DANIEL WOOLFSON
York, United Kingdom • - •-www.linkedin.com/in/danielwoolfson
DETAIL-ORIENTED SENIOR ENGINEERING LEADER
High-Performing Teams • Manager of Managers • Security First Approach
Behavioral Cultural Frameworks • Global Team Management • Cross-Functional Collaboration
Cloud & AI Advocate • 2x,5x,10x Improvements • eNPS Score Consistently High
WORK EXPERIENCE
The Engineer Experience (www.the-engineer-experience.com)
April 2019 - present
Director
• Project: Created a ground up framework of behaviours for 100 Software Engineers and 10
Engineering Managers to meet cultural outcomes. Based around measuring efficiency and
effectiveness, a triangle of Speed/Agility, Risk/Quality and Experimentation is at the core.
Metrics are selected from each bias to reduce gamification and reflect SME niches for the
Engineers and delivery organisation.
Veremark (www.veremark.com)
Aug 2022 - present
Senior Engineering Manager
• eNPS increased by 400% (from 10 to 40)
• Supervised 3 teams (15 engineers) across UK, Slovenia, Croatia, India, Spain.
• Formulation quarterly OKRs, prioritizing team structures and project objectives.
• Measurement of DORA metrics measured through SLOs – Reduce defects by 25%
• Authored Engineering Playbook introducing Scrum/Kanban methodologies
• Strategy for Scaling of Engineering Teams to meet Series B investment
• Reduced Snyk vulnerabilities to 0 and application errors by 50% within a 7 days with Sentry
Telmar (www.telmar.com)
July 2020 - Aug 2022
Senior Engineering Resource Manager
• eNPS increased by 700% (from -10 to 59)
• Managed 5 teams (30 engineers) in C#, TypeScript, Angular, React, Node.js, Python.
• Led 6 managers & Software Leads, Architects, Data Scientists, and QA professionals.
• Directed a remote-first team across UK, France, South Africa, US, Canada, Taiwan.
• Delivered a refactored multi-threaded Calculation Engine for serverless migration on AWS
Lambda in microservice architecture on schedule, doubling performance.
• Coached successful adoption of Scrum methodology during agile transformation across IT
departments: Software Development and Data Management.
• Doubled engineering staff in 6 months to boost technical skills.
Legend Club Management Systems
June 2019 - July 2020
Development Manager
• Scaled team to 20 Engineers, doubling technical capacity via direct sourcing.
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Leveraged Scrum Master expertise, leading five cross-functional teams as Servant Leader.
Standardized metrics improved Engineering Teams' efficiency and productivity.
Introduced in-house Coding Bootcamp to equip junior hires with vital skills.
PureNet Solutions
March 2015 - May 2019
Head Of Development And QA
• Doubled team size to 20, spanning Software Engineering, QA, and UX departments.
• Administered JIRA for 50 concurrent projects utilizing Scrum methodology.
• Instituted apprenticeships and industry placements for student talent development.
Star Compliance
April 2014 - March 2015
Technical Project Manager
• Expedited ISO27001 and ISO9001 certification, successfully completing it in six months.
• Developed global Information Security training, effectively educating over 60 staff.
• Expanded team to 18 direct reports, including Software Engineering and QA.
• Orchestrated both remote and local Development/QA Teams as the lead.
Mitrefinch
2008 - 2014
Research And Development Manager
• Boosted team size to 20, spanning Software, Hardware Engineering, and QA departments.
• Orchestrated successful management of a £750K annual R&D budget effectively.
• Led the creation and launch of a novel biometric fingerprint reader in the market.
Mitrefinch
Assistant Research and Development Manager
2006 - 2008
Prior Experience: Mitrefinch (Software Developer), HCI York (Software Developer)
TECHNOLOGIES
AWS, TypeScript, Angular, Node.js, React, Django, C#, Python, C++, PHP, Open source, Snyk,,
ASP.NET, Magento, Sentry, DataDog
CERTIFICATIONS
• Strategic Management, Copenhagen Business School – Achieved October 2023
• Fundamentals of Organization, Politecnico di Milano – Achieved October 2023
• Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) - Scrum.org – Achieved April 2020
• PRINCE2 Foundation - AXELOS - Achieved May 2019
• Institute of Leadership and Management - Level 7 Certificate – Achieved April 2018
EDUCATION
University of York
Bsc, Computer Science 2:1 -
PUBLIC SPEAKING
• 8 Years to CTO…Maybe: Leeds PHP: http://tinyurl.com/8yearsToCTO
• Keynote at YorkTechFest Tech Conference: http://tinyurl.com/YorkTechFestKeyNote
