Frank Carver
Owner at Raspberry Alpha Omega
Greater Ipswich Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFrank Carver is a veteran software developer, architect and educator with a career that stretches back to 1986 and over 15 years of formal industry experience running his own consultancy, Efficacy Solutions Limited. He combines hands-on engineering, object-oriented design and software architecture with extensive experience training and mentoring teams in both academic and commercial settings, including lecturing at the University of Suffolk. A serial entrepreneur and community builder, he founded Baasalt.net, blogs on Raspberry Alpha Omega, serves on the Ipswich Makerspace steering committee and has been a long-time moderator (Sheriff) at JavaRanch. His background includes sustained contracting for major organisations (BT and others) and a mix of reporting, teaching and development roles that give him a rare blend of communication, leadership and delivery skills. Frank also holds advanced study in computing and education, including postgraduate qualifications and PhD-level research, reflecting a commitment to lifelong learning. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who turns complex business needs into practical, teachable solutions.
15 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Computing for Commerce and Industry, Master's Degree Computing for Commerce and Industry at The Open UniversityRoyal Navy Officer Training, Royal Navy Officer Training at Britannia Royal Naval CollegeNaval Engineering, Naval Engineering at RNEC ManadonBachelor's Degree Computer Systems Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Computer Systems Engineering at University of WarwickDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer and Information Sciences General, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer and Information Sciences General at University of SuffolkDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of East AngliaSuffolk College
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Github Skills (62)
markdown10
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linux10
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wysiwyg10
pandoc10
nodejs10
outliner10
electron9
desktop9
windows9
poppler9
macos9
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rack4java/rack4java
Oct 2011 - Mar 2014
Contributions:38 commits in 2 years 6 months
efficacy/gitdemo_1
Jul 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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