John Layt
Head Of Digital Innovation
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Layt is Head of Digital Innovation at MOLA with 18 years of experience blending enterprise IT and archaeological practice to design, build, and govern durable digital recording, GIS and data-management systems. He transitioned from a long career building high‑throughput financial and billing systems to specialise in “digital archaeology,” bringing rigorous software engineering, system architecture and data-standards discipline to field recording, survey and archives. Known for shipping bespoke platforms (ARK and plugins) and improving operational performance and data reuse, he balances hands-on development, infrastructure management and sector-wide advocacy for open data. Based in London, he combines practical excavation experience with deep legacy-system knowledge, making him unusually effective at translating between archaeologists, developers and enterprise stakeholders.
18 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, History, Commerce, Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, History, Commerce at Victoria University of Wellington
Github Skills (169)
wps10
gdal10
data-management10
spatial10
openstreetmap10
qgis10
tms10
shapefile10
system-information10
geotools10
gis10
ogc9
jquery-plugin9
resumable-upload9
resumable9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
lparchaeology/ArkSpatial
Jan 2015 - Sep 2018
Contributions:483 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
lparchaeology/libarkqgis
Sep 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:117 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
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