I am a technology generalist who remains fiercely technical with a long history of enterprise software development in the Java and Python programming stack. I enjoy tackling complex problems with simple and elegant solutions that make a large difference. I am the Co-Founder of Arctic Shores which is pioneering the development of innovative games-based psychometric assessments primarily used in recruitment to attract and identify talented candidates. These games are designed with scientific rigour to deliver objectivity, accuracy and fairness in candidate selection, as well as being fun to play. I also devised and developed Asset DB, a unique and highly visual print and asset management tool used and sold in over 40 countries by NewField IT, a software and services company in the printing and imaging industry. Asset DB was instrumental in propelling NewField IT from initial start-up to international company and ultimately to its sale to Xerox in 2011. I also organise Python Northwest, the technology user group and community for the Python programming language in the Northwest.

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder @ From September 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) Manchester, United KingdomTechnology Advisor @ From September 2011 to May 2014 (2 years 9 months) United KingdomSoftware Developer @ From March 2011 to September 2011 (7 months) Non Executive Director @ From August 2009 to May 2011 (1 year 10 months) Chief Technology Officer @ From October 2003 to August 2009 (5 years 11 months) Senior Technology Analyst @ From March 2000 to October 2003 (3 years 8 months)

BA @ University of Oxford From 1991 to 1994 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) @ University of London From 1994 to 1997 Safe Hammad is skilled in: SQL, MySQL, Python, Software Development, Java, Software Engineering, JavaScript, Linux, HTML, Agile Methodologies, CSS, Web Applications, Web Development, Apache, jQuery