Nicholas Avenell
Digital Development Technical Lead at Learning on Screen
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNicholas Avenell is a seasoned software and DevOps leader with 17 years of experience delivering scalable web applications and resilient infrastructure across education, publishing, and consumer tech. In his current role as Digital Development Technical Lead at Learning on Screen, he steers modernization of the Box Of Broadcast service, coordinating cross-functional teams to align technology with education objectives. He previously headed cross-brand DevOps and architecture at Pernod Ricard, standardizing hosting, security, and CI/CD for 30+ brands and driving enterprise-grade DevOps practices. As a founder and director of Istic Networks and a co-founder of Carcosa Dreams, he blends entrepreneurial leadership with hands-on product and event technology development, including live-action RPG experiences. Based in Oxford, UK, Nicholas leverages cloud, automation, and agile methods to empower teams, optimize resources, and deliver reliable systems that meet market demands.
18 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Computing, Computing, Computing, Computing at University of SunderlandMascalls Academy
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (120)
python10
automation10
cookies10
ssh10
water10
youtube10
editor10
agents10
ansible10
cli10
electron10
youtube-dl10
typescript10
ffmpeg10
vscode10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
aquarion/ansible-papertrail
Mar 2019 - Dec 2024
An ansible role for installing Papertrail
Contributions:2 pushes in 5 years 10 months
papertrailinstallingansibleansible-rolerole
aquarion/lifestream-web
Jun 2018 - Jul 2024
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
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