Andy Crouch - Code, Technology & Obfuscation ...

About

Hi, I am Andy and I am an experienced Chief Technology Officer, technical architect, board advisor, leader & technical visionary. I focus on building distributed applications & great teams. Over 12 years I've scaled three early-stage companies into successful SaaS businesses having worked within the web and software development industry for over 20 years. Based in Essex in the UK, I work in a remote capacity as Chief Technology Office for Platform Eight. As a consultancy, Platform Eight provides virtual CTO, technical and investment support services to early-stage companies.

My career started with me working for banks, actuarial and insurance companies. During my time with these company's, I focused on desktop financial application development. In 2007 I decided to move to working with smaller, web-based, companies. My last 3 companies have seen me developing SaaS applications providing B2B solutions. A product driven developer, I aim to develop consistent and cohesive solutions.

I have worked on projects for some of the world's leading company's, including:

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Open Energy Market Logo
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Royal College Of Surgeons Logo
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During my career, I have used a wide range of technologies, platforms and frameworks. These include .Net, Python, Ruby, C++ and standard web languages (HTML, CSS and JavaScript). As I started on VB6 I can appreciate the progress made in language design and tooling support. I subscribe to the theory of Clean Code and apply a pragmatic approach to testing. I favour readability over brevity and composition over inheritance. The constant learning and investigation of tools and languages is one of the things I love about my job.

As far as foolish discussions about editors go there is only one answer and that is Vim.

I have worked in a remote capacity for over 15 years full time and I am a believer in the benefits it reaps. I have built and managed remote teams with members across many time zones and continents. With the many excellent tools available today, managing a remote team is an easy task.

For a full breakdown of my roles and projects, please click here to view my CV.

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