Chris Veness
Owner Consultant Developer at Movable Type Ltd
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Veness is an experienced owner-consultant-developer based in Cambridge with over 25 years turning complex data into usable information systems for clients ranging from universities and the European Commission to air traffic organisations and sports platforms. He specialises in Node.js/Koa and PHP/MySQL stacks, with deep expertise in XML/XSLT, information design and usability—skills he applies across projects from medieval manuscript digitisation to ERP-sourced management reporting. As the maintainer of the geodesy JavaScript library, he has contributed robust latitude/longitude and rhumb line calculations, reflecting a knack for precise, domain-specific algorithmic work. His consultancy, Movable Type Ltd, demonstrates a long track record of solving tricky data migration, visualisation and reporting challenges for diverse sectors. Chris combines hands-on coding with strategic system design, favouring pragmatic, user-centred solutions over technocratic complexity. He’s an information junkie who delights in turning “dumb” data into intelligent, actionable systems.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Engineering / Computer Science, BSc, Engineering / Computer Science at University of Warwick
Github Skills (3)
geodesy10
javascript10
algorithms9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
chrisveness/geodesy
May 2014 - Oct 2022
Libraries of geodesy functions implemented in JavaScript
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:287 commits, 17 PRs, 105 pushes in 8 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the `geodesy` library, implementing various functions related to latitude/longitude calculations on a spherical earth model. Their initial commit introduced the `latlon.js` file, defining the `LatLon` class with fundamental methods for distance, bearing, and midpoint calculations. Subsequent commits added additional features such as rhumb line calculations, and support for different geodetic systems, indicating a focus on expanding the core functionality of the library.
ellipsoidwgs84destinationgeopackagetrf
chrisveness/crypto
Jul 2014 - May 2020
Reference implementations of AES & SHA cryptographic functions in JavaScript
Contributions:61 commits, 1 PR, 19 pushes in 5 years 11 months
cryptographyimplementationsrsaaescryptographic
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