Joanne Cook

Current

Senior IT Support and Development at Oxford Archaeology
Geospatial Consultant at OA Digital

Past

Information Systems Coordinator at Oxford Archaeology
Archaeologist at Carlisle Archaeology Limited

Education

University of St. Andrews
University of Durham
Sir Roger Manwoods Grammar School

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Joanne Cook’s Summary

I work for the UK's largest commercial archaeological practice with a dual role in Information Systems and Geomatics. In Information Systems I work on application support and development, mainly in the area of web-based GIS, provide front-line support for an office of 40 people. In Geomatics I help manage large and small-scale projects.

My aim is to get software and data to everyone who needs it. An open approach seems best for this long-term- open source software, and open access and standards for data.

Joanne Cook’s Specialties:

Database design and maintenance- both desktop (Microsoft Access) and server-based (Mysql, Postgresql).

Desktop GIS (ArcGIS, GvSIG, Quantum GIS) for spatial analysis and cartography.

Web-based GIS including servers such as Mapserver and Geoserver, Services such as WMS and WFS, front-ends such as Openlayers, Google Maps and Mapguide Open Source.

Joanne Cook’s Experience

Senior IT Support and Development

Oxford Archaeology

(Museums and Institutions industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

I undertake IT support and applications development, GIS, database, and web-based, and help manage small and large-scale GIS projects. I am actively involved in promoting the company's move towards a more open philosophy- open access to data, open standards, and open source software, helping to develop the workflows and protocols that make this process happen. My main interest is in making GIS software and data available to people, to make their work easier and more enjoyable.
Geospatial Consultant

OA Digital

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2008 — Present (1 year)
Information Systems Coordinator

Oxford Archaeology

(Museums and Institutions industry)

October 2001 — April 2007 (5 years 7 months)

I am actively working on developing open source, standards based, web-based GIS and database services. I also manage and work on desk-based GIS projects, and design and maintain databases. Furthermore, I provide basic IT services such as systems, network, software and hardware maintenance for an office of around 40 people, as part of a much larger organisation.
Archaeologist

Carlisle Archaeology Limited

(Museums and Institutions industry)

September 1999 — August 2001 (2 years)

I worked for Carlisle Archaeology Limited as an archaeologist, on a number of large-scale complex urban excavations. I undertook a range of tasks, from all elements of excavation and planning to basic post-excavation and post-processing, including building and maintaining a database for managing context and finds information from sites.