Simon Monk
Product Development at Monk Makes Ltd
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Monk is a product development leader, author and maker with 13 years of commercial experience and a PhD in software engineering. Best known for authoring bestselling electronics books like Programming Arduino and The Raspberry Pi Cookbook—with over 800,000 copies sold and translations into 10 languages—he now designs hardware and refines manufacturing at MonkMakes, a company he co-founded to support educational electronics. His work spans product design for BBC micro:bit, Raspberry Pi and Arduino, and he runs an in-house pick-and-place PCB facility in Lancashire, combining hands-on prototyping with production engineering. Earlier he co-founded Momote, inventing a highly compact interpreter for early mobile phones, showing a long track record of inventive, resource-constrained software design. Based in Nottingham, Simon blends academic rigor, clear technical communication and practical manufacturing know-how to bring maker-friendly products from concept to market.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Cybernetics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Cybernetics at University of ReadingDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Software Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Software Engineering at Lancaster University
Github Skills (39)
android-project10
verilog9
python9
smartcard9
guid9
arduino9
raspberry-pi8
adk8
ide8
java8
raspberry-pi-pico7
wifi7
makecode7
blockly7
micropython6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
simonmonk/raspberrypi_cookbook_ed2
Aug 2015 - Oct 2017
The source code to accompany the SECOND EDITION of the book 'The Raspberry Pi Cookbook' by SImon Monk.
Contributions:2 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
raspberry-pi
monkmakes/pi_box_1
Sep 2019 - Feb 2021
Code to accompany the Monk Makes Electronic Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi V2
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 1 year 4 months
raspberry-pi
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