Re: [Wikitech-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

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 Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l