John Beisley

Current

• Software Engineer at Linden Lab

Past

• Analyst Developer at Mintel International
• Software Engineer at Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Education

• University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

John Beisley’s Summary

John Beisley’s Specialties:

Experience with geographical information systems and image processing. Programming languages: C/C++, Python, XSLT, Javascript, PHP, IDL (RSI's Interactive Data Language), Java, and some familiarity with Perl. Also UNIX usage, including scripting in Csh and Bash. Some familiarity with parts of the Apache 1.3 API. Quite familiar with SVN (Subversion revision control system) and Bugzilla.

John Beisley’s Experience

• Software Engineer

  Linden Lab

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Analyst Developer

  Mintel International

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Market Research industry)

  June 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 6 months)

  My work at Mintel is specifically developing and maintaining the GNPD (Global New Products Database). The GNPD is a paid-for subscription service that both academic users and small and large companies (such as Pepsi and Nestlé) use for doing market research. The service is a web-application under very active development, and embraces a few new technologies.
  
  My work involves putting new features on the GNPD to provide a more useful service to customers, using such technologies as Apache, C++, MySQL, XSL/XML, HTML, CSS and Javascript.
  
  It also involves maintaining the database and server to ensure that the site runs smoothly for customers, as the GNPD is both a heavily used website, and Mintel's flagship product. It is therefore imperitive to maintain a high-uptime.

• Software Engineer

  Plymouth Marine Laboratory

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 4 months)

  In this position I was required to modify and maintain programs that were part of a large satellite image processing chain, including increasing their portability. I was also required to write new processing systems, and a Web Map Server to be part of a larger Europe-wide project.

John Beisley’s Education

• University of Wales, Aberystwyth

  Meng Software Eng , Software Engineering , 1998 — 2006

  I completed my degree in Aberystwyth in 2006, and achieved a 1st class degree in MEng (hons) Software Engineering.

  Activities and Societies:

  Aber Archers

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John Beisley’s Websites:

• My Website

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