Alan Bridger

Software engineer, rewilder & gardener

CV

Voluntary Roles

Land Restoration

October 2022–present

Working with ecologists to rewild eight acres around my home in the Tanat Valley, mid-Wales.

Dolydd Gobaith

Director | July 2022–present

Dolydd Gobaith is a community farming project which hopes to help combat climate change, protect and enhance local biodiversity and natural heritage, find sustainable ways to produce food and other products from the land, and encourage community engagement.

BRACE: Building Resilience and Community Engagement

Secretary | October 2021–October 2023

BRACE is a friendly community group exploring how best to respond to the unfolding climate emergency in the Cain and Tanat valleys.

Employment

Library of Things

Backend Developer | March 2023–March 2026

Library of Things aims to make borrowing better than buying, for people and planet.

As part of a small development team, I have helped develop the companyʼs reservation and “thing” management platform to make it easier for the rest of the business to run community libraries of things. I have also contributed to the borrower-facing website and kiosk software, helping to improve the borrower experience.

Technologies

Giki

Software Engineer | March 2019–February 2023

Giki is your free personal guide to calculate, track and reduce your environmental impact.

I developed web scrapers, data processing pipelines and the API for the Giki Badges app, as well as building the Giki Zero webapp to calculate usersʼ detailed environmental footprints and suggest personalised actions to reduce these.

Technologies

ARTimbarc

Software Engineer | January 2018–March 2019

ARTimbarc aimed to build richer digital experiences and communities for cultural institutions.

I was responsible for building a Progressive Web App and underlying API to provide rich audio content and explanatory details for gallery and museum visitors.

Technologies

Kano Computing

Software Engineer | June 2016–January 2018

Kano aims to give anyone a simple, fun way to learn, make and play with technology.

I rebuilt the front-end of the company’s e-commerce site. I also contributed to the development of the community site and coding platform, as well as a desktop app to support the companyʼs hardware products.

Technologies

Qubit

Website Engineer | February 2015–June 2016

Qubit was a SaaS personalisation company focused on improving customer experiences.

I implemented designs as a new Drupal template for the companyʼs marketing site and built out other small marketing sites using React.

Technologies

Freelance Designer & Illustrator

July 2014–September 2015

Book cover design, illustrations and layouts for publishers.

Oneworld Publications

Marketing Manager | June 2011–June 2014

Oneworld Publications is a small, independent book publisher with a focus on literary fiction and narrative non-fiction.

I.B.Tauris Publishers

Digital Marketing Executive | September 2009–June 2011

I.B.Tauris is an independent academic publisher specialising in the Middle East, Politics and International Relations, History, Religion and Philosophy.

Education

Makers Academy

Immersive Web Development | 2015

Central Saint Martins

Illustration Short Course | 2014

Skillab

Introduction to JavaScript | 2013

Oxford Brookes

MA Publishing | 2009

University of Durham

BA (Hons) Philosophy | 2008

London Academy of Radio, Film & Television

Digital Photography Master Class | 2006