ABOUT US

Cottage Labs is a partnership of software and data experts who can help you understand and work with your data more effectively.

We excel in building Open Access infrastructure, data search and visualisations and data repositories, and can build tailored solutions for your needs, from software to processes. Our expertise extends across your entire project lifecycle; we can help you from your initial idea, through the capture and analysis of your requirements, to implementation, long-term maintenance and hosting, providing effective project management along the way.

Whatever your data needs are, from capturing at source, to tools for management, analysis and insights, right through to making your data available and useful for others, Cottage Labs can help you.

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Our Values

Managing Partners

  • Anusha Ranganathan

  • Anusha Ranganathan

  • Partner
  • Expert software engineer specialising in repositories, research information, and research data management, and is a long-term member of those communities.
  • Richard Jones

  • Richard Jones

  • Founder
  • An experienced software engineer who works comfortably on both back-end data management systems, and front-end visualisations.
  • Steven Eardley

  • Steven Eardley

  • Partner
  • Full-stack developer and DevOps engineer specialising in Python, Bash, Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and automation.

Meet the team

Our dedicated and high-skill team brings full-stack expertise to your projects.

  • Aga Domańska

  • Aga Domańska

  • Product Designer
  • Product designer with a development background, creating accessible, user-centred products from concept to delivery. Works across research, design, prototyping, and developer collaboration.
  • Brett Holwell

  • Brett Holwell

  • Marketing Manager
  • Responsible for leading Cottage Labs’ marketing, managing tenders, and driving social media and content activity.
  • Gyan Gupta

  • Gyan Gupta

  • Software Engineer
  • Full stack software engineer with experience building web applications using Ruby on Rails and supporting reliable, scalable systems.
  • Hrafn Malmquist

  • Hrafn Malmquist

  • Software Engineer
  • Hello I'm Hrafn, I haven't given Brett my bio yet
  • Kushagra Varade

  • Kushagra Varade

  • Software Engineer
  • Software Engineer with a polyglot background, though finds himself working in JavaScript most often lately. Here to help the team ship projects by assisting with JS, Ruby, and Python needs.
  • Laura Waumsley

  • Laura Waumsley

  • Company Administrator and Data Manager
  • Keeping operations and processes on track, managing reliable data, and supporting the team across projects and admin tasks.
  • Ramakrishna Sakhamaru

  • Ramakrishna Sakhamaru

  • Software Engineer
  • Python backend developer with strong experience in building backend systems and managing DevOps workflows for reliable deployments.
  • Usman Sharif

  • Usman Sharif

  • QA Lead
  • Hello I'm Usman, I just joined