Colin Eberhardt

Colin Eberhardt is the Chief Technology Officer at Scott Logic, a UK-based software consultancy specializing in complex applications for financial services clients. With over 15 years at Scott Logic, Eberhardt has played a key role in the company's growth from a small startup to a thriving consultancy with hundreds of employees across multiple locations. As CTO, he divides his time between leading the R&D team and providing advisory consultancy to clients. Eberhardt is widely recognized as a thought leader in mobile technologies and has directed teams developing critical systems for major banks. He is also a prolific technical author, blogger, and speaker, covering topics such as WebAssembly, HTML5, JavaScript, and data visualization with D3 and d3fc. Eberhardt is deeply involved in the open source community, serving as a board member of FINOS (Fintech Open Source Foundation) and actively contributing to various GitHub projects. His passion for open source stems from its ability to keep his skills fresh, improve his communication and development practices, and harness global creativity to enhance software projects. Eberhardt holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Leeds and has co-authored books on Swift programming and microscopy techniques.