Head of Web Development / Scan Computers, Bolton

Building the systems
behind the experience.

£0K+technology cost savings
0+production deployments
0%+conversion improvement
0+years in web & digital

01 / Selected work

Products with a purpose.

All work

01

Divers Buddy

A product I founded to turn a useful idea into something real, shipped and evolving: tools, planning and resources for scuba divers.

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Divers Buddy website homepagediversbuddy.app

02 / Where I can contribute

Different problems need different perspectives.

01

Digital platforms

Ecommerce, web performance, technical SEO, AI Search and the platform decisions that make digital products work harder.

02

Engineering leadership

Team structure, mentoring, delivery workflows, technical strategy and the practical work of helping teams move forward.

03

Product direction

UX/UI, experimentation and product decisions that connect customer needs with useful, well-delivered technology.

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03 / Career progression

From pixels to platforms.

Full timeline
Sep 2025 — Present

Head of Web Development

Scan Computers

Dec 2021 — Aug 2025

Development Manager

JD Sports Fashion / JD Outdoor

Jul 2021 — Dec 2021

Front End Developer & DevOps Engineer

JD Sports Fashion / JD Outdoor

Sep 2019 — Jul 2021

Front End Developer

JD Sports Fashion / JD Outdoor

Oct 2018 — Aug 2019

Junior Front End Developer

JD Sports Fashion / JD Outdoor

04 / Evidence

Work that moved the numbers.

Outcome / 01

A 150%+ conversion increase

I led the redesign and frontend rebuild of Brasher, Eurohike and Peter Storm for JD Outdoor.

Delivery / 02

Aurora Commerce migrations

I successfully migrated GO Outdoors, Fishing Republic and Naylors Equestrian to Aurora Commerce.

Platform / 03

Checkout built for choice

I led development and integration work across Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna, Laybuy, Clearpay, Openpay and PayPal/Braintree.

05 / A little context

Technical enough to build it.
Close enough to lead it.

I started in digital design, moved into frontend engineering and DevOps, then into development management. Today I work across people, platforms and product decisions while staying close to the detail.

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06 / Start a conversation

Good work starts
with a good question.

hello@adamsilvester.com