Ben Butchart
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Bryan Galvin
Ben has an expert knowledge of many technologies. While working with Ben, I saw how he can work with stake holders to deliver complex and robust solutions that meet business needs. Ben's system design and architecture skills make him an invaluable asset and I learned so much working with him
Conor Smyth
As a member of my senior team, Ben played a pivotal role in leading digital innovation, research and geospatial application services development within our national spatial data infrastructure (SDI) – which at the time, meant that Ben worked on highly innovative and novel developments. Ben was instrumental in effecting our transition from desktop to mobile/cloud applications as well as played a central advisory and support role in internationally important research initiatives in the Geospatial technology domain. His professionalism, skills and competencies as the lead of the software engineering/development function (and team) were recognised by all not only in EDINA, but wider across the University and beyond. Ben forever demonstrated his appetite for learning – inclusive of his own external promotion, as well as applying new standards (OGC) and technologies to support an evolving ecosystem of applications that truly enhanced end user experiences within and across UK academia. As a member of my management team, Ben – consistently demonstrated true professionalism, was consistently a key and knowledgeable contributor and importantly, provided me (and indeed his team) with endless support and counsel. Ben uniquely is most eloquent in translating complex technical concepts to others and his personality and leadership traits always ensured that Ben was widely respected as well as listened to. Ben was very much a key asset in my team and I have always been indebted to him for his contribution and support as well as acknowledge the impact that he and his team made during my tenure as Head of Research and Geodata Services at EDINA.
Bryan Galvin
Ben has an expert knowledge of many technologies. While working with Ben, I saw how he can work with stake holders to deliver complex and robust solutions that meet business needs. Ben's system design and architecture skills make him an invaluable asset and I learned so much working with him
Conor Smyth
As a member of my senior team, Ben played a pivotal role in leading digital innovation, research and geospatial application services development within our national spatial data infrastructure (SDI) – which at the time, meant that Ben worked on highly innovative and novel developments. Ben was instrumental in effecting our transition from desktop to mobile/cloud applications as well as played a central advisory and support role in internationally important research initiatives in the Geospatial technology domain. His professionalism, skills and competencies as the lead of the software engineering/development function (and team) were recognised by all not only in EDINA, but wider across the University and beyond. Ben forever demonstrated his appetite for learning – inclusive of his own external promotion, as well as applying new standards (OGC) and technologies to support an evolving ecosystem of applications that truly enhanced end user experiences within and across UK academia. As a member of my management team, Ben – consistently demonstrated true professionalism, was consistently a key and knowledgeable contributor and importantly, provided me (and indeed his team) with endless support and counsel. Ben uniquely is most eloquent in translating complex technical concepts to others and his personality and leadership traits always ensured that Ben was widely respected as well as listened to. Ben was very much a key asset in my team and I have always been indebted to him for his contribution and support as well as acknowledge the impact that he and his team made during my tenure as Head of Research and Geodata Services at EDINA.
Bryan Galvin
Ben has an expert knowledge of many technologies. While working with Ben, I saw how he can work with stake holders to deliver complex and robust solutions that meet business needs. Ben's system design and architecture skills make him an invaluable asset and I learned so much working with him
Conor Smyth
As a member of my senior team, Ben played a pivotal role in leading digital innovation, research and geospatial application services development within our national spatial data infrastructure (SDI) – which at the time, meant that Ben worked on highly innovative and novel developments. Ben was instrumental in effecting our transition from desktop to mobile/cloud applications as well as played a central advisory and support role in internationally important research initiatives in the Geospatial technology domain. His professionalism, skills and competencies as the lead of the software engineering/development function (and team) were recognised by all not only in EDINA, but wider across the University and beyond. Ben forever demonstrated his appetite for learning – inclusive of his own external promotion, as well as applying new standards (OGC) and technologies to support an evolving ecosystem of applications that truly enhanced end user experiences within and across UK academia. As a member of my management team, Ben – consistently demonstrated true professionalism, was consistently a key and knowledgeable contributor and importantly, provided me (and indeed his team) with endless support and counsel. Ben uniquely is most eloquent in translating complex technical concepts to others and his personality and leadership traits always ensured that Ben was widely respected as well as listened to. Ben was very much a key asset in my team and I have always been indebted to him for his contribution and support as well as acknowledge the impact that he and his team made during my tenure as Head of Research and Geodata Services at EDINA.
