Hello, I’m David.

Where I’ve come from

I’m a data analyst at one of the UK’s major bus operators, turning a big operation’s data into reports people actually use. I didn’t take a straight line to get here. I’ve worked in marketing, I have a BA in Primary Education, I’m a qualified transport manager, and for 15 years I was a DJ, which left a lot of daytime hours for teaching myself new skills.

I have ADHD, and it’s made me what people call T-shaped: deep in data and building systems, with a working knowledge of a lot of things around them. That’s useful when a project touches finance, operations, marketing and the people on the ground all at once.

Why I do this

I’m the director and chair of Halifax Friendly FC, and I coach teams there and at other clubs. The club ran on several systems that didn’t talk to each other, each priced for professional clubs. I often think “I could do this better”, so I had a go. That became Bootbase.

The same problem turns up everywhere: in charities, community groups and small businesses. That’s the consultancy side of Kinnald.dev: working out what an organisation really needs, then designing and building it.

How I work

• One client at a time. When I’m working on your project, it gets my full attention.
• I go away, experiment and find the best solution, then come back with something you can try before anything is final.
• You deal with me directly, from the first conversation onwards, in plain English.
• Your data handled carefully, with data protection designed in.
• Support after launch: hosting, backups and updates.