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Callum Fraser

Technically minded people leader and manager, passionate about coaching and mentoring the next generation of leaders. Demonstrated history of identifying and implementing multi-team improvement initiatives and improving problematic teams.

Proven track record of turning performance issues into positive improved outcomes and mentoring leaders in performance issues and conversations.

Often found talking with seasoned professionals across the Manchester tech community. Mentoring, implementing and supporting team leaders on continuous improvement, agile working practices, neurodiversity, team leadership, performance feedback and reviews.

Summary

Experience

Engineering Manager

Sep 2022 - Oct 2024 @ CreateFuture/xDesign

Mentoring leaders on team communications, including knowledge sharing changes across 15 client teams. Managing client migration project for a system with 300 Million monthly views.

Co-organising and contributing to neurodiversity, STEM ambassador and leadership communities, including providing feedback on community concerns. Identifying, managing and contributing to process improvements, including two core company initiatives.

Lead Front End Developer

Aug 2020 - Sep 2022 @ AO.com

Inspiring, coaching and mentoring front-end developers across multiple areas within the company. Supporting personalisation team, helping to improve agile team processes and mentoring on leadership.

Running performance working group, promoting best practices throughout the AO tech community leading to a 30% improvement in performance KPI’s.

Lead JavaScript Engineer

Sep 2018 - Aug 2020 @ Barclays

Managing, guiding developers and re-architecting internal tools used by 50k banking employees daily. Supporting other leaders with mentoring and coaching. Helping to embed best technology patterns and agile practices across project teams.

Supporting teams both remotely and in-person teams across two offices. Running Knowledge Transfer sessions across the team and wider Front End community in the business.

Software Development Lead

Nov 2017 - Aug 2018 @ Laterooms.com

Managed the front-end team alongside the principal developer and helped ensure code quality by taking on responsibility for the technical implementations. Directed the full interview process: from reviewing the CV through to running the phone and in-office interviews.

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