Martin Hamilton | Testimonials
(See my LinkedIn profile for these and other recommendations.)
“High quality advice and guidance”
Jon Smith - CEO at Pobble
“Martin helped us to draft an Innovate UK grant bid which was sucessful in what will have been one of the most competitive rounds ever. Martin was highly knowledgeable about what assessors look for and provided lots of very specific feedback which enhanced our application no end. If we do another bid the first person I’ll be calling is Martin, I couldn’t recommend him enough to support you. Super good value for such high quality advice and guidance.”
“Informed how we work with over 500 universities in 50 countries”
Faye Taylor - Deputy Director, International Strategy & Partnerships at Department for Education
“Martin led on a tech review for the Association of Commonwealth Universities, helping us to better understand our members’ digital capability and our own areas of digital strength and expertise. As part of this work Martin interviewed key members of the ACU staff, undertook a landmark member survey and analysed the results to produce a summary report and recommendations. The results of this project have gone on to inform how we work with over 500 universities in 50 countries.”
“Definitely recommend!”
Joshua Perry - Founder at Assembly, co-founder at Smartgrade
“Martin helped us draft an application for an Innovate UK grant. We were successful in an incredibly competitive field, and there’s no doubt in my mind that the clarity of Martin’s feedback improved the quality of our submission. His costs were very reasonable and he’s also a thoroughly decent chap - we’d definitely recommend working with him!”
“Hands on developer and leader”
Dave Beckett - Staff System Engineer at Google Cloud - Ex-Twitter, Yahoo!
“Martin is a hands on developer and leader who professionally developed and operated a UK national cache service, research projects in caching and web searching, dealing with multiple technical and project issues as well as developing innovative solutions.”
“Massive help”
Moktar Alqaderi - Founder and CEO at Progressay
“Martin has years of experience working with edtech startups and his advice was a massive help in preparing our Innovate UK funding proposal! Truly one of the experts in the field!”
“Outstanding skills”
Simon Bowie-Britton - Chief Technology Officer at Trium Capital
“Martin has outstanding skills, both in the technical arenas of Linux and networking. It’s always a pleasure to discuss ideas and issues with Martin as he often highlights alternative and better ways to solve a problem.”
“Reliable and professional”
Anish Bagga - CEO at Unitu
“I thoroughly enjoyed working with Martin - very reliable and professional. We worked recently on an Innovate UK bid and as it was our first bid, it can be quite daunting, but Martin did a fantastic job of supporting and helping us to understand what assessors are looking for and how to best communicate it. I look forward to more future collaborations with Martin.”