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Curriculum Vitae

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Please find below the Curriculum Vitae for Phillip Whittlesea-Clark.

It’s a challenge to summarise everything I have done into a single page, so if you would like to know more about me, visit my about page.

Experience
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Chief Architect
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Cirium — 2024 - Present

As Ciriums Chief Architect I set the technical strategy for the business; designing organization wide solutions that support Ciriums future growth.

Areas focused on:

  • Ensuring we build out a technical platform which allows us to realize value rapidly, but securely
  • Interfacing with C-Level leadership to ensure that technical strategy aligns with the goals of the business
  • Working with teams to ensure shared infrastructure/solutions meet their needs
  • Effective communication of strategy with stakeholders alongside clear documentation of designs
  • Engaging with suppliers to explore if new technologies and tools can support the business
  • Determining technical feasibility of upcoming projects and products

Architect
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Cirium — 2022 - 2024

Architect accountable for the design of machine-to-machine interfaces (e.g. HTTP APIs, AMQP).

Areas focused on:

  • Engaging with stakeholders within the business and the wider organization to gather requirements
    • These stakeholders include Sales, Product, Project, Data, SREs, and Security
    • Analyse requirements from the above to design solutions that meet the business needs
  • Working with teams to understand where shared infrastructure/solutions may benefit the business
  • Coordinating multiple teams to allow effective delivery
  • Establishing coding practices and drive technical direction amongst development teams
  • Leading teams in the decomposition of issues to aid problem-resolution
  • Effective documentation of design
  • Evaluating new technologies and tools for upcoming projects and train teams in their usage
  • Determining technical feasibility of upcoming projects

Principal Software Engineer
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Cirium — 2020 - 2022

Integrate the software and systems from the recently acquired Snowflake Software into the broader processes and systems of Cirium.

Senior Software Developer
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Snowflake Software Ltd. — 2016 - 2020

Building cloud-based data processing and analysis pipelines for the Aviation industry.

Software Developer
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Snowflake Software Ltd. — 2012 - 2016

Developing Java desktop applications and Java-based web services in an Agile environment.

Computer Science Degree
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Southampton University — 2008 - 2012

Awarded a Computer Science MEng - 1st with Honours.

Proficiencies
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Leadership
I excel at working with teams and guiding them towards a strategic vision.
In my current and previous roles at Cirium, I have been accountable for driving the engineering department towards a platform based architecture.
Mentoring
I get a lot of satisfaction from working with engineers, of all levels, to grow their craft.
I especially enjoy pair-programming and the opportunity it gives me to not only train, but learn from other engineers.
Problem Solving / Creativity
I deeply enjoy solving problems.
From the performance of a SQL query, to the orchestration of multiple teams building out a business case; no problem is too big or small.
Accountability
It is important to me that I hold myself to the same standards I hold others to.
This has resulted in many high-trust relationships during my career as people can count on me to deliver whilst simultaneously striving to be better next time.
Communication
Although I have been known to use metaphors frequently, I excel at communicating with others.
In my current role I am responsible for business-wide technical strategy which I have to communicate upwards to C-Level management, and downwards to engineering teams.

Tech
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Below are a list of tools/technologies/languages I am familiar with:

Programming Languages
Java, Python, Go, SQL, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
Frameworks
Spring
Databases
PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and MongoDB
Cloud Solutions
Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, Azure, and GCP
System Administration
Git, Unix, Docker, Terraform, Elasticsearch, and Kubernetes

However, this is not an exhaustive list.