Jamie Garner
Navigating Code and Leadership
Jamie Garner
About Me
With over two decades in the tech industry, I have evolved from a passionate software developer to a strategic team leader and an influential figure in senior management. My career is defined by a relentless pursuit of excellence, fostering innovative solutions, and sculpting robust processes and dynamic teams. My analytical prowess and technical acumen have been the cornerstone of my ability to devise and implement cutting-edge software solutions, ensuring their seamless integration and support.
Leadership, for me, goes beyond merely guiding teams; it’s about inspiring a shared vision, cultivating talent, and driving projects to fruition with a keen eye on both detail and the bigger picture. I thrive on exploring the vast potentials of technology, leveraging it not just as a tool but as a catalyst for transformative change, optimising processes, and enhancing value in every project undertaken.
In a world where technology is ever-evolving, my mission remains to harness its power to streamline operations, elevate user experiences, and lead teams and projects that resonate with the core objective of making a significant, tangible impact.
What I Do
Testimonials
Jamie is an amazing mentor, who played a large role in helping me develop from a junior developer to a strong mid-level software engineer. Through paired programming, one on one mentoring, and technical book reviews, he was always on hand to offer professional advice, solutions, and best practices. Additionally Jamie is a great team leader who brings a wealth of knowledge and solutions to any team that he works with. I always felt extremely motivated working with him and felt he brought out the best qualities in all of the team. I would be more than happy to work with Jamie again in the future
Jamie worked tirelessly to improve the team and their work. This included guiding the team through careful planning and execution with respect to the development life cycle for a range of projects. In addition, Jamie always worked with consideration for each client and their requirements. He has a passion for well designed, usable software, which, matched with a high standard of customer service, always leads to customer satisfaction
Jamie has a natural ability to turn a group of individuals into a team and then get the best out of them, as a manager with a development background I found it easy to discuss various technical solutions to a problem before agreeing a way forward. He understood that the best way was not always the quickest and supported me if a little extra time resulted in a better solution for our clients. He was a good Boss, I would happily work for him again.
Fun Facts
Years Working In Tech
20Podcast Created
3Abstracts Published
2CV
Employment
September 2021 - Current
NCASSLead Developer
Responsibilities
- Strategic planning and decision making, working closely with other department to align technology initiatives with the business goals.
- Technical Leadership, working with the Director of IT to provide architectural oversight develop the technology strategy.
- Project and team management, providing project oversight, team development and business continuity.
Achievements
- Becoming part of the senior management team.
- Developing a Reward & Recognition scheme for the team, which linked monthly themes to department goal and the wider business goals.
- Integrating Microsoft Dynamics and legacy systems.
May 2019 - September 2021
NCASSSenior Developer
Responsibilities
- Provide mentor support for rotating scrum masters.
- Working with the product owner and key stakeholders for product development and story refinement.
- Managing the offsite development team.
Achievements
- Deploying a SSO solution to replace previous authentication system.
- Developing agile processes to make sure there is continuous learning.
- Building and refining the CI/CD pipelines
May 2017 - May 2019
E (Gas & Electricity) LtdSenior Developer
Responsibilities
- Primary source of technical expertise for software development and Microsoft stack.
- Provide mentor support for other developers.
- Sprint master
Achievements
- 3rd Party Integration to CRM systems.
- Developed sales channel into existing sales application using VOIP technology.
- Built Asynchronous notification system to provide real-time validation for sales.
October 2016 - May 2017
Keele UniversityDatabase & Systems Developer: Primary Care Health Sciences
April 2014 - October 2016
Keele UniversityHead of CTU IT: Primary Care Health Sciences
August 2012 - March 2014
University of BirminghamProgramming Team Leader: Primary Care and Clinical Research Trials Unit
June 2011 - July 2012
NHS Royal Wolverhampton TrustDeputy Applications Development Manager
October 2009 – June 2011
NHS Royal Wolverhampton TrustSenior Applications Developer
July 2009 – October 2009
Twisted BlueberryFreelance Project Consultant
April 2007 – July 2009
PlanitConsultant Engineer
May 2004 - April 2007
Sartorius LimitedSystems Development and Installation Engineer
January 2002 – April 2004
Weighahead Systems EuropeCommissioning Engineer
Skills
- C#
- VB
- T-SQL
- TypeScript
- .Net
- .Net Core
- ASP.Net MVC
- Entity Framework
- React
- SignalR
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Azure Functions
- Power BI
- Microsoft Azure
- Cosmos
- Process Improvement
- Team Leadership
- Management
- Project Management
- IT Strategy
- Software Project Management
- Testing
- Project Planning
- Requirements Analysis
- Mentoring
- Software Architecture
- Problem Solving
Education
2002
De Montfort UniversityBSc (Hons) Computer and Mathematical Science
1998
Boston CollegeFoundation Year
1995
Weavers Sixth FormA-Levels
1995
Weavers SchoolGCSE
Publications
- Paskins Z, Hughes G, Myers H, Hughes E. A randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injections: The hip injection trial (HIT) protocol, July 2015
- Contributor to MRC Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology, GOOD PRACTICE PRINCIPLES FOR SHARING INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT DATA FROM PUBCLICILY FUNDED CLINICAL TRIALS, April 2015
Published Abstracts
- Ogollah R, Lewis M, Konstantinou K, Lawton S, Garner J, Foster N. E. The use of regular text messaging over one year to collect primary outcome data in a randomised controlled trial In: 4th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference; 2017 May 7-10; Liverpool, England. Liverpool, England: Meeting abstracts from the 4th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) and the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials. Trials 2017 18 (Supp 1):200. Abstract O67
- Garner J, Whitaker, R. A Better Participant Experience Using SMS for Real Time Data Collection, In: 3rd International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference; 2015 Nov 16-17; Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow, Scotland: ICTMC 2015. Abstract PS4.02
