David Thorpe
NHS
Nigella Lawson
Crown Worldwide
Suddath

Below is a curated selection of previous works and collaborations. I'd love to show more, but unfortunately strict NDAs prevent me from divulging the details of some engagements.


Nigella Lawson's Foodim App

Nigella Lawson and David Thorpe

I acted as the early-stage technical partner for Nigella and her Pabulum team define the product direction and execution of Foodim, the food-based social media app. The app is designed and built with performance as a number one priority. Instant scalability was key.

This wasn't a small app to be used by a handful of users; the scale to which this would grow would be huge and the software had to handle that. As Lead Backend Developer it was my responsibility to ensure that the software was built to scale and that the team were able to deliver on the ambitious roadmap.

Foodim runs from a lightweight Laravel application API and has a native Swift iOS application built in collaboration with Ben Dodson.

Industry Leading Estimation Tool

Hambro Roofing's New Estimation Tool

Hambro Roofing have been using technology to optimise as many parts of their business as possible. I have partnered with them extensively to help create a central platform that all jobs, estimates, accounting, assets and more are managed in.

I spent a huge chunk of time working closely with them to help build out a next-generation estimation tool that is now being turned into a standalone digital product to sell within their industry.

I lead a small team of engineers and co-ordinated the development work on this project to build their new estimation tool.

Product & UX Direction for Sterling Lexicon & Suddath

Sterling Lexicon's New Design System

I was hired for my software development experience in the global relocation industry to help Suddath and Sterling Lexicon map out and design their new suite of customer-facing tools and portals.

I helped the companies understand their user's requirements and map out the feature sets required for a multi-stage, long term software development project. I was able to lean on my network of designers and developers and work in collaboration with Ekrem Elmas to provide the internal software development teams with platform brand guidelines and user experience assets.