Owen Blacker
Lead Technical Architect (through Made Tech) at Wikimedia LGBT+
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOwen Blacker is a Lead Technical Architect at Made Tech with 13+ years of experience designing and delivering public-sector digital services, currently embedded as lead architect at the Youth Justice Board. A seasoned C# developer and architecture lead, he brings deep expertise in accessible front-end experiences, complex third‑party integrations, Umbraco and IIS-backed sites, and secure, auditable systems. He has led decommissioning and large-scale transition projects (including GOV.UK Verify) and advised major government programmes such as DfE Connect and multi-agency information sharing. Beyond his day job he’s a civic-tech founder and long-time digital-rights campaigner who helped found mySociety and the Open Rights Group, blending technical leadership with governance and trustee experience. Bilingual in English and French and based in Cardiff, he is also active in queer and Wikimedia communities, recently chairing the Wikimedia LGBT+ board while hiring its first staff.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) Molecular Biology and Genetics, BSc (Hons) Molecular Biology and Genetics at University of East Anglia
English, French, Spanish, German, Welsh
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
owenblacker/lgbtq-technology.github.io
May 2019 - Sep 2022
The LGBTQ Slack website including Code of Conduct and culture document
Contributions:4 PRs, 10 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years 3 months
lgbtqslackcode-of-conduct
owenblacker/wincompose-res-files
Dec 2019 - Aug 2024
Contributions:33 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 8 months
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