Matthew Addis
Chief Technology Officer at Arkivum
Greater Southampton Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMatthew Addis is a founder and CTO with a physics PhD and over two decades of experience turning academic R&D into commercial SaaS products, most notably pioneering Arkivum’s long-term digital preservation platform used by CERN, EMBL-EBI and other high-profile research users. He combines hands-on engineering (Python, cloud/serverless, semantic web) with product strategy, regulatory compliance (GxP, ISO standards) and fundraising, having led multi-million pound projects and multiple investment rounds. Known for squeezing cloud costs by over 90% through architecture and TCO optimisation, he excels at leading small, creative teams to solve ill-defined, high-risk problems. A regular international speaker and occasional VC technology due-diligence advisor, he bridges rigorous scientific thinking with pragmatic product delivery across sectors from life sciences to cultural heritage.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Physics, 1st, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Physics, 1st at University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at University of SouthamptonA Levels, Pure Maths (A), Applied Maths (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (C), A Levels, Pure Maths (A), Applied Maths (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (C) at Marlwood Comprehensive School
Github Skills (15)
digital-preservation7
collections6
api3
aws-sdk-go3
messaging-api3
storage2
messaging2
specification2
python1
automation1
nextjs1
par1
selenium1
adapter1
nextcloud1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mjaddis/archivematica
May 2019 - Jul 2024
Free and open-source digital preservation system designed to maintain standards-based, long-term access to collections of digital objects.
Contributions:6 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 2 months
long-termdigital-preservationstandardslongdigital-objects
mjaddis/rdss-par
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Preservation Action Registry
Contributions:7 pushes, 4 branches in 5 days
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