Summary
John Handley is a Technical Manager with eight years of experience blending web development, project design and technical advisory work at Maxwell Amenity. Grounded in an MSc in Biological Recording and species identification, he uniquely marries software and data management skills with practical conservation, habitat mapping and GIS expertise. He leads optimisation and implementation projects while supporting cross-team technical decisions, bringing a field-ecology perspective to digital solutions. An experienced educator and communicator, he tutors for conservation organisations and writes articles for magazines and reports, translating complex ecological data into accessible outputs. His uncommon combination of bryology and botany interests with hands-on web and data work helps organisations turn ecological surveying and biological records into actionable, mapped insights. Based in the UK, he focuses on pragmatic, impact-driven tools that support habitat management and environmental protection.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Biological recording and species identification, Pass, Master of Science (MSc), Biological recording and species identification, Pass at The University of Birmingham