Photo of Adam looking out over the Scottish/English border
Hi there, I'm Adam 👋
💼 I'm a Software Engineer at Capital One, mostly working on our backend Java services for customer offers. Before that, I worked at Savoy Systems on projects ranging from data visualisation and automated testing, all the way to a larger project where we were porting a legacy application to a new language. I also introduced Git and GitHub as a way to project manage our work more effectively.
🧑🔬 In 2024, I completed Mathematics PhD at the University of Nottingham, where I developed scientific software to simulate blood flow and nutrient transport within the human placenta.
🧑💻 Most of what I do is develop software, and I predominantly create websites and bespoke software in PHP/SQL/JS/HTML/CSS in my spare time. I have the most experience with the interesting cocktail of C#, Delphi, Fortran, Java, PHP, and Python. I also have experience teaching a first-year undergraduate Python course at the University of Nottingham, as well as mentoring newbies in tech and giving tech talks.
Awarded every autumn for exceptional service in Scouting in Nottinghamshire over the last year. This was primarily for my efforts with the website and organising our presence at Nottinghamshire Pride.
In this talk we'll explore Blazor, Microsoft's framework for building web apps with .NET, and how it can leverage WebAssembly to run C# directly in the browser.
Capital One do credit cards. And they do them rather well, shown by the numerous awards they have won recognising their excellence for both customers and employees: they've been recognised with a rare 5-star rating by Fairer Finance for their credit builder card, and have achieved 15th in Great Place to Work® 2025 rankings. I joined as part of the graduate scheme in September 2025, working in an interdisciplinary team that focuses on customer retention. My work mostly involves using Java.
Savoy Systems makes ticketing software for cinemas and theatres. The small company size naturally makes this a full-stack development role, working on our backend server, web server, and desktop and mobile apps. I was involved in a large project to port a Delphi desktop app to a clean web interface in Blazor C#, which allows our clients to conveniently manage their venue in a web browser alongside useful analytics. I also got stuck in with various bug fixes, new features, and improvements to our workflow by introducing GitHub projects.
Worked on an EPSRC-funded on a project titled "Placental haemodynamics: A computational study of maternal blood flow and oxygen transport in the human placenta" under the supervision of Paul Houston, Matthew Hubbard, and Reuben O'Dea. The main aims of the project were to create a mathematical model of blood flow and nutrient transport in the human placenta, simulating the dynamics using a computer.
