Marc Sutton PDF marc@codev.uk Summary I'm a pragmatic full-stack 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 Principle Engineer
  • 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.
 Projects at Codev 2012 - Present University College London Biobank Rails, Rust, Postgres
  • ISO27001-compliant sample tracking for 12 clinical trials with thousands of samples across multiple locations.
  • Rails with Rust for performance-critical operations; robust access controls and audit logging.
  • In continuous use for over a decade.
 2017 - Present Room To Heal Database Rails, Postgres, OAuth
  • Secure case management for charity supporting people who have survived torture and persecution, tracking therapy, casework and gardening interventions.
  • Custom query language for stakeholder reports; annual user research days to evolve with staff needs.
  • Room to Heal: Charity Champions (Comic Relief), praised by Lloyds Foundation, invited by UN to train others.
 2020 - 2022 London Renters Union RRO System Rails, Airtable API, wicked_pdf
  • Automated court applications and legal bundle generation for Rent Repayment Orders.
  • Rails with Airtable backend to work on existing system; PDF generation and document pagination.
  • 100+ tenants supported, £250k in repayment orders won.
 2021 aiMARK AI Poetry Generator Python, GPT-3 API, React
  • Won Arts Council grant with professor Aimee Le for AI poetry tool.
  • Rails powered GPT-3 platform for idea generation and switching between poetic forms.
  • Toured workshops in London, Cornwall, Athens, South Korea; published research.
 2015 - Present British Sign Language Signbank Django, MySQL, FFMpeg
  • Adapted existing sign language platform for BSL: adding regional variants, visual search by sign features, researcher editing tools and FFMpeg video processing. Serving researchers and the deaf community.
  • Live at bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk
 2020 Roche and HDYO Registry Node.js, MongoDB, Express
  • Roche/HDYO partnership: registry for juvenile HD families to share care experiences.
  • Secure handling for sensitive family health data, informed future care and research approaches.
 2006 - Present iPhone Apps iOS, Objective-C, Swift
  • iOS apps published under the Codev brand:
    • OneMail - secure email client
    • VertiGo - vestibular rehabilitation app for dizziness
    • Formulary - pharmaceutical reference guide with tens of thousands of downloads per month
    • OptOK - universal toolkit for eye examination including acuity, reading and optokinetic nystagmus tests
    • Dermatomes - popular medical guide featured by Apple in their 'Back to Medical School' guide
 2017 UCL Neurology Archives Project Rails, Postgres, Full-text search, IIIF
  • Digitised 3500 items from Queen Square Library's neurology archives.
  • Full-text search, IIIF high-res images, video player, synced with UCL main library.
  • Live at queensquare.org.uk
 2011 - Present HDBuzz Scientific Research News Network Rails, MySQL, i18n
  • Rails CMS for HD research news in plain language, translated to 18 languages including Arabic and Chinese.
  • 50+ writers, ~200 translators distributing to global HD support networks.
Work 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)
 Projects at Qube 2006 MMO Game Specification Scrum, Kid-centric play-testing
  • Functional and technical specification for MMO based on major multinational's IP.
  • Game systems design, technical architecture, implementation roadmap.
 2005 LEGO Cross-Platform Brick SDK UML, C++
  • Architected cross-platform LEGO brick SDK; ported LDD to Mac OS X.
  • Gamecube demo app and cross-platform screensaver to showcase SDK capabilities.
 2003 Requirements Checker C#, C++, MSI, Carbon
  • Self-service system requirements checker for LDD and Earthsim.
  • Reduced support calls by 40% by helping users diagnose compatibility issues.
Education 1998 - 2001 Jesus College, Cambridge University, BA Hons Computer Science, 1st Class Dissertation: ‘A wide-scale distributed file sharing system’
Skills Specialisms Audit-compliant secure record systems for healthcare and research · User-first system architecture and engineering Core Stack Ruby/Rails · Python/Django · Postgres · Node.js · Docker Additional Skills iOS (Swift/ObjC) · TypeScript · React · Airtable Background C++/C# games development (DirectX, Mac, PlayStation, XBox, Nintendo)