George Ashton

George Ashton has a diverse work experience in the software engineering field. George is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer - Quality at Nansen since 2022. Previously, they worked at Curve as a Software Engineer from 2021 to 2022, where they focused on enabling efficient and productive software development through the delivery of tools and frameworks. Before that, they were a Software Engineer at Blockchain.com from 2019 to 2021, where they developed and maintained automation for various projects. George Ashton has also worked at Apple as an International Software Quality Engineer from 2016 to 2018 and at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe as a Functional Tester from 2014 to 2015. George started their career as a Freelance IT professional in 2013 and also founded a video game blog called [LAG] in 2011, which they successfully sold.

George Ashton's education history begins at Cardinal Heenan High School, where they attended from 2006 to 2011. George does not have a specified degree or field of study from this school. After completing high school, George Ashton enrolled at Holy Family Sixth Form College from 2011 to 2013, where they pursued A-Levels in Business Entrepreneurship, Business and Finance, and Information Technology (IT).

Following their time at Holy Family Sixth Form College, George Ashton attended the University of Liverpool from 2013 to 2014. At the university, they obtained a Certificate in Higher Education in Business Studies with a Year in Industry BA (Hons).

In addition to their formal education, George Ashton has obtained various certifications in different subjects. These include certifications such as "A Guide to Securing Node.js Applications," "Become a Blockchain Developer," "Creating a CRUD REST API with Deno & Oak," "Grokking the Behavioral Interview," "Hands-on Vue.js: Build a fully functional SPA," "Introduction to YAML," "Master Solving Problems using Bit Manipulation," "Next.js - The ultimate way to build React apps," "Rediscovering JavaScript: ES6, ES7 & ES8," "Scalability & System Design for Developers," "The Coding Career Handbook," and "The Good Parts of AWS: Cutting Through the Clutter." These certifications were obtained from Educative, Inc. in April 2021.

George Ashton has also obtained certifications from the University of Helsinki, including "CI/CD," "React Native," and "Full Stack" in March and February 2021. Furthermore, they have obtained certifications in "Problem Solving," "JavaScript," "React," and "Rest API" from HackerRank in February and January 2021. Finally, George Ashton obtained a certification in "JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures" from freeCodeCamp in December 2018.