Gwynfor Hockridge

Business Analyst | Digital Product | Business Development

Professional summary

Senior software engineer who can talk to both delivery and commercial outcomes. Recent work includes a sports LMS that made £50k+ in its first month, SSO and insight across a 10+ app ecosystem, and changing how a team used AI in real workflows (Copilot to Cursor, review/triage, Datadog MCP). Currently completing a Master of Management Information Systems at ECU, heading toward business development and analyst work. Based in Perth, Western Australia. Background in game-studio and agency delivery, including scaling a studio from 2 to 6+ developers.

Selected career highlights

  • Delivered a national learning platform that generated more than £50,000 in revenue during its first month.
  • Helped scale a studio from 2 to 6+ developers and 5 to 20+ staff while shipping high-traffic game-studio launches.
  • Built a single customer picture across 10+ applications through SSO and engagement insight.
  • Changed how a delivery team used AI in day-to-day delivery: Copilot to Cursor, review/triage pipelines, and Datadog MCP linking logs to tickets.

Key skills

  • Commercial & delivery

    team leadership · client delivery · cross-product insight · Agile delivery · stakeholder coordination

  • AI in practice

    GitHub Copilot · Cursor · AI code review · ticket triage · Datadog MCP

  • Platforms

    LMS · SSO · AWS · analytics · federated search

  • Stack

    Vue 3 · Nuxt · TypeScript · GraphQL

Experience

  • høppstudio Senior Developer

    2024 – May 2026

    • Architected a national sports LMS that reached £50k+ revenue in the first month (courses, certifications, analytics, offline access).
    • Drove how the team used AI in day-to-day delivery: Copilot, then Cursor; review and triage pipelines; Datadog MCP linking logs to tickets.
    • Implemented SSO across 10+ applications, giving a single customer picture and better engagement insight.
    • Designed federated search so content could be found across products, not only inside each app.
    • Mentored a team of 5 and set review and release practice while modernising the stack.

  • 1minus1 Senior Developer

    2020 – 2023

    • Shipped high-traffic launches for major game studios (including the Forza franchise hub) with design, accessibility, and commercial deadlines in the same conversation.
    • Introduced GitHub Copilot into the team's development workflow.
    • Helped scale the studio from 2 to 6+ developers and 5 to 20+ staff.
    • Migrated 40k+ posts from legacy CMS platforms with minimal downtime.
    • Led CI/CD adoption so releases were repeatable rather than heroic.

  • Protech Commercial Kitchens Web & Digital Marketing

    Feb – May 2020 · Sydney, Australia

    • Short-term contract delivering custom JavaScript/PHP contact forms and Google Tag Manager event tracking for conversion measurement.

  • Inky the Squid Independent Developer

    2016 – present

    • Delivered custom WordPress and Vue sites for clients in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia, translating Figma designs into production themes and interactive pages.
    • Contracted to digital agencies on theme builds, performance, and design-to-code delivery.

  • University of Kent & Kent Business School Web Developer / Consultant

    2014 – 2018 · Canterbury, UK

    • Led the Kent Business School website redesign with central teams and stakeholders, reducing 500+ pages to under 50.
    • Scoped work, wrote client agreements, and trained the teams who had to run the result.
    • Managed a team of 5 delivering platform updates and university-wide services.

Education

  • Master of Management Information Systems (in progress)

    2026 – present

    Edith Cowan University · Perth, Western Australia

  • Higher Diploma in Economics

    2014 – 2015

    University of Kent · Canterbury, UK

Selected projects

References available on request.