Andrew Waters

I'm a software engineer, woodworker, producer and CTO based in Newcastle. I run the technology at Ctrl Hub, where we build software that helps the biggest utility and infrastructure organisations in the UK move their operations from the filing cabinet to digital processes.

I started out in the 2000s writing PHP and buying servers to rack in datacentres, building SaaS on top of them. I moved into Golang, Cloud, DevOps, Engineering Management and Leadership, always still remaining hands on. Along the way I've also helped NCFE develop their T Level qualifications in Software Engineering.

Away from a keyboard I make electronic music and sawdust, in roughly equal measure.

Where I've worked

• CTO
  Ctrl Hub 2023–present

  Running the technology for the platform taking UK utility and infrastructure operations off paper. Working with Cadent, NGN, SGN, ENWL and lots more.

• Head of Engineering
  ubio 2019–2023

  Joined in DevOps, moved into engineering management, then Head of Engineering. 250 million automations per week and over $1 billion in transactions for Google, Trivago, Microsoft, TickX and more.

• Platform Engineer
  Moltin 2015–2019

  Employee number two at the ecommerce startup following a Y Combinator raise, rebuilding the platform to be API first, through to its acquisition by Elastic Path.

• Founder
  band-x media 2005–2015

  My own studio. Built Freedom CMS and worked with arts and cultural organisations across the North East including Baltic and Tyneside Cinema.