Ian Forrester
Open Source Advisor On The PSI Project at New_ Public
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Forrester is a UK-based open source advisor and veteran digital researcher with over a decade of experience shaping public-interest technology and perceptive media. As a long-standing senior "firestarter" at BBC R&D and now helping lead the Public Service Incubator (PSI) at New_Public, he blends hands-on prototyping with strategic thinking to reimagine how public service broadcasters and platforms can promote healthier civic conversation. He founded DataPortability.org and Cubicgarden, showing a recurring pattern of turning social-technology ideas into practical projects and communities. Ian is known for a collaborative leadership style that foregrounds diversity, data ethics and sustainability, and was recognised among the Financial Times Inclusive Board’s top 100 diverse tech leaders. Less obvious: his work sits at the intersection of storytelling and systems design, applying adaptive narrative techniques to real-world public service systems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Interaction Design, Bachelor’s Degree Interaction Design at Ravensbourne University London
English
Github Skills (25)
social-media9
decentralization7
mindmap6
react6
forum5
federation5
markdown5
visualization4
pixelfed4
java4
visualize4
activitypub4
evernote4
mozilla4
privacy3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bbc/adaptivepodcasting
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
MozillaFestival/ethical-dilemma-cafe-blueprint
Apr 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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