Tim Medcalf

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ABOUT TIM MEDCALF

A highly motivated software engineering manager with deep technical expertise and strong leadership skills. Passionate about mobile technology and its possibilities for consumers and businesses alike. Combining excellent interpersonal and client-facing skills with a proven ability to manage teams and lead projects. Intuitive understanding of user engagement and effectively aligning business priorities with user demands. Skilled in managing the product lifecycle from concept to launch, promoting collaboration and driving innovation within development resources.Successful at taking ownership of long-term product roadmaps - specifying milestones and deliveries to the business with an ability to identify and manage the critical path to the goal.Skilled in elevating products by communicating the vision and priorities both to development teams and stakeholders while encouraging a collaborative approach.Extensive mobile experience and full understanding of what can be done and how quickly it can be built, ensuring project plans are feasible and commercially viable.Strong track record of overseeing both local and remote teams, demonstrating excellent communication and collaboration skills, and effectively handling senior stakeholders.Experienced in iOS development across numerous apps, including some of the UK’s biggest sports products and various award winners.Management of mobile apps in app stores, including handling of App Store metadata.Proven UX design skills; familiar with iOS Human Interface Guidelines and Android guidelines.Familiar with various software development methodologies including Kanban, Scrum, and incremental waterfall approaches.Proficient in specifying desired behaviour on the backlog using agile techniques, ensuring clear acceptance criteria.Experienced mobile manager with skills in Objective-C, Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI, C++, and various programming paradigms from functional to object-oriented, imperative to declarative.Effective presentation and public speaking skills.Self-motivated, self-managed and with a high degree of analytical ability.