Paul Tansom
Deputy Mayor Of Havant at Havant Borough Council
Havant, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorPaul Tansom is an experienced ICT consultant and local leader with over two decades running Aptanet and ten years of professional experience focused on pragmatic, Linux-based solutions. As Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Havant, he blends public service with technical advocacy, helping small businesses and charities adopt open source where it makes sense. He champions practical technology choices, weighing open versus proprietary tools to match organisational needs rather than ideology. Known for hands-on systems work and avoiding unnecessary GUIs, he emphasises flexibility, modularity, and maintainability. Paul’s advisory approach helps resource-constrained organisations realize the benefits of open source without sacrificing reliability or support. Based in Havant, England, he brings civic perspective to tech solutions that solve real local problems.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (47)
snap10
nextcloud9
fill8
file-sharing8
digital-signage8
neopixel8
perl8
passwords7
iot7
raspberry7
hyperion7
management6
unicorn6
hat6
linux6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
aptanet/lug.org.uk-website
Oct 2020 - Jan 2024
Website of the UK Linux User Groups organisation
Contributions:4 PRs, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 3 months
groupsmanuallinux
aptanet/ansible-role-dokuwiki
Nov 2018 - Oct 2020
Deploy and update Dokuwiki
Contributions:5 PRs, 23 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 11 months
phpupdatedokuwiki
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