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Dai Longfoot

@dailongfoot

Software Delivery Manager at Litmus Automation who coordinated Industrial IoT releases and automated Jira-to-test delivery workflows.

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At Litmus Automation, I owned release planning and feature roadmaps for an Industrial IoT platform, aligning product owners, architects and development leads with release schedules. I also administered Jira and built CI/CD and SDLC automation across Jira, GitLab, Concourse, TestRail and Cucumber.

At Thales, I led engineers working on the London Underground “4LM” central server and GUI client. I moved the team from Waterfall to Scrum, setting up two Scrum teams and restructuring the backlog into epics and stories.

Earlier, I managed a 10-developer team at Aviation InterTec Services and delivered a wayfinding system for the Port Authority Bus Terminal. My background also includes software engineering and team leadership on transport, aviation and defence systems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Software Delivery Manager

Litmus Automation

Nov 2019 - Sep 2026 (6 years 10 months)

Synchronised feature delivery with release schedules by working daily with product owners, architects, developers and dev leads. Owned release planning, feature roadmaps and stakeholder consultation for an Industrial IoT platform.

Jira Gitlab Concourse TestRail Cucumber CI CD SDLC OKRs 7Geese Rovo Claude

Senior Manager of Software Engineering

ComQi Inc.

Jun 2018 - Jan 2019 (7 months)

Led 12 staff (8 developers, 1 UI/UX, 3 QA) and was hired to fix planning and development processes and deliver high-quality quarterly releases. Gave stakeholders clear visibility through roadmaps, tracking and reporting, and owned 24/7 reliability of the CMS platform.

Roadmapping Stakeholder Management CMS Reliability Leadership

Software Business Manager

Embross

Oct 2017 - Apr 2018 (6 months)

Managed 18 software staff, including two managers, and customer support; drove hiring, development and Agile practices. Project-managed check-in solutions for Spirit Airlines and Copa Airlines, and a biometric boarding proof of concept for Bengaluru airport.

Project Management Agile Hiring Biometrics Computer Vision Machine Learning

Group Lead / Agile Coach / Scrum Master

Thales

Mar 2016 - Sep 2016 (6 months)

Led 10+ engineers on the CAD$1.3B London Underground '4LM' central server and GUI client. Moved the team from Waterfall to Scrum without formal authority, setting up two Scrum teams and introducing story points and Planning Poker.

Scrum Agile Jira C++Leadership Story Pointing Planning Poker

Project Manager / Scrum Master / Technical Lead

Aviation InterTec Services

Jul 2013 - Mar 2015 (1 year 8 months)

Managed a 10-developer team reporting to the directors; deployed Jira and Scrum; produced project plans, profit/loss forecasts and risk registers. Delivered a $200k, 3-month wayfinding system for the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York.

Jira Scrum Project Planning Risk Management Wayfinding Disaster Recovery

Senior Engineer / Team Lead / Project Planner

Peek Traffic

Jan 2005 - Dec 2011 (6 years 11 months)

Led software teams on UK transport projects and managed the outstation team on the multi-million-euro ImFlow traffic control product at Delcan in Toronto. Planned its integration with SCOOT.

Traffic Control Team Leadership Project Planning Integration

Software Engineer and Contractor

Various

Jan 1992 - Dec 2003 (11 years 11 months)

Worked on sonar and torpedo-detection systems (Thales), Heathrow baggage handling (Siemens), UK motorway incident detection (Peek), power-grid control (Syseca) and defence consulting (Signal Computing).

C C++Python SQL Embedded Systems Defence Incident Detection