Summary
Andrew Beeken is a pragmatic full-stack technical lead with nearly two decades of experience delivering web systems across public and private sectors, currently leading development of the Open Policy Finder UI, backend and public API at Jisc. He blends hands-on Next.js and PHP development with CMS expertise—especially WordPress—plus proven experience in content strategy, end-user workshops and technical documentation. His background in higher education and open data projects (including consolidating distributed library feeds) gives him a strong footing in research-facing infrastructure and interoperability. Comfortable moving between product leadership and implementation, he also brings multimedia skills (Adobe Creative Suite, audio/video editing) that inform polished front-end and content experiences. Outside work he pursues filmmaking, applying the same iterative production mindset to both code and creative projects.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computing (Visualisation), BSc, Computing (Visualisation) at Nottingham Trent University
HND, Computing, HND, Computing at Lincoln College