James, you're emigrating? I never thought I'd see that... Congratulations, traitor!
On 17 May 2012 17:52, Howie Fung <hf...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Everyone, > > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual > Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday > and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff > member. > > James will help prioritize the short term and long term work log on > the Visual Editor, conduct user research, and incorporate community > feedback into the development process. > > As many of you know, James is a long-time Wikimedian. He started > contributing to English Wikipedia in October 2002, and was a founding > member of their Arbitration Committee. He was also the movement’s > volunteer Chief Research Officer, helping shepherd the predecessor of > what is today the Research Committee, has for years been the > “gopher-in-chief” at the Wikimania community conferences, and helped > found Wikimedia UK in 2005. > > James joins us following a successful career in the UK government, > where he implemented key open access and open government initiatives. > Most recently, he was the acting Head of data.gov.uk, and then the > Digital Engagement Policy Lead in the Government Digital Service, both > at the Cabinet Office. James holds a Masters of Engineering in > Computer Science from the University of Warwick. > > Beyond technology, James has strong interests in international > politics, physics, communications, economics, law, the constitutional > history of Britain, and education. > > Please join me in welcoming James! > > Howie > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
