Kevin Smith
VP Engineering (IM & Presence) at Swift XMPP Client
Greater Cardiff Area United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorKevin Smith is a veteran engineering leader with 19 years of experience specializing in XMPP, instant messaging, and presence systems, currently serving as VP Engineering (IM & Presence) at Isode. He combines deep protocol expertise—spanning client, bot, component and server work—with hands-on development in C/C++, Java, and Rust, plus scripting in Python, Ruby and Lua. A long-time contributor to XMPP standardization and co-author of the definitive book on the subject, he bridges engineering, community stewardship, and product direction. Kevin also maintains active open-source engagement as a core developer of the cross-platform Swift XMPP client, focusing on usability for non-technical users. Known for applying multi-objective and evolutionary optimisation thinking to engineering problems, he brings pragmatic research-informed approaches to complex system design. Based in the Greater Cardiff area, he combines deep legacy knowledge with a willingness to adopt new languages and idioms where they add value.
19 years of coding experience
English, Welsh
Github Skills (50)
xmpp10
javascript10
qt10
travis10
windows10
linux10
cross-platform10
travis-ci10
lua10
chat10
atom-plugin10
swift10
macos10
scons10
editor9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
Kev/xeps
Jun 2015 - Sep 2021
Contributions:54 pushes, 27 branches in 6 years 3 months
Kev/clang-flags
Jun 2014 - May 2016
Helper library for atom plugins using clang
Contributions:31 commits, 6 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 11 months
atom-pluginclang
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