Ciaran Jessup
Artificial Intelligence Consultant at Lokulus
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolCiaran Jessup is an experienced polyglot technologist and AI consultant with 17 years building and leading engineering, architecture and innovation teams across UK fintech and AI-enabled platforms. He blends hands-on software craftsmanship—contributing to well-known open-source projects like Express and Cocos2d-x—with strategic leadership roles from Head of Engineering to Director of Technology, focusing on secure, scalable delivery. At Lokulus and now Pulse AI Consultancy he helps organisations adopt AI responsibly, coupling implementation with governance, risk and compliance guidance. His background spans low-level mobile/input work, OAuth and auth middleware in Node.js, and product architecture—evidence of a rare mix of deep technical fixes and high-level product thinking. He also holds a Master of Management Practice from Alliance Manchester Business School, underpinning his ability to align technical strategy to business outcomes.
17 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Management Practice, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Master of Management Practice, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at Alliance Manchester Business SchoolBSc CSSE, Computer Science Software Engineering, BSc CSSE, Computer Science Software Engineering at University of Birmingham
English
Github Skills (17)
javascript10
c-language10
expressjs10
game-engine10
back-end-development10
android10
file-handling10
nodejs10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
cocos2d-x10
oauth10
api-design9
server9
lua9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
ciaranj/node-oauth
Jan 2010 - Jul 2022
OAuth wrapper for node.js
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:166 commits, 7 PRs, 12 pushes in 12 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Ciaran contributed to the core functionality of the `node-oauth` library. Their commits primarily focused on implementing and refactoring OAuth token request and access token retrieval mechanisms, including adding URL normalization and PLAINTEXT signature methods. The user also addressed issues related to non-default port handling and refactored the code, with subsequent commits removing unnecessary dependencies and improving the structure of the library. A method was added to handle access to protected resources.
nodejsoauth
ciaranj/connect-auth
Apr 2010 - Apr 2013
Authentication middleware for connect.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:220 commits in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ciaran primarily contributed to the authentication middleware for Connect.js, refactoring existing code to fit Node.js's asynchronous patterns. They implemented basic authentication, including a separate class for handling basic auth logic and added support for digest authentication. The user also worked on the integration of authentication strategies, supporting both basic and digest authentication methods, and adding support for Google and Twitter OAuth flows.
authentication-middleware
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