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Chris McClelland

I'm Chris McClelland. I make stuff & I write code.

Chris McClelland is the man behind MakeStuff.eu, a non-profit organisation committed to providing high-quality open-source software, firmware and electronic designs. Chris has nearly twenty years of commercial experience with industries ranging from microelectronics to finance.

Chris McClelland's Background

Chris McClelland's Experience

Vice President at Morgan Stanley

August 2003 - December 2010 | London

Working in a small global team of highly technical software engineers, we re-engineered the proprietary application infrastructure to make better use of high-quality open-source tools and libraries. The result was a highly consistent platform which simplified the job of creating and maintaining reliable, secure and scalable banking applications.

Technical Architect at JPMorganChase

December 2000 - August 2003 | London

Built a cross-platform, cross-language messaging tool enabling diverse applications to communicate with eachother in a loosely-coupled way.

Senior Analyst/Programmer at Derwent Information

November 1998 - December 2000 | London

Built a content management system to enable efficient automated publication of scientific patent information.

Senior Hardware Engineer at 3DLabs

August 1996 - October 1998 | London

Responsible for the functional and performance verification of 3D graphics accelerator chips, prior to fabrication.

R&D Engineer at Barcrest

July 1994 - July 1996 | Manchester

Designed board-level electronics and firmware for amusement machines, and various tools used by game developers.

Principal Engineer at MakeStuff

December 2008 | London

Produce high-quality open-source tools and libraries for engineers who sit on the boundary between hardware and software. Working mostly with C, VHDL, assembly language & a soldering iron, with the odd foray into Python, Java & web stuff.

Chris McClelland's Education

Manchester University

1991 – 1994

B.Sc (Hons) Physics


Chris McClelland's Interests & Activities

Electronics, software, retro gizmos, physics & general science, skiing, electronic music, classical music, opera & ballet, theatre, cats.

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