Chris Buckle

Lead Developer @Bluecrest Wellness

Worthing, GB

Hired to lead a team of software engineers to continue evolution of a bespoke software suite of monolith & microservice Laravel PHP & Angular/React applications- Within 8 weeks, role expanded to take on further responsibilities after departure of Head of Engineering- Chair of weekly full department meetings of 30+ colleagues to ensure high levels of collaboration and communication whilst ensuring continued compliance with ISO27001 regulations- Trained up on ISO27001 requirements and have directly dealt with Auditors during two successful inspections thus far- Responsible for review, evolution and implementation of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) in accordance with ISO27001- Actively addressed any Non-Conformance issues through team collaboration and technical leadership- Championed the usage of DORA for establishing ‘Team Win’ metrics and to drive progress towards greater team effectiveness- Responsible for considerable Upgrade and Lifecycle projects to ensure the bespoke software suite is secure and fit for purpose- Leading teams through example, a positive attitude, attention to detail and motivation to develop skills and thrive. 1-2-1’s, management and career, goal planning for 7 direct reports- Recruited 3 new development members to the team- Aiding migration of services to containerised AWS Kubernetes provision- Keen champion of recently updated Company Values including use of GROW coaching- Pushing usage of AI tooling throughout the company whilst ensuring conformance with ISO regulations.Advocate for Containerised development to ensure platform/environment consistency- Champion of OpenAPI specification usage throughout suite of API’s

University of Southampton

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science with Distributed Systems and Networks

University of Southampton

Master of Arts - MA, Artificial Intelligence (Digital Transformation)