Olly Butters
Principal Research Technical Professional at University of Liverpool
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOlly Butters is a Principal Research Technical Professional and data-focused research scientist with 11+ years connecting complex health, cohort and geospatial datasets to enable privacy-preserving analysis across NHS and academic programmes. He leads technical delivery for NIHR ARC-NWC initiatives including the NHS secure data environment work, GroundsWell and DataSHIELD, and previously served as technical lead for open-source federated analysis at Newcastle University. His background spans long-running cohort stewardship (ALSPAC, 1958 birth cohort), bioinformatics infrastructure and even astrophysics—writing N-body simulations and curating large astronomical archives—bringing a rare mix of research rigour and production-grade data engineering. Based in Liverpool, he combines hands-on software development with team leadership and a sustained focus on reproducible, privacy-aware analytics.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics at The Open UniversityMaster in Science, Physics, 1:1, Master in Science, Physics, 1:1 at Imperial College London
Github Skills (32)
timesheet10
stateless10
objectionjs10
child-process10
beta-versions10
lists9
zeplin9
server-side9
netsuite9
workitem9
faunadb8
realms8
data-exchange8
crowd8
machine-learning7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
OllyButters/HDS-plumber
Feb 2022 - Feb 2025
Contributions:4 releases, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
OllyButters/puma_web
Oct 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:831 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 5 months
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