# Dan Cook (slim)

> Dan Cook is director of Engineering. Checkatrade on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Director of Engineering.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-cook-tech/

## What Dan builds

- [Checkatrade](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/checkatrade.md), graded E, 44.1/100, in Home services & local trades. UK marketplace of vetted tradespeople. Its keyless MCP server searches local trades by postcode and books fixed-price Express jobs, and a separate affiliate API lets approved partners send job requests to tradespeople. Director of Engineering, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Gorden Pretorius](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gorden-pretorius/), Chief Technology Officer
- [Kevin Byrne](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kevin-byrne/), Historical founder (sold company in 2017)

## Questions

### Who is Dan Cook?

Dan Cook is director of Engineering.

### What does Checkatrade (Vetted Limited) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Checkatrade from Checkatrade (Vetted Limited).

### How are Dan's tools graded?

Checkatrade is graded E, 44.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://careers.checkatrade.com/leadership
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordon-pretorius/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-cook-tech/
- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kevin-byrne-obe-bcab-03851515
- https://www.checkatrade.com
- https://www.checkatrade.com/support

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.