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James Cockerill C#/.NET Software Consultant - Web, Desktop, Mobile

With over 25 years of experience delivering software, I help organisations translate complex requirements into measurable business outcomes. Whether developing new products, services, or business process improvements, my expertise spans desktop, mobile, cloud, IoT, medical devices, and AI-enabled technologies.

While client work has always taken priority, the evolution of AI has finally allowed me to bring this portfolio to life. Built entirely using agentic AI workflows, this site serves a dual purpose: it showcases the breadth of my past projects while acting as a live demonstration of how I leverage AI to accelerate delivery. For a bit of fun, the nostalgia slider lets us imagine how this portfolio might have looked had I built it earlier in my career.

Leeds, UK Β· Available for selected contract engagements
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A portfolio built from products that work beyond the browser.

The work shown here moves between flagship-store experiences for adidas, large-scale commercial fitness technology through FitQuest, regulated and compliance-focused medical products, SaaS, business applications, and current AI-led builds. Across these projects I have worked as architect, lead developer, CTO, and hands-on problem solver across C#, .NET, WPF, web platforms, cloud services, integrations, data pipelines, and hardware-connected systems.

Leeds, UK Β· Available for selected contract engagements

Portfolio Story

Software developer consultant, contractor, and long-time .NET engineer.

I’m a software developer consultant and contractor with 25+ years of commercial experience, including Tech Lead and CTO roles. I’ve designed, built, collaborated on, and led projects across cloud, desktop, mobile, and AI in medical, commercial, research, and defence environments.

My background includes systems integration, middleware, hardware-connected software, biomechanics, and AI β€” often solving the difficult joins between platforms, products, and real-world operational needs. Security has always been a core part of that thinking, and it matters more than ever as AI becomes part of everyday software delivery.

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Experience

Cloud, desktop, mobile, AI.

Delivery across products that span software, devices, integrations, data, and operational reality.

Roles

  • Lead Tech Lead and CTO roles across commercial delivery
  • Build Architecture, coding, integration, and release work
  • Teams Collaboration, mentoring, and technical direction

Sectors

  • Medical regulated software and product thinking
  • Commercial platforms tied to real customer operations
  • Research & defence complex systems in demanding environments

Why This Site Exists

I finally built the profile site that had been sitting in the backlog for years.

I started coding for fun at the age of 9 on a BBC Micro, writing in BBC BASIC. From there I moved on to the Amiga with AMOS and C++, and eventually into the Microsoft stack, where C# and .NET have been my primary tools for much of my career.

I’d wanted to build a profile site like this for years, but client work always came first. The maturity of AI finally made it possible to turn that intention into something real without a major time investment. This portfolio has been built entirely using agentic AI coding, directed through my prompts, technical guidance, and development experience, as both a practical build and an evaluation of current model capabilities.

Given that it took me 25 years to find the time, the design concept became a timeline of the web itself β€” imagining how this portfolio might have looked as the internet evolved. Use the era selector in the header to move from bulletin-board terminals and GeoCities through to parallax, brutalism, and cyberpunk.

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Tooling

ClaudeCode, Codex, T3 Code

The site was built through agentic workflows rather than by treating AI as autocomplete.

AI Models Leveraged

  • OpenAI GPT5.4
  • Claude Sonnet 4.6
  • Claude Opus 4.7
  • Image Nano Banana Pro

Concept

  • Timeline a portfolio told through web-design eras
  • Selector each era reimagines the same underlying site
  • Range commercial, AI, web, and green-tech work in one place

2013 Β· FitQuest

How FitQuest turned biomechanics into a commercial product.

Advanced biomechanical and body composition assessment technology for the gym floor and corporate wellness environment, delivering a benchmarked Fitness Quotient (FQ) score.

FitQuest sits near the centre of the portfolio because it demanded almost every layer at once. As CTO at MIE Medical, I worked across architecture, software delivery, hardware integration, cloud services, and rollout, helping shape it from specialist assessment technology into a product that could operate at scale on the gym floor.

