Huw Bristow

Huw Bristow has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies and roles. In their most recent position, they served as the Chief Technology Officer at altia starting from March 2021. Prior to this, in 2020, they worked as a Consultant, offering their expertise in development, architecture, and engineering strategy to various organizations. Notably, they assisted in delivering reporting solutions for businesses like Oceans Blue to the NHS.

Before their role as a Consultant, Huw served as the VP Engineering at ParkIT from August 2019 to March 2021. ParkIT is a provider of parking management solutions. During their tenure, they led the engineering team in developing the Park IT parking solution, which focused on dynamic allocation and optimization of cars to parking spaces and staff management.

From July 2018 to August 2019, Huw worked at Lightwave, serving as the CTO and VP Software. Lightwave specializes in smart home products, and Huw led the embedded engineering and software development teams. Huw implemented Agile development and DevOps processes, ensuring certified products were brought to market. Additionally, they collaborated with the product team to define the product and technology roadmap and strategy.

In 2017, Huw worked as a Director in the Engineering group for Genesys, a leading Contact Centre Solution supplier. As part of this role, they focused on integrating Silver Lining Solutions into Genesys' global operations, which were acquired by Genesys in March 2017. Huw had additional responsibilities as a CTO for Silver Lining Solutions.

Prior to Genesys, they served as the CTO and Director at Silver Lining Solutions Ltd starting from April 2012 to December 2017. In this position, Huw oversaw product management, development, global professional services, customer support, and MIS. Huw worked extensively with the Microsoft technology stack.

Huw's career began at Smart Human Logistics (SMART acquired HMT Systems) in March 2009, where they held the role of Development Manager. During this time, they designed, developed, and delivered enterprise rostering software for NHS clients. Huw managed a development and QA team of eleven members across multiple sites.

Before joining Smart Human Logistics, Huw worked as a Senior Developer at HMT Systems from June 2007 to March 2009. Here, they led the UI development of an enterprise-level rostering system for the NHS, which involved migrating from vb6 to c# and redesigning the user interface, system architecture, and database. Additionally, they served as an Agile mentor and showcased the benefits of Agile practices to improve productivity and quality.

Huw started their career in 2006 as a Solutions Engineer at Egg, focusing on the live Egg banking website. Huw worked with Agile XP development using C# and ASP.NET. Prior to this, they worked as an IT Consultant at CACI Ltd from May 2004 to June 2006, specializing in .net development of Document Management and Document Imaging systems for public sector clients throughout the UK.

Huw Bristow completed their education history with a PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, specializing in Context Aware Wearable Computing, from the University of Birmingham. Huw obtained this degree from 2001 to 2004. Prior to their doctoral studies, Huw obtained a MEng degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the same university from 1997 to 2001. Their education before university is not specified.