olave's Grammar SchoolSystems Engineering, Systems Engineering at U.M.I.S.T.
Stackoverflow
1,593reputation
62kreached
66answers
2questions
google-cloud-datastore
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redirect
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google-app-engine
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Github Skills (75)
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flysystem10
google-cloud-datastore10
kohana9
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google-cloud9
datastore9
google-app-engine9
php9
redirect9
google9
protobuf8
rpc8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
thinkfluent/runphp
Nov 2020 - Nov 2022
Serverless PHP Toolkit for Google Cloud Run
Contributions:35 releases, 40 commits, 6 PRs in 2 years 1 month
gcpserverless-applicationsgoogle-cloud-platformphpserverless
DocnetUK/matt-client
Feb 2015 - Aug 2016
PHP Client for MATT (Monitor All The Things) notifications
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 6 months
monitorphp-clientall-the-thingsphpnotifications
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