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Jerome Jones

Directing Technology Teams
3 Wolsey Court, Woodstock

Summary

As a passionate technology leader and people developer, I have amassed over 20 years of experience in successfully leading and defining end-to-end software development life cycle (SDLC) delivery while effectively managing operational hand-off and ownership. I am accountable for overseeing all aspects of technology delivery, ensuring optimal resource utilization and balancing both current and future priorities. With a deep technical knowledge, I serve as the design authority for significant technical decisions. Throughout my career, I have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, recruiting top talent and nurturing team development. I excel at building strong working relationships, facilitating the transition towards more robust, scalable, lean, autonomous, and agile technology teams

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Head of Software Engineering

Booost Education Ltd.
09.2023 - Current

We create inclusive digital tools that overcome the barriers to education faced by many neurodivergent and disabled learners. I direct the engineering team, driving innovation and technical execution to align with the company's mission and growth goals.

Director of Software Engineering

myairops
01.2023 - 09.2023

Leadership position responsible for driving the success of the software engineering function. Providing strategic direction, overseeing the software development lifecycle, and ensuring efficient and effective delivery of high-quality software solutions through my team of more than 20.

Head of Geospatial Data Science & Engineering

Satellite Applications Catapult
05.2021 - 12.2022

Leading a team of 12 remote sensing and technology experts in a multi-disciplinary Data Science and Engineering delivery function, creating solutions that contribute to "building a better world through the power of satellite technology" across various sectors, including Agriculture, Extractive Industries, Sustainable Development, Humanitarian Aid, Transport, and Health, covering locations across the globe.

Geospatial Solutions Architect

Satellite Applications Catapult
03.2018 - 05.2021

Technical Design Authority and responsible for delivery of multi-year, multi-million £ projects.

Geospatial Intelligence Engineering Manager

Satellite Applications Catapult
09.2019 - 12.2019

Interim Management of GI Team to cover sabbatical

Software Development Manager

Ingenta
12.2016 - 02.2018
  • Focused on the scholarly publishing market, within the Content Platforms team and use of semantic and web technologies.
  • B2C, eCommerce, integration with subscriptions, Id & Access Control
  • Worked with COO and Technology Director to implement organisational strategy around: technology selection and architecture roadmaps; team performance improvement; introduction of Agile; development best-practice and DevOps techniques; QA, and GxP (incl: GDPR steering and governance).

Service & Platform Manager / Solutions Architect

Oxford University Press
11.2012 - 11.2016
  • Responsible for the full SDLC of the Enterprise Id & Access Control solution
  • B2C, eCommerce, management of subscriptions
  • Seconded into a Solutions Architect role
  • Managing a team of offshore, 3rd party, developers and testers in an agile practice
  • Responsibility for the ongoing operational effectiveness and continuous improvement of the live service working within a robust ITIL ecosystem.

Senior Software Developer

Medical Research Council
03.2001 - 10.2012

Leading the design, delivery and operation of a web-based LIMS for MRC Harwell’s flagship functional genomics centre. Playing a major role in international projects, such as the big-data-driven IMPC.

Software Developer

Sychron Ltd
01.2000 - 01.2001

Oxford Data Capture

GIS Analyst
01.1999 - 01.2000

Exploration Geologist

Baker Hughes INTEQ
01.1998 - 01.1999

Education

MSc - Computing in Earth Sciences

Keele University
09.1999 - 09.2000

BSc (Hons) - Applied Geology

Oxford Brookes University
09.1994 - 09.1997

Skills

    Strong leadership, by example

    Effective communication

    Team building and recruitment

    People and performance management

    Delegation to the right level

    Strategic thinking

    Proactive problem solving

    Influencing

    Best practive (GxP)

    Continuous delivery improvement

    Customer relationships

    Budget responsibility

    Personal responsibility

    Public Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP

    DevOps & CI/CD (incl: Docker, K8S, Helm)

  • Agile delivery
  • Integration and interoperability

    UML & Data Modelling

    Selected languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, JQuery, Hibernate, Spring, XML, JSON, SOAP, REST

    Selected DB: MS SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, Oracle, Postgres

    Geospatial: Google Earth Engine, QGIS, FME, GeoServer, PostGIS, EO Data Portals

  • Tableau, Power BI
  • ML / Data Analytics: Jupyter Notebooks, Pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch

    Managing managers

    Review and critique engineering design and architectural decisions

    Azure Data Engineering: DataFactory, ETL, Data Lakes

Certification

Practitioner Certificates in Enterprise & Solution Architecture: BCS, Chartered Institute for IT

Interests

Science and technology

Swimming (every morning, where possible)

Nature and wildlife

Gardening

Music: live and recorded

Reading

Travel

Timeline

Head of Software Engineering

Booost Education Ltd.
09.2023 - Current

Director of Software Engineering

myairops
01.2023 - 09.2023

Head of Geospatial Data Science & Engineering

Satellite Applications Catapult
05.2021 - 12.2022

Geospatial Intelligence Engineering Manager

Satellite Applications Catapult
09.2019 - 12.2019

Geospatial Solutions Architect

Satellite Applications Catapult
03.2018 - 05.2021

Software Development Manager

Ingenta
12.2016 - 02.2018

Practitioner Certificates in Enterprise & Solution Architecture: BCS, Chartered Institute for IT

04-2015

Service & Platform Manager / Solutions Architect

Oxford University Press
11.2012 - 11.2016

ITIL Certificate in IT Service Management: BCS, Chartered Institute for IT

07-2012

Senior Software Developer

Medical Research Council
03.2001 - 10.2012

Software Developer

Sychron Ltd
01.2000 - 01.2001

MSc - Computing in Earth Sciences

Keele University
09.1999 - 09.2000

Oxford Data Capture

GIS Analyst
01.1999 - 01.2000

Exploration Geologist

Baker Hughes INTEQ
01.1998 - 01.1999

BSc (Hons) - Applied Geology

Oxford Brookes University
09.1994 - 09.1997
Jerome JonesDirecting Technology Teams