Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones

Master Inventor at IBM

Southampton, United Kingdom

Current
  • Master Inventor at IBM
  • Emerging Technology Specialist at IBM
Past
  • Senior Inventor at IBM
  • Software Engineer, WebSphere MQ System Clients Development at IBM
  • Software Engineer, WebSphere MQ Explorer Development at IBM
  • Software Engineer, WebSphere MQ System Test at IBM
  • Software Engineer, WebSphere Message Broker Development at IBM
Education
  • University of Southampton
Connections
63 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Gareth Jones’s Summary

Gareth is an Emerging Technology Specialist for IBM, producing innovative technical solutions and prototypes using leading edge technologies. Gareth specialises in social software, Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web but also works with a wider range of technologies. Innovation is another area of interest to Gareth; he regularly contributes to IBM's patent portfolio and is a Master Inventor, which involves encouraging innovation at IBM by reviewing internal invention submissions and innovation mentoring.

Gareth Jones’s Specialties:

Web development: XHTML, AJAX, Javascript, CSS, PHP, Java EE, REST, SOAP, JSON, XML
Semantic Web: RDF, RDFS, OWL, SPARQL, Jena, ARC
Software development: Java ME/SE/EE (SE Sun Certified), Python, Eclipse, SWT
IBM products: WebSphere MQ (IBM Certified), WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere Application Server, MicroBroker, MQTT
Operating Systems: Linux (mostly Ubuntu), Windows, Unix


Gareth Jones’s Experience

  • Master Inventor

    IBM

    (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2009Present (3 months)

    Encouraging innovation within IBM through reviewing peer inventions and various forms of mentoring, as well as regular contribution to the intellectual property portfolio

  • Emerging Technology Specialist

    IBM

    (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2007Present (2 years 6 months)

    Producing innovative technical solutions and prototypes using leading edge technologies

  • Senior Inventor

    IBM

    (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2007October 2009 (2 years 10 months)

    Encouraging innovation within IBM through reviewing peer inventions and various forms of mentoring, as well as regular contribution to the intellectual property portfolio

  • Software Engineer, WebSphere MQ System Clients Development

    IBM

    (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 2007July 2007 (3 months)

    Developer of several new WebSphere MQ (http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wmq/) Java client APIs

  • Software Engineer, WebSphere MQ Explorer Development

    IBM

    (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 2005May 2007 (2 years 1 month)

    Developer and owner of the WebSphere MQ Explorer (http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wmq/explorer/) JMS administration component, and owner of WebSphere MQ development team's relationship with the IBM Eclipse team

  • Software Engineer, WebSphere MQ System Test

    IBM

    (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2004May 2005 (9 months)

    System tester of multiple new features for WebSphere MQ (http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wmq/)

  • Software Engineer, WebSphere Message Broker Development

    IBM

    (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    20012002 (1 year )

    Student summer placements, 2001 and 2002
    Developer of multicast statistics feature and sample Java plug-ins for WebSphere Message Broker (http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wbimessagebroker/)


Gareth Jones’s Education

  • University of Southampton

    MEng , Software Engineering , 20002004

    Graduated with First-Class Honours


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Gareth Jones’s Groups:

British Computer Society (BCS) Professional Membership (MBCS)

  •    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
  •    University of Southampton Alumni
  •    IBMers

Gareth Jones’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
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