Work
Still learning...I've been building software for over 25 years. I still get excited about it.
Right now I'm deep in Rust, data, and integrations at Flowcase. Before that it was health-tech, and long before that I co-founded a digital music service. I've been through a few industry cycles.
Software Development
I've been contracting since 2007. Working on content migrations, data pipelines, search systems, web apps, mobile apps, smart-TV apps. I also build my own things: Music Instinct, a synth and other digital music tools, and Zero Waste Tickets, an event ticketing platform.
These days I work four days a week at Flowcase and keep a day free for other work.
Highlights
TrueTube – BAFTA Children's Award
I built the first ever online platform to be nominated for Channel of the Year at the BAFTA Children's Awards. Then won the award in 2017.
Startup Technical Co-founder
I co-founded a successful digital music startup. As the technical co-founder, I designed and built large systems for mass transcoding of audio, and management of media metadata.
Research
I have consulted on three EU-funded research programmes (PSP-Next, Saracen, and Bloomen) as part of the Kendraio Foundation.
These projects all focused on future internet technologies, including P2P, decentralised, and blockchain technologies.
Testimonials
"Darren is very responsive and personable; always willing to adapt to our requirements while offering his advice and experience. The quality of his work has been very high, and I have enjoyed working with him."
Zul Mullan, Editor, The Lancet Global Health
Darren knows his stuff and is a great trainer
Ronald Ashri, CTO, Blue Spark Labs
Darren has worked on Lancet website projects for many years. He most recently developed the Lancet Global Health's blog site for us. As always, his work was excellent, thorough, and to our specifications.
Justine Davies, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Darren really knows his onions.
Paul Reeves, Senior Developer, Viacom International Media Networks
Cracking day of training! Thanks for your patience & skills
Gary Bird