Christopher Winstanley
Principal IOS Engineer at BBC
Chorley, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Winstanley is a Principal iOS Engineer with 11 years of professional experience, currently leading mobile engineering at the BBC in Manchester after progressing from senior roles since 2016. He combines strong academic foundations—a MSc (distinction) and BSc (first class) from Lancaster University and PhD research in IoT prediction support—with practical leadership delivering production iOS/macOS apps. An organiser of NSManchester, he actively cultivates the local Apple developer community while mentoring engineers and shaping mobile best practices. His background spans research, mobile product management in Australia, and game and web development, giving him a rare blend of academic rigour and hands-on shipping experience across platforms. Notably, he has navigated both startup-style delivery and large-organisation constraints, making him adept at scaling teams and systems in regulated media environments.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma Information Technology, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma Information Technology at Runshaw CollegeMSc Advanced Computer Science, MSc Advanced Computer Science at Lancaster University
English
Github Skills (13)
decks10
speaker9
mojo8
social-authentication6
authentication4
ios4
jwt4
swift3
auth3
ios-framework3
objective-c1
tvos1
optimizely1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Winnie90/BillingEstimateCalculator
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:54 commits, 48 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
Winnie90/Fizz-Buzz
May 2016 - Dec 2020
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
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