Carl Jackson
Technical Consultant at Self-employed
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolCarl Jackson is a seasoned technical consultant and evaluation specialist with 11 years of focused experience and a 20+ year career advising international development programmes, governments, UN agencies and donors. He combines deep technical expertise in impact evaluation, user-centred research and co-design with hands-on leadership as Head of Practice, Principal Investigator and director of his own consultancy, Westhill Knowledge. Carl has led learning and knowledge-management initiatives across the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe and the UK, tackling issues from climate change and food security to social protection and gender. Known for pragmatic, inclusive approaches, he helps organisations adapt standard evaluation methods to complex international structures while fostering participation and innovation. A lifelong learner with cross-disciplinary training—from environmental policy to gender-responsive evaluation and field security—he blends rigorous analysis with practical, people-centred change.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Social and Environmental Studies, First Class, Bachelor’s Degree, Social and Environmental Studies, First Class at University of LiverpoolShort Course, Regenerating Business as a Force for Good, Short Course, Regenerating Business as a Force for Good at Schumacher CollegeMaster’s Degree, Environment, Development, Policy, Master’s Degree, Environment, Development, Policy at University of Sussexe-Learning Course, Equity-Focused and Gender Responsive Evaluation, Pass, e-Learning Course, Equity-Focused and Gender Responsive Evaluation, Pass at Eval Partners + UNICEFBSAFE, Security in the Field, Pass, BSAFE, Security in the Field, Pass at UNDSSCyberSAFE 310, Digital, Pass, CyberSAFE 310, Digital, Pass at CertNexus
Github Skills (50)
python10
mqtt10
asyncio10
iot10
automation10
privacy10
home-assistant10
raspberry-pi10
home-automation10
ecommerce9
garden9
umbraco9
internet-of-things9
spree9
commerce8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cwjackso/home-assistant
Nov 2017 - Jun 2021
Contributions:25 commits, 2 PRs, 39 pushes in 3 years 7 months
cwjackso/Merchello
Sep 2017 - Sep 2018
Merchello is an open source e-commerce package for the Umbraco CMS
Contributions:5 PRs, 24 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year
cmsecommercecommerceumbracoe-commerce
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