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Dr. Jas Powell
Senior Engineer at Andle Engineering

About

I've worked mostly at startups, and had two successful exits. I build and lead high-performing teams. I have a strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, software/firmware engineering, security and cryptography, dev-ops, QA and high-availability architecture.

Work Experience

Andle Engineering Ltd
Remote / San Francisco / Milano / Cyprus
May 2016 – Present
Head of Engineering
2x CTO, 2x Head of Engineering. Individual Contributor. Technology consultancy. Fully remote roles with start-up teams.
Highlights
  • Team Leadership & Project Management
  • Executive team reporting
  • Python, C/C++, Ansible, Linux, AWS
  • Network Architecture Design, API Design
  • OS Hardening & Cybersecurity
  • Cryptography & Networking Protocol Design
  • Raspberry Pi & Embedded OS customization (yocto, Debian)
Albourne Partners
Cyprus
May 2012 – May 2016
Software Engineer
Engineer in a multi-million dollar global production environment for financial research.
Highlights
  • DevOps & Linux Admin
  • Java, Python & Unix/Linux shell
  • Jenkins, CI/CD
  • Postgres
  • Team Co-leadership & Project Management
Intercollege Larnaca
Cyprus
January 2009 – February 2013
Head of Department (Computer Science)
Day-to-day operational management and leadership of 8 staff and 100 bachelors degree students from local and international backgrounds.
Transitive / IBM
Manchester
November 2006 – January 2009
Senior Software Engineer
Senior engineering staff in a Manchester University start-up in cross-processor virtualization.

Awards

  • May 2018

    EXIN

    GDPR General Data Protection Foundation Certificate

  • August 2011

    APMG

    PRINCE2

Contact

Larnaca CY
+357 96 431 656
jas@heyjdp.net
linkedin
jas-powell
github
heyjdp

Education

  • 1998 2002

    The University of Sheffield

    MEng

    EEE & Computing (Artificial Intelligence)

  • 2002 2006

    The University of Sheffield

    PhD

    EEE & Computing (Nanostructure Physics)

Skills

Start-ups Senior
Team Leadership System Architecture Project Management Software Engineering Scaling R&D
DevSecOps Senior
Linux AWS Cybersecurity Automation Test & QA
Backend Engineering Senior
C/C++ Python Java Android Linux Cryptography Networking