John Breslin
Established Professor at PorterShed
Galway, Ireland
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Top SchoolJohn Breslin is an award-winning Professor of Electronic Engineering at the University of Galway with over 25 years teaching and research experience and an h-index of 57 across ~350 publications. He directs the TechInnovate and AgInnovate programmes, is a PI at the Insight Centre and Data2Sustain hubs, and has shepherded applied research into industry through roles with VistaMilk, Confirm and numerous spinouts. A serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Ireland’s largest discussion forum boards.ie, adverts.ie and StreamGlider, he has helped scale digital platforms used by millions and co-created the widely implemented SIOC social data framework. His work has attracted broad media attention and translated into unexpected cultural success as co-author of the bestselling Old Ireland in Colour series. Equally at home in academia and startup boards, he combines deep technical expertise in data analytics and the social semantic web with practical ecosystem-building across Galway’s PorterShed and national scale-up initiatives.
16 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Entrepreneurship Development Program, Entrepreneurship Development Program at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDiploma in Arts French, Diploma in Arts French at University of GalwayLeaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate at Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna
English, Irish, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
structured-data7
rdf7
json-ld6
flickr5
schema-org4
python4
schema4
json-schema4
wordpress-plugin2
drupal2
wordpress2
vocabulary1
php1
linked-data1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sioc-project/sioc-project.org
Apr 2016 - Sep 2018
Contributions:5 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
johnbreslin/cv
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
Contributions:30 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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