Jack O'sullivan
Engineering Lead at Preservica
Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJack O'sullivan is an engineering lead with nine years of experience building and scaling digital preservation systems, currently leading engineering at Preservica. He progressed internally from software engineer and technical presales through senior technical leadership, running the Innovation Group that prototypes extensions to core products and shapes architectural direction as a member of the company Technical Board. His background spans full-stack work—from database and Java middleware improvements to front-end and cloud SaaS design—and includes hands-on delivery for high-scale web archive preservation. With a PhD in optoelectronics and physics training, he brings a research-led, analytical approach to engineering trade-offs and a knack for translating complex preservation requirements into pragmatic, testable prototypes.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MPhys, Physics with Theoretical Physics, MPhys, Physics with Theoretical Physics at The University of ManchesterPhD, Optoelectronics - Biomedical Spectral Imaging, PhD, Optoelectronics - Biomedical Spectral Imaging at University of Southampton
Github Skills (34)
file-validation10
digital-preservation9
par6
audio-files6
overlayfs5
pdf5
commons5
filesystem4
gzip4
tar4
persistent4
apache-commons4
python4
random-access4
computer-vision3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jackdos/par
Jun 2018 - Nov 2024
Preservation Action Registry
Contributions:86 pushes, 38 branches in 6 years 5 months
jackdos/rdss-par-examples
Jan 2020 - May 2024
A home for PAR examples describing preservation actions and supporting entities
Contributions:2 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 4 months
supportingpar
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