Bryan Galvin
Ben has an expert knowledge of many technologies. While working with Ben, I saw how he can work with stake holders to deliver complex and robust solutions that meet business needs. Ben's system design and architecture skills make him an invaluable asset and I learned so much working with him
Conor Smyth
As a member of my senior team, Ben played a pivotal role in leading digital innovation, research and geospatial application services development within our national spatial data infrastructure (SDI) – which at the time, meant that Ben worked on highly innovative and novel developments. Ben was instrumental in effecting our transition from desktop to mobile/cloud applications as well as played a central advisory and support role in internationally important research initiatives in the Geospatial technology domain. His professionalism, skills and competencies as the lead of the software engineering/development function (and team) were recognised by all not only in EDINA, but wider across the University and beyond. Ben forever demonstrated his appetite for learning – inclusive of his own external promotion, as well as applying new standards (OGC) and technologies to support an evolving ecosystem of applications that truly enhanced end user experiences within and across UK academia. As a member of my management team, Ben – consistently demonstrated true professionalism, was consistently a key and knowledgeable contributor and importantly, provided me (and indeed his team) with endless support and counsel. Ben uniquely is most eloquent in translating complex technical concepts to others and his personality and leadership traits always ensured that Ben was widely respected as well as listened to. Ben was very much a key asset in my team and I have always been indebted to him for his contribution and support as well as acknowledge the impact that he and his team made during my tenure as Head of Research and Geodata Services at EDINA.
Experience
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Earth Blox
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United Kingdom
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder & Head of Development Earth Blox
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Jan 2021 - Present
At Earth Blox, an early stage startup, I'm excited to lead a small team of software developers and data scientist working on an innovative new product making Earth Observation analysis accessible for everyone. I'm leading on technical architecture and helping the team tackle the demanding range of technical challenges we encounter on this journey and responding efficiently and flexibly to the needs of our customers as we go. At Earth Blox, an early stage startup, I'm excited to lead a small team of software developers and data scientist working on an innovative new product making Earth Observation analysis accessible for everyone. I'm leading on technical architecture and helping the team tackle the demanding range of technical challenges we encounter on this journey and responding efficiently and flexibly to the needs of our customers as we go.
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A department of the Scottish Government
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Head of Enterprise Solutions & Digital Architecture
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Oct 2016 - Jan 2021
Leading a team of IT professionals (software developers, business analysts, project managers and testing/3rd line support) who maintain and develop IT systems and software critical to the operation of Scotland's justice system. I was responsible for developing the solutions architecture and software development practises within the group. I was required to provide input into financial forecasts and manage expenditure within my section. I sat on several internal Project Boards to represent Information Services on major corporate initiatives, as well as representing the organisation at external Board and procurement panels with justice sector partners. Show less
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The University of Edinburgh
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United Kingdom
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Workgroup Leader Software Engineering
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Jan 2008 - Oct 2016
At EDINA I led the software engineering activity for the Geo Services and Research group (a team of ten software engineers). The team delivered high-demand geospatial national services such as Digimap, as well as contributing to research projects and developing innovative software solutions for the higher/further education and schools sectors. Projects I had a pivotal role in developing included Fieldtrip GB (a mobile platform for field studies), Curious Edinburgh (an iOS guided tour app using Wordpress as a backend), Edinburgh Cityscope (a cloud workbench designed for teaching and research using technologies such as Docker Swarm and JupyterHub). I engaged in exploring, evaluating and incubating new technologies and pursuing the use of emerging trends into services and project concepts. I have been involved in horizon scanning and trying to understand how technologies such as Augmented Reality, cloud computing and Jupyter notebooks could be harnessed for teaching and learning and research. Show less
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J.P. Morgan
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Team Lead
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May 2005 - Jan 2008
At JP Morgan I was responsible for a team of five engineers working on complex financial instruments. As well as coding, I was responsible for designing solutions to data reconciliation processes, preparing and supervising releases, liaising with infrastructure and operations teams and managing incidents. I performed all line-management tasks including personal performance reviews, recruitment and mentoring. At JP Morgan I was responsible for a team of five engineers working on complex financial instruments. As well as coding, I was responsible for designing solutions to data reconciliation processes, preparing and supervising releases, liaising with infrastructure and operations teams and managing incidents. I performed all line-management tasks including personal performance reviews, recruitment and mentoring.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer
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2005 - 2008
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UCL
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United Kingdom
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Reasearh Fellow
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2002 - 2005
As a member of the Computing Science department at University College London, I worked with colleagues at UCL Crystallography and the Royal Institution to distribute a complex scientific process across a Grid using the Business Process Execution Language. I was responsible for all aspects of the design and implementation of the workflow system, presenting and contributing to published research outputs.
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Research Engineer
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2001 - 2005
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consultant
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2000 - 2001
I worked in Germany, initially as a software engineering consultant for Zuehlke Engineering as a programmer on a project for Hypovereinsbank building a trade messaging system using JMS and EJB technologies running on the BEA WebLogic Application Server. After a short stay at Morse Computing where I worked on demonstrators for SUN LDAP and Application Server, I got a position as a senior engineer at Dresdner Bank, where I worked on a risk management system using EJB, JMS and Application Server technologies. Show less
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J.P. Morgan
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Software Engineer
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1995 - 1998
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Education
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1993 - 1997
The University of Edinburgh
MA, Linguistics -
UCL
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