James Hewett

James Hewett has extensive work experience in the field of software engineering and management. James is currently serving as the Senior Engineering Manager for Payments at Monzo Bank, where they are responsible for leading a group of teams and engineers that maintain and develop various payment schemes. James directly manages four payments teams and over 15 engineers. Prior to this role, they worked as the Engineering Manager for Payments & Finance at Monzo Bank.

Before joining Monzo Bank, James Hewett was the Head of Software Engineering at Sonovate, a fintech company. In this role, they led multi-disciplined agile teams and was accountable for the technical products of the company. James was also responsible for scaling the engineering function, supporting the engineering teams, and driving the transition to an enterprise-class software delivery team.

Earlier in their career, James Hewett worked as a Software Engineer at Sapiens, where they developed software solutions for a brief period. James also worked as a Software Engineer at Xumo, where they played a key role in delivering high-quality software for Smart TVs and companion devices. James worked with consumer electronics manufacturers to develop APIs and reference implementations.

James Hewett started their career as a Software Implementation & Integration Team Lead at General Dynamics UK Limited. James progressed from a graduate software engineer to a team lead and was responsible for the development, integration, and delivery of core system software components. James worked on the Specialist Vehicles (SV) project, the largest software project undertaken by General Dynamics.

Prior to that, they worked as a Software Engineer at Renishaw, where they collaborated with various teams to develop and implement software solutions for customer requirements in the field of test probe and measurement equipment.

Overall, James Hewett has a diverse background in software engineering and management, with experience in leading teams, delivering high-quality software, and driving technical innovation.

James Hewett completed their Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Computer Systems Engineering from Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd, spanning from 2004 to 2008. In 2018 and 2019, they pursued further education at Cardiff Metropolitan University and obtained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Leadership. Additionally, James has acquired several certifications, including "Project Planning: Putting It All Together" from Coursera in January 2022, "Foundations of Project Management" and "Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project" from Coursera in April 2021, and "Mental Health First Aider" from Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England in December 2019. James also holds a CMI Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership from the Chartered Management Institute, though the exact month and year of acquisition are not specified. Moreover, James has completed various courses from Pluralsight on topics such as building highly scalable web applications in Azure, conflict resolution in the workplace, Go fundamentals, introduction to leadership and management for developers, modern software architecture, NHibernate fundamentals, REST fundamentals, and TypeScript fundamentals. The specific month and year of obtaining these certifications are not provided.