Phil Weir
Director at Flax & Teal Limited
Holywood, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPhil Weir is a director and technical founder with 12 years’ experience building data platforms, open data and numerics-focused infrastructure through Flax & Teal within the Avata Industries group. He combines hands-on engineering—Python, PHP, scientific computing, containerization and Kubernetes (CKA certified)—with business and organizational leadership across multi-company data management. A PhD-trained computational mathematician from Otago with an MMath from Cambridge, he has applied numerical modelling to biomedical and research projects and helped launch regional developer ecosystems like the Northern Ireland Developer Conference. Phil’s work bridges research-grade simulation and production infrastructure, and he’s notable for running a small company that pairs open-source engineering with practical EU data management at a group level.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Mathematics at University of OtagoBachelor's degree and MMath Pure Mathematics, Bachelor's degree and MMath Pure Mathematics at University of Cambridge
English
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Github Skills (200)
metadata10
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chat10
optimus10
web-platform10
commons10
catalog10
api10
open-data10
webrtc10
zsh10
python10
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Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
flaxandteal/panel
Jan 2017 - Mar 2020
An easily configurable admin panel for Laravel applications.
Contributions:49 pushes, 22 branches, 5 comments in 3 years 1 month
admin-paneladminconfigurablelaravel-adminadmin-dashboard
flaxandteal/arches
Sep 2021 - Feb 2025
Arches is a web platform for creating, managing, & visualizing geospatial data. Arches was inspired by the needs of the Cultural Heritage community, particularly the widespread need of organizations to build & manage cultural heritage inventories
Contributions:7 PRs, 102 pushes, 20 branches in 3 years 6 months
web-platformgeospatialcultural-heritageheritagecultural
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