Jon Knight
Systems Developer at Loughborough University
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJon Knight is a systems developer with over a decade of hands-on experience designing and integrating middleware, APIs, and library IT systems at Loughborough University. He blends deep technical skills in databases, networks and real-time simulation with practical operations work—maintaining services like reading lists and room booking while troubleshooting campus network issues. His background spans research-grade projects in biomechanics and networked information retrieval, and he has built bespoke tools from web front ends to Perl/Tk utilities. As editor of Ariadne he connects technical development to the cultural sector of libraries, museums and archives. Outside work he applies his problem-solving mindset to sustainability initiatives, serving as an administrator for the Green Living Forum and participating in Transition Town groups.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Loughborough University
English
Stackoverflow
159reputation
6kreached
8answers
5questions
Github Skills (27)
bug-tracker8
issue-tracking7
microsoft-graph7
msoffice6
rest-api6
azure6
branches6
api6
dns6
microsoft-graph-api6
rest6
graph6
asp-net-mvc6
azure-ad-graph-api6
perl6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
openfifth/koha
May 2017 - Aug 2019
Backup of PTFS Koha developmental and experimental branches
Contributions:9 commits in 2 years 3 months
branchesbackupkoha
fredericd/Koha
Aug 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:5 commits in 8 months
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