Neil Smith
Technical Director
I look after both the tech and the tech team here at focusgov. That means that between us, we have to choose the right tech for a project, work on the development and programming, get everything working, tested for functionality and accessibility, get it live – and then make sure it stays live when real users start using it!
As you can imagine, there’s a lot of moving parts to the role, and every day brings different and interesting questions, challenges and problems to the table. Often, I’m either talking to our Client Services team about new projects and how we might approach them – or talking to the Development team about implementation details and how we can best get things working.
I’m always enthusiastic to try out new technology, and to see if it can bring any advantages to either our products or our developers – and from there, of course, to our customers.
What is the coolest thing you’re working on right now?
So many things! Real-time transcription and translation of video content? Website build optimisations for near-instant page load? Task systems that auto-scale on demand? New automation techniques for building apps and distributing them to the app stores? And, of course, I’m enjoying the current tech craze of 2023, asking ChatGPT increasingly difficult questions to see where AI can help us!
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