Ian Wild
R&D Partner Technologist at AVEVA
Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Wild is an R&D Partner Technologist with over 25 years of cross-domain experience spanning industrial R&D, full‑stack development, systems architecture and e‑learning platform delivery. Currently shaping architectural direction and developer practices at AVEVA, he turns high‑level technical problems into pragmatic, deployable solutions and leads cross‑product problem solving. A long‑time specialist in educational technology, Ian authored multiple industry‑standard Moodle books and plugins and has designed large bespoke VLEs for universities and global school networks. He combines hands‑on PHP/C#/JavaScript development with formal project management (AgilePM/DSDM) and active membership in professional bodies including BCS, IOP and OWASP. Unusually, his background blends lab‑based scientific research with extensive classroom tutoring and international eLearning consultancy, giving him a rare perspective on pedagogy, usability and secure, maintainable systems.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
M813 Software Development Computer Science, M813 Software Development Computer Science at The Open UniversityBSc Physics, BSc Physics at University of Leeds
Github Skills (42)
moodle10
wavefront9
nextcloud8
owncloud8
php8
obj8
javascript8
community-management7
self-hosting7
federation7
collada7
3d-models7
file-sharing7
usability7
collaboration7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
iandavidwild/moodle-mod_wavefront
Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
A Moodle activity to display 3D models. Supports OBJ and COLLADA format files.
Contributions:9 releases, 238 commits, 36 PRs in 4 months
3d-modelswavefrontplaycanvascolladamoodle
iandavidwild/moodle-qtype_stack
May 2018 - Dec 2018
Stack question type for Moodle
Contributions:9 PRs, 46 pushes, 5 branches in 6 months
moodlequestion
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