  • Architecture & Technical Leadership: Led technical architecture across embedded, desktop, cloud, and web platforms, spanning hardware integration, Azure‑based microservices, public API design, and resilient offline fallback capabilities.
  • Software Engineering: Managed the development team with hands-on, deep-dive involvement when needed, delivering the WPF kiosk application, data acquisition systems, cloud synchronisation services, REST APIs, gym membership SSO integrations, and web/mobile results widgets.
  • Hardware & Software Integration: Integrated bespoke force‑platform transducers, octo‑polar BIA/BIS boards, RFID/NFC/QR readers, payment POS terminals, and touchscreen hardware into a single cohesive product.
View FitQuest Next: adidas miCoach Core Skills
FitQuest fitness assessment - jump test

Scale

1.5m+ assessments

FitQuest logged more than 1.5 million measurements worldwide.

Benchmarking

42k-user baseline

The Fitness Quotient model used a large age- and gender-adjusted normative dataset.

Commercial impact

Β£9m additional revenue - Year 1

The Gym Group reported 150k premium subscribers in the first year, supported by FitQuest.

2008 Β· adidas miCoach Core Skills

adidas miCoach Core Skills brought sports-science feedback into retail.

Interactive training application for adidas in-store retail experience with coaching.

Built for the adidas Beijing flagship during the Olympics, this project took force-plate data and turned it into instant, consumer-facing feedback. It had to feel like a brand experience, but still stand up technically as a working measurement system in a busy retail environment.

  • Retail launch: Deployed into a flagship brand environment with high-footfall public usage.
  • Hardware Strategy: Managed sourcing and end-to-end integration of specialised precision biometric sensors (force platforms).
  • Kiosk Hardening: Implemented security protocols and OS hardening to ensure stability and robust performance in a high-traffic retail environment.
View adidas miCoach Core Skills Next: BabelexAI
adidas miCoach CoreSkills motion analysis interface

Launch context

Beijing Olympics

The experience was built for adidas' flagship Beijing launch window.

Rollout

Beijing Β· Berlin Β· Paris

The installation expanded from Beijing into other flagship retail locations.

Recognition

D&AD In-Book

The project later received a D&AD Annual award mention in Spatial Design.

2026 Β· BabelexAI

BabelexAI shows where the portfolio has moved more recently.

A proof-of-concept .NET solution for extracting and simplifying UK lease and tenancy agreements into plain English using Azure Document Intelligence and Azure OpenAI.

BabelexAI takes the same practical engineering approach into AI work. The focus is not on vague automation claims, but on whether a .NET and Azure pipeline can extract structure from difficult legal documents, simplify the language, and still keep every output traceable back to source.

  • OCR to reasoning: Azure Document Intelligence handles extraction before the clause parser and AI stages take over.
  • Lexical Parser: Custom .NET clause extraction engine handling nested hierarchies and text snippets reconstruction.
  • AI Integration: Azure OpenAI prompt engineering and multi-step workflow design.
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BabelexAI - sample output showing clause simplification

Workflow

3 stages

OCR, structural parsing, then semantic analysis with provenance.

Traceability

Clause-level lineage

Outputs stay tied back to the original page and clause structure.

Platform

.NET + Azure AI

Built around C#, Azure Document Intelligence, and Azure OpenAI services.

More Projects

The rest of the portfolio, without leaving the page.

Once the three main chapters have done the heavy lifting, the carousel below opens out into the wider body of work: SaaS, biomechanics, telemetry, payments, research software, and other delivery projects across the portfolio.

2023

SaaS platform for logging professional development, verifying training attendance via QR code, and generating real-time compliance reports - serving individuals, presenters, organisations, and enterprise clients, with an active NHS pilot for surgical training documentation.

C# .NET Core MVC Blazor PWA

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2026

Upgraded The Gym Group's FitQuest estate with Nayax VPOS Touch cashless payment terminals, enabling contactless, NFC, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.

