Chris Nesbitt-Smith

“I have worked with Chris many times usually within complex and risk averse environment and always appreciate his focus on quality and results. He as able to balance technical and managerial concepts and changes and so gains much trust from his team. He stays up-to-date with fast moving technical change and so knows where to adopt or ignore. I look forward to the chance to work with him again.”

“Chris is an incredibly talented guy, that can go from speaking about high level organisational strategy to the 4C's of Cloud Native security in depth. He has a knack for problem solving, finding what is holding a company back from achieving its goals, and fixing them. He’d be an asset to any team and I’m looking forward to working with him again in the future.”

“Chris is a character who brings life and energy. He is exceptionally knowledgeable and not afraid to stand up and challenge the beliefs or thinking within an group. He understands the detail and context and is good at explaining it to others. Would definitely work with him in the future if I had the opportunity. Great guy. ”

“Great person to have on the team: knowledgeable, yet challenging in all the right ways and very supportive of team goals and getting the job done.”

“I worked with Chris on a major government department programme of work that was complex, beset with problems and with multiple stakeholders across portfolios domains and technical teams. It was cutting edge both in terms of the technology choices as well as the non-functional requirements required to meet financial, performance, assurance and security requirements. Chris joined as technical product manager and worked with the business PM to ensure a robust roadmap and a delivery pipeline that de-risked the project. Working with a team that were buffeted from all sides he was able to champion the move to a CI process, as well as demonstrate what good looks like. Because he really knows his stuff, he’s able to identify and remove much unnecessary process or governance that’s there just for the sake of ‘ticking boxes’. He’s able to gain the confidence of both technical and non-technical people in order to streamline a delivery process and pipeline. His experience and understanding of the Gov.Uk service assessment process across many projects and government departments has given him insights into the problems faced by teams working within a tightly controlled environment along with methods to help them be as efficient as possible. Much as I’m sure Chris would love a well-run project and the chance to focus just on writing good quality code, I suggest his skill set is such that you want him solving much bigger and more complex problems”

“Chris is a no non-sense, very pragmatic, efficient and honest technical lead who will make a great addition to your team and secure the success of your technical projects.”

“I've worked with Chris on a number of Drupal projects. He has both depth and breadth to his knowledge which helps tremendously; he's been able to quickly discover and correctly address some highly complex challenges on large codebases - a skill that evades many so-called 'senior' devs. Very happy to recommend.”

“Chris' sheer breadth of technical knowledge is outstanding. His thought process is not restrained by what he's comfortable with. He always had a solution no matter what problems I sent his way. Very impressive consultant, a technologist thoroughbred.”

“Chris worked as the lead PHP developer on a sensitive HMG project for WTG. Unusually for the company I decided to have Chris leading the development team rather than one of the company's own developers as his mentality is not that of a jobbing contractor but someone who cares about the work he and the team are delivering. As well as Chris' leadership skills flourishing, his technical knowledge came to the fore as well. Many problems and unique challenges, mainly around security, were overcome with his design and development. I was also particularly impressed by Chris' pragmatic approach to problem solving and would hire him again if the need arose.”

“Chris is the kind of guy that won't let you make a mistake - he's enthusiastic, interested and engaged in projects and all ways gets the tasks completed. But he also goes that extra mile when it comes to making sure you think through what you want and helps you work out the best solution. I have benefited from this support, advice and output many times! Do listen to him.”

“It would be easy to use a lot of HR buzz words to describe Chris' work, but the fact is that he is the best at what he does. He is reliable and determined to see a challenge through to successful completion, going above and beyond what is required to create the best possible end product. Having had the pleasure of working with Chris on several projects I have seen, time and time again, his passion for excellence as well as a skill set that grows with each new project that he takes on. He would be an asset to any team, particularly as a leader.”

“Chris was great to work with; understood our requirements quickly, delivered efficiently and made a difference to us and our client. Easy to work with and would not hesitate to employ his services again.”

“Simply look at http://holymoly.com to see Chris' superlative work in action - an expert Drupal developer with extensive knowledge, dedication to his work - a friendly and honourable guy to boot.”

“Chris is a great guy to work with and has always done a very good job for us.”

“Chris is one of those very rare talent’s that can project manage to a very high standard as well as can get stuck in with work load if needed. Chris always delivers on time and on budget and to an extremely high standard.”

“Chris has always provided us with the best of his abilities and experience on all of the projects we have given him. He is seen as an asset to our business and have confidence in bringing in work for him to play his role on in creative projects. Reliable, consistent results and highly recommended.”

“Chris is a very detail oriented, easy to work with client. I have had fun working on some of things while he was at Brightwire Media. I look forward to working with him in the near future... and would like to be a part of his innovative business ideas. Hard-working, techsavy and business minded are the words that come to my mind abt Chris.”