Elected CEO

With over 7 years in tech, James founded JM Automations, offering project management, business analysis (including process improvement), development, and implementation. He co-founded the Alba Automations co-operative to build collaborative software solutions for organisations.

His experience includes 4+ years at a major GB energy company, progressing from technical roles to full project ownership. Clients include Strathclyde University and The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland.

Elected Ops Coordinator

Dara-Emma is a developer, project manager, and a founding member of the co-op. She specialises in the design, delivery and maintenance of scalable, accessible digital systems, leveraging CSS, PHP, JavaScript, Python, SQL, MySQL, Git workflows, and frameworks including React and Flask. Her experience spans across the charity, private, and public sector, including Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust, The University of Edinburgh, Code Division and CodeYourFuture.

At the core of her work is a commitment to ethical data design, accessibility, and the development of secure, user-first digital systems.

Elected Chair

With a background in high-performance software engineering, Laurie has delivered expert-level solutions over multiple years at a world-renowned finance firm, specialising in Java. His work also included extensive use of SQL, Perl, Python, Unix, and Lisp.

As a developer he was responsible for the automation of key testing processes used in the analysis of high-value financial transactions.

He served on the committee of Dennistoun Living Rent for two years, working on ensuring the organisation’s work was effective, wide-reaching, and followed wider procedures.

Developer

With over 12 years of self-taught programming expertise, Paul has built his reputation as a trusted Drupal specialist, working with major organizations including Siemens, Cancer Research UK, Charles River Labs, and Jisc. His deep experience spans Drupal versions 6 through 10, from maintaining enterprise-scale websites to architecting complex integrations for global clients.

What sets Paul apart is his ability to evolve with the industry—seamlessly transitioning from traditional web development into emerging technologies as they reshape the digital landscape. Whether mastering a new framework or diving into cutting-edge fields, Paul brings the same methodical approach and passion for problem-solving that has defined his career since his early days learning on the job.

Developer

David is a many hat wearing pragmatic full-stack engineer that specialises in short timeline projects. He has over 10 years experience in the software world, and a well established understanding of server environments and web technologies.

His most used languages are Python and JavaScript/TypeScript. He is also part of the Pallets Projects team, an open source organisation that works to maintain the Flask web framework – the most popular Python web framework in the world, currently.

Developer

Ricardo is a Full Stack Developer, Dev-Ops Engineer and Mentor, specialised in distributed systems, cloud computing, SEO and digital communications. With a unique background that blends creative media skills and technical rigour, Ricardo’s experience ranges from Teaching to Media, IoT within the Energy Sector, Finance, and as of recently, the 3rd sector.

Ricardo’s work experience include companies such as British Gas, Tesco Bank and Barclays. He has recently been appointed Head of Technology and Digital Training Officer at the Crookston Community Group (CCG), a charitable organisation that aims to eliminate food poverty, exclusion and isolation.

Infrastructure Engineer

Sean’s technical expertise spans server and hypervisor management, with a keen interest in Linux based systems, software troubleshooting and development across PHP, Java and Python.

His experience includes 3+ years working with Lenovo in customer focused technical support, progressing to Support Engineer.