Mark Henderson
Systems Engineer Level 4 at NATS
Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Henderson is a Systems Engineer Level 4 with 11 years of aviation and software experience, currently building operational systems at NATS. He specializes in transforming complex AIXM and aeronautical datasets into practical, human-readable tools—most notably PACT, which converts AIXM timeslice data into shareable HTML and highlights changes for non-technical users. His background spans frontline airport roles through to safeguarding and air traffic services, giving him a rare blend of operational insight and technical fluency. Mark designs bespoke solutions such as line-of-sight apps and floating-polygon libraries for Google Earth, emphasizing pragmatic automation and stakeholder accessibility. He holds a BSc in Software Development from The Open University and maintains an open portfolio on GitHub, reflecting a hands-on, open-source approach to aviation data challenges. Colleagues value his ability to turn regulatory and operational complexity into auditable, user-focused software.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Software Development, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Software Development at The Open University
English
Github Skills (14)
circles9
elevation9
tqdm9
eye-tracking9
api8
polyline8
paths8
google-earth8
floating7
polygons7
earth6
python6
polygon5
kml4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
MHenderson1988/line-of-sight-tool-python
May 2020 - Jan 2022
A Python application for processing multiple line of sight queries, via the 'Google Elevation' API.
Contributions:12 releases, 180 commits, 51 PRs in 1 year 7 months
apipythonsightelevationeye-tracking
MHenderson1988/kmlplus
Dec 2020 - Jun 2023
A Python library to support the creation of advanced paths and polygons in Google Earth. The library makes the creation of circles, arcs and 'floating' polygons possible.
Contributions:16 releases, 78 PRs, 224 pushes in 2 years 6 months
python-librarypolygonspythoncirclesfloating
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