Calum Byrom

Calum Byrom has extensive work experience in software engineering and architecture. Calum is currently working as a Lead Software Engineer at RES since November 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Capgemini Engineering as a Senior Software Engineer in the Hybrid Intelligence unit from October 2021 to November 2022. In this role, they led development teams, provided technical direction, and worked on project-based work across various domains and technologies.

Before Capgemini Engineering, Calum worked as an Enterprise Architect at a Major Physics Laboratory from November 2020 to November 2022, where they supported a major upgrade to the synchrotron facility. Calum documented baseline, target, and transition architectures for beamline software and coordinated with stakeholders to identify and validate requirements.

From 2006 to 2021, Calum worked at Tessella as a Senior Software Engineer. Calum served as an Architect, Technical Team Lead, and Lead Developer on projects for various clients across different domains. Calum focused primarily on software to support Adaptive Clinical Trials in recent years, utilizing sophisticated Bayesian statistical modeling. Calum also worked as a Senior Developer and Architect to support internal projects at Tessella.

Furthermore, Calum has experience in the pharmaceutical and oil & gas industries. Calum worked as a Software Architect and Lead Developer for a Major Pharmaceutical company, where they provided support and oversight for the Adaptive Clinical Trial management platform. Calum also served as a Senior Developer for a Major Oil & Gas company, working on an Azure hosted, web-based system for seismology data management.

Moreover, Calum worked as a Software Architect, Team Lead, and Senior Developer for a Multinational Consumer Goods company, where they developed a regulatory affairs web-based framework. Calum also worked with a Major Pharmaceutical company as a Technical Lead and Architect for an extension to their Adaptive Clinical Trials platform.

Calum's work experience also includes roles at a Major Oil & Gas company, where they served as a Team Lead and Lead Developer for a web-based application for digitizing legacy seismological data. Calum worked as a Senior Developer for a UK Government Research Organisation, developing a tool to retrieve details of UK academic research staff for a brokerage platform.

Overall, Calum Byrom has demonstrated expertise in software engineering, architecture, and project management across various industries and technical domains.

Calum Byrom obtained their Bachelor's degree in Physics (MPhys) with first-class honors from The University of Edinburgh, where they studied from 1993 to 1998. Calum then pursued their doctoral studies in Nuclear Fusion at The University of Manchester from 1998 to 2002, earning their PhD. In 2009, Calum attended The Open University for a project management course (M865) and obtained a degree in project management.

In terms of certifications, Calum has achieved the following:

- Professional Scrum Product Owner Advanced (PSPO II) (95%) from Scrum.org in October 2021.

- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) from Scrum Alliance in February 2019.

- Sun Certified Java Programmer (97%) from Sun (specific month/year not provided).

- TOGAF 9.0 (85%/85%) from TOGAF (specific month/year not provided).