Paul Henshaw
Director of Technology and Development at Global Earthquake Model Foundation- Claim this Profile
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Rodolfo Saccani
I worked with Paul for over 5 years, he gave a tangible contribution to raise company standards in terms of product and code quality, architectures, processes, team management and organization. Always correct and professional, Paul as a team leader naturally earns people's full respect and collaboration. As a software engineer he has a very wide and deep knowledge and excellent design skills.
Cesare Nicolai Colangelo
Paul è stato il mio Team Leader per cinque anni in TvBlob. Nella mia esperienza professionale, non ho mai trovato un altro tecnico con la sua preparazione, sia dal punto di vista dell'ampiezza degli argomenti conosciuti, sia nel livello di approfondimento con il quale conosce gli stessi. Ha una dote naturale nel metabolizzare in brevissimo tempo qualsiasi nuova tecnologia e saperla usare con massima maestria. Sa trasferire le proprie conoscenze usando un linguaggio semplice e sempre chiaro. Metodico, preciso, affidabile, estremamente professionale ma allo stesso tempo dotato di umiltà, simpatia, empatia ed umanità. Sa gestire al meglio ogni risorsa del suo team affrontando al meglio anche situazioni difficili da gestire. Sono certo che farà la fortuna di ogni azienda e collega che avrà il piacere di lavorarci insieme.
Rodolfo Saccani
I worked with Paul for over 5 years, he gave a tangible contribution to raise company standards in terms of product and code quality, architectures, processes, team management and organization. Always correct and professional, Paul as a team leader naturally earns people's full respect and collaboration. As a software engineer he has a very wide and deep knowledge and excellent design skills.
Cesare Nicolai Colangelo
Paul è stato il mio Team Leader per cinque anni in TvBlob. Nella mia esperienza professionale, non ho mai trovato un altro tecnico con la sua preparazione, sia dal punto di vista dell'ampiezza degli argomenti conosciuti, sia nel livello di approfondimento con il quale conosce gli stessi. Ha una dote naturale nel metabolizzare in brevissimo tempo qualsiasi nuova tecnologia e saperla usare con massima maestria. Sa trasferire le proprie conoscenze usando un linguaggio semplice e sempre chiaro. Metodico, preciso, affidabile, estremamente professionale ma allo stesso tempo dotato di umiltà, simpatia, empatia ed umanità. Sa gestire al meglio ogni risorsa del suo team affrontando al meglio anche situazioni difficili da gestire. Sono certo che farà la fortuna di ogni azienda e collega che avrà il piacere di lavorarci insieme.
Rodolfo Saccani
I worked with Paul for over 5 years, he gave a tangible contribution to raise company standards in terms of product and code quality, architectures, processes, team management and organization. Always correct and professional, Paul as a team leader naturally earns people's full respect and collaboration. As a software engineer he has a very wide and deep knowledge and excellent design skills.
Cesare Nicolai Colangelo
Paul è stato il mio Team Leader per cinque anni in TvBlob. Nella mia esperienza professionale, non ho mai trovato un altro tecnico con la sua preparazione, sia dal punto di vista dell'ampiezza degli argomenti conosciuti, sia nel livello di approfondimento con il quale conosce gli stessi. Ha una dote naturale nel metabolizzare in brevissimo tempo qualsiasi nuova tecnologia e saperla usare con massima maestria. Sa trasferire le proprie conoscenze usando un linguaggio semplice e sempre chiaro. Metodico, preciso, affidabile, estremamente professionale ma allo stesso tempo dotato di umiltà, simpatia, empatia ed umanità. Sa gestire al meglio ogni risorsa del suo team affrontando al meglio anche situazioni difficili da gestire. Sono certo che farà la fortuna di ogni azienda e collega che avrà il piacere di lavorarci insieme.
Rodolfo Saccani
I worked with Paul for over 5 years, he gave a tangible contribution to raise company standards in terms of product and code quality, architectures, processes, team management and organization. Always correct and professional, Paul as a team leader naturally earns people's full respect and collaboration. As a software engineer he has a very wide and deep knowledge and excellent design skills.
Cesare Nicolai Colangelo
Paul è stato il mio Team Leader per cinque anni in TvBlob. Nella mia esperienza professionale, non ho mai trovato un altro tecnico con la sua preparazione, sia dal punto di vista dell'ampiezza degli argomenti conosciuti, sia nel livello di approfondimento con il quale conosce gli stessi. Ha una dote naturale nel metabolizzare in brevissimo tempo qualsiasi nuova tecnologia e saperla usare con massima maestria. Sa trasferire le proprie conoscenze usando un linguaggio semplice e sempre chiaro. Metodico, preciso, affidabile, estremamente professionale ma allo stesso tempo dotato di umiltà, simpatia, empatia ed umanità. Sa gestire al meglio ogni risorsa del suo team affrontando al meglio anche situazioni difficili da gestire. Sono certo che farà la fortuna di ogni azienda e collega che avrà il piacere di lavorarci insieme.