C# .NET POS Nayax

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2006

Multi-channel telemetric physiological monitoring system for tracking core temperature, skin temperature, ECG and heart rate in up to 12 subjects simultaneously - deployed in environmental chambers, field operations, and underwater diver testing.

C# .NET Bluetooth Serial Comms

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2010

Force plate acquisition and analysis software for biomechanics, gait, sport, and rehabilitation research - with real-time data display, 3D vector visualisation, and a comprehensive suite of analysis routines.

C# .NET Framework WPF OpenGL

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2008

Multi-channel sEMG telemetry and data logging system with integrated acquisition and analysis software, supporting ergonomics, sports science, rehabilitation, and clinical research.

C# .NET Framework WPF DAQ

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2026

Bespoke integration connecting Hitsona's GoTeamUp gym membership system to Greenspark, funding real-world environmental impact - tree planting and ocean plastic recovery - with every climate membership sold.

C# .NET 10 Azure Functions Azure Key Vault

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🌱 Green / Eco Projects

Technology with a positive environmental impact.

Hitsona Green Impact Initiative

🌱 Green

Bespoke integration connecting Hitsona's GoTeamUp gym membership system to Greenspark, funding real-world environmental impact - tree planting and ocean plastic recovery - with every climate membership sold.

Impact

Each active climate membership directly funds verified Greenspark conservation work - planting trees in deforested regions and recovering ocean-bound plastic from coastal communities. Real-time impact widgets provide transparent, publicly verifiable proof of environmental contributions.

North Yorkshire Mayoral Candidate 2024 - Paul Haslam

🌱 Green AI

A low-carbon campaign website for independent York & North Yorkshire mayoral candidate Paul Haslam, designed to reflect his commitment to sustainability in both message and execution.

Impact

Paul's Grade A carbon-rated site reinforced his climate credentials and demonstrated that political campaigns can practise what they preach. It also raised awareness of digital sustainability, prompting mainstream parties to up their game and bring their websites more in line with their climate rhetoric, lifting their scores from the D–F range - a step closer to net zero.

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Skills

Current capability (relative, 0–10)

Languages & Frameworks

C#
9/10
.NET / .NET Core
9/10
ASP.NET / MVC / Web API
8/10
WPF / XAML
8/10
HTML / CSS
8/10
SQL
8/10

Cloud & DevOps

Azure (General)
8/10
Azure Functions
8/10
Azure DevOps / CI-CD
8/10
Cloudflare
7/10
GitHub Actions
6/10

Full skills breakdown β†’

What People Say

Just wanna say thankyou for being amazing. You go above & beyond and you care - and I really appreciate it. Especially the last min rushed jobs πŸ™πŸΌ

Rosita

Founder, House of Koko

Having had multiple websites built, I can confidently say this is the best backend interface I've seen.

Rohin

Founder, Mayfair Group Investment

How I Work

Pragmatic delivery

I focus on outcomes, not ceremony. Clear communication, realistic estimates, and working software shipped incrementally. I integrate with your existing team and processes - whether that's Scrum, Kanban, or something bespoke.

Contractor-friendly

I understand the contract landscape: fast ramp-up, clear scope, minimal overhead. I'm comfortable inside IR35 or outside, and I hit the ground running.

AI-augmented, human-led

I use agentic AI tools to accelerate development, backed by a robust safety net of automated code reviews, thorough testing and security sandboxes. Applying targeted human oversight where it’s needed most increases delivery speed without compromising on quality or accountability. Read my AI stance β†’

Quality & compliance

Background in ISO 13485 medical device software, backed by a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science. I regularly attend tech conferences and local community seminars to stay current.

Stakeholder engagement

I can explain complex technical matters in clear, simple terms for non-technical stakeholders, helping build confidence, alignment, and buy-in across the people involved.

Agnostic thinking

If I disagree, I'll say so and make the case clearly rather than just going with the flow. Once a direction is chosen, though, I back it fully and work to make it succeed.

Let's Talk

Based in Leeds, UK. Available for selected contract engagements. Remote/hybrid preferred; happy to travel for meetings; international travel acceptable.

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