Marc Sutton
PDFmarc@codev.uk
Summary
I'm a software engineer based in London with 20 years of multifaceted expertise in diverse tech stacks. From designing APIs for multinationals to fixing spreadsheet workflows for small charities, my focus is always on understanding user needs to make technology work for them.
Work
2006 - Present
Codev Limited: Founder and CEO
Founded and managed a software consultancy firm, leading a team of up to 5, handling website, app, game, and database projects. Successfully published iOS apps under the Codev brand.
Clients include LEGO, University College London, Hasbro, Demos, Reprieve, Pinnacle Entertainment and the Huntington’s Disease Association.
iPhone apps developed include OneMail secure email client, Formulary pharmaceutical reference guide and popular medical guide Dermatomes.
UCL Biobank - a secure database in Rails and Rust to track biological products in healthcare research
British Sign Language Signbank - a Django based database of BSL including video, visual searching and regional signs
Room To Heal Database - Rails and Postgres based database for securely tracking therapy, casework and gardening interventions
2001 - 2006
Qube Software: Lead Programmer
Lead programmer on ‘LEGO Digital Designer’ — software for building LEGO models virtually and ordering the physical bricks to build the models - millions of downloads.
Organised and led a team of four programmers for six releases of LDD using the scrum project management system. While at Qube I also worked on:
LEGO Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Calcaphon (a game for Virgin Interactive)
Dinosaur: A Living Film (a game for Microsoft)
Education
1998 - 2001
Jesus College, Cambridge University, BA Hons Computer Science, 1st Class
Dissertation: ‘A wide-scale distributed file sharing system’
SkillsLanguagesRuby Python C++ C# Rust Prolog ML Lisp Javascript Typescript Java SQL ObjectiveC SwiftTechRails Django Wordpress .NET WPF SCSS Docker Linux Windows MacOS Git Bash Emacs