My Approach

Welcome. I am Hamish Ross, Director and sole developer at Deveronclyde. I do this:

  • I try to understand your organisation's business process and future plans

  • I reduce friction by not handing-off that understanding to a third-party to respond. Instead...

  • I look for quick wins first, often using the technologies you already have

  • I recommend off-the-shelf cloud systems if I think they will produce solid improvements in productivity or reduce costs

  • I only recommend new approaches, technologies, from-scratch-development, or any kind of change, if I think it makes sense for you

  • I build technologies for you if necessary

  • I only recommend or build things that are embedded in a longer-term, supported ecosystem (whether that be me, or your own specialists, or outsourced providers)

Keeping the solution chain short and simple
Hamish Ross
Hamish Ross

Who am I?

I have worked as a developer in big I.T. But not only in big I.T. and not only as a developer.

I have also worked in schools and universities and for corporates and non-profits, and had roles as diverse as trustee, director, employee, volunteer, teacher, researcher, writer, event manager, treasurer and project worker.

I've seen a lot of the messy business of business and I've cleaned my fair share.

I'm passionate about IT processes that create less work, not more, and that really help with meaningful tasks.

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