Will Lahr
Co Founder at Kakapo Labs
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Lahr is a seasoned founder and engineer with 12 years of experience building products that bridge research, hardware and software innovation from London. He co-founded Taxi For Email (acquired by SparkPost) and now leads ChecQR and Kakapo Labs, blending hands-on development with technical strategy for diverse clients. His background spans embedded design, FPGA and microcontroller work through roles at Volamp and BBC R&D to R&D management and startup CTO responsibilities, giving him rare cross-domain fluency. Will combines entrepreneurial grit with an emphasis on practical research — he’s actively publishing new work (pre-registering a forthcoming report) that reflects his habit of turning investigative insights into product-facing outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
adt collegeBachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Brunel University
Norwegian
Github Skills (42)
haml10
svg-path9
node-canvas9
markup9
parser9
markup-language9
liquid9
svg8
javascript8
canvas7
azure-ad-b2c7
authentication6
azure-active-directory6
vertex6
msal5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
willlahr/busstoppi
Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
Contributions:154 commits in 1 month
KakapoLab/brother_ql
Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
Python package for the raster language protocol of the Brother QL series label printers (QL-500, QL-550, QL-560, QL-570, QL-700, QL-710W, QL-720NW, QL-800, QL-810W, QL-820NWB, QL-1050, QL-1060N and more).
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
brotherql-700pythonbrother-qlraster
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