Experience
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GEM Foundation
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Italy
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Technology and Development
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Jan 2014 - Present
Reporting to the Secretary General, I am the point of contact for overall operations and finances at the GEM Secretariat. My day to day activities include:• coordinating the Software & IT and Support teams;• maintaining the GEM budget and cash-flow, liaison with financial advisors and Board of Auditors;• writing and revising contracts, GEM statute, licensing and MoUs in collaboration with legal advisors;• end-to-end project management from design and proposal writing, through implementation to delivery and closure;• providing advice and input to the Secretary General and GEM management team;• participation and representation in collaborative projects, conferences and meetings;• developing and delivering presentations; • database development, software development, testing, troubleshooting• use of GIS tools to produce interactive maps from geospatial data• assisting scientific teams with the development, test and deployment of risk models
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IT and Development Coordinator
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Feb 2012 - Jan 2014
Reporting to the Secretary General and member of the Executive Committee my responsibilities included:• planning and coordination of the internal software development activities• assisting colleagues with coordination of IT and software aspects of external projects• liaison with sponsors and partners for IT and software deployment • managing a small team of developers• selecting candidates for software development positions.• procurement of IT infrastructure equipment and services
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Senior Software Engineer
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Oct 2011 - Jan 2012
Software Development for various Ad-Serving components: ad selection, log processor, SOAP interfaces Software Development for various Ad-Serving components: ad selection, log processor, SOAP interfaces
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TVBLOB (acquired by Minerva Networks)
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Italy
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Consumer Electronics
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Software Engineer and Team Leader
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Jun 2005 - Oct 2011
Reporting to the CTO I was responsible for the the development of the Scatter Media Objects for Java (SMOJ) toolkit, from its conception to ongoing development and maintenance. SMOJ was the Graphical User Interface and application software for the BLOBbox, a set-top box digital TV decoder, PVR and media-player. My duties included:• developing the SMOJ toolkit and applications for the TVBLOB BLOBBox, http://web.archive.org/web/20110910202857/http://www.blobbox.tv/• managing a small team of developers in Milan and Catania (Sicily);• liaison with management and team leaders to coordinate integration and release;• developing internationalization toolkit for use by translators in various countries;• selecting candidates for software development positions.
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iCIMS
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Scientific Collaborator
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Jun 2002 - May 2005
* Development of software for the modelling, generation, and validation of DSP systems and of meta-models and generation tools.* Implementation and maintenance of tools for automated compilation, validation, and test of software to support the development team.* Development of software for the manipulation of audio signals.* Installation, maintenance and administration of Linux servers and a small cluster for scientific computation.* Assisting colleagues during proposal preparation, and in the use of the Linux cluster.
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Senior Software Engineer
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Jan 2001 - May 2002
Design and implementation of prototype applications for use with an in-car telematics systems.Integration of Fantastic reception software with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Jigsaw web server.Reviewing code produced by contractors in outsourced projects.Advising colleagues regarding API design, and the use of Linux/GNU development tools.The "Push Cache" code added to Jigsaw in order to facilitate its integration with Fantastic software was submitted back to the W3C, and is available as part of the current Jigsaw release: see http://www.w3.org/Jigsaw/Team.html for details.I was also responsible for the management of Fantastic's patents and related intellectual property rights. This involved:* liaison with patent attorneys and legal advisors;* advising project leaders, management and colleagues;* helping colleagues produce patent applications, and following their progress through the patent system.
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European Commission
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Belgium
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Grant Holder
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Feb 1999 - Jan 2001
"Grant Holder" with the Reliable Information Technologies unit (RIT), based at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy. My work was concentrated primarily on the Generic Information Server Toolkit (GIST), a C++ class library and related applications facilitating the development of dynamic, interactive information systems on the world wide web. In particular my day-to-day activities included: * design, implementation and maintenance of the software; * development and maintenance of interactive web-based services;* documentation, training, consultancy and support for customers and colleagues; * administration of a number of Linux PCs and UNIX workstations. An archived version of the 2001 GIST website is available from the Wayback Machine at http://web.archive.org/web/20010516002800/gist.jrc.it/default/
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Analyst Programmer
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May 1997 - Jan 1999
Consultant to the JRC working on GIST and related projects. Consultant to the JRC working on GIST and related projects.
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European Commission
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Belgium
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Auxiliary Agent
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Mar 1996 - Mar 1997
Continuing development of the EWSE, a web-based information system for the remote sensing community and maintenance ofthe IMS gateway. Continuing development of the EWSE, a web-based information system for the remote sensing community and maintenance ofthe IMS gateway.
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Software Consultant
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Sep 1995 - Mar 1996
Based at the JRC, I was involved in the development of the IMS gateway, a WWW based search interface to remote catalogues of earth observation and remote sensing data. Based at the JRC, I was involved in the development of the IMS gateway, a WWW based search interface to remote catalogues of earth observation and remote sensing data.
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University of Kent
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Associate
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Sep 1993 - Jul 1995
* Development of distributed interactive multimedia applications using ATM networks.* Performance analysis of such systems.* Distributed systems frameworks, particularly ANSAware and CORBA * Development of distributed interactive multimedia applications using ATM networks.* Performance analysis of such systems.* Distributed systems frameworks, particularly ANSAware and CORBA
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Education
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1990 - 1995
University of Kent
BSc, Computer Science -
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St. Anselms, Basildon
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