Michael Forrest
Deputy Chair at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT
Tameside, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Forrest is an experienced public sector leader with 17 years in senior executive and board roles, currently serving as Deputy Chair and Non-Executive Director at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT and Vice Chairman at BARDOC. He has a strong track record in workforce and organisational development, driving talent growth and transforming services from Good to Outstanding while earning national recognition. Previously Deputy CEO of North West Ambulance Service, he combined strategic leadership with hands-on people development across large, complex NHS organisations. Unusually for a health-sector executive, he also contributes to open-source software—enhancing the well-known Etherpad project with UI features and image-handling plugins—demonstrating a practical blend of governance, HR expertise, and technical curiosity.
17 years of coding experience
CIPD Diploma, Human Resources Management and Services, CIPD Diploma, Human Resources Management and Services at The Manchester Metropolitan University
Github Skills (12)
html10
css10
plugin-development10
javascript10
user-interface10
imageio9
imagehandler9
image9
front-end-development9
image-management9
imager9
back-end-development8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ether/pad
Aug 2010 - Aug 2010
Etherpad Open-Source Repository
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:43 commits in 14 days
Contributions summary:Michael contributed significantly to the Etherpad project by adding features and enhancing the user interface. They implemented an image insertion button and modified the HTML rendering to display images. Furthermore, they developed several plugins, including a feature to render images inline and a navigation plugin that allows traversing documents based on image content. The user also added Ubuntu theme styling and made modifications to the document creation process.
docxdmscollaborativeetherpad
michaelforrest/FCPX-Workflows
Aug 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:6 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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