Ross Spencer
Senior Systems Architect at Iona Systems Ltd.
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRoss Spencer is a Senior Systems Architect and digital preservation specialist with 13–14 years of experience designing and shipping full‑stack solutions for archives, research institutions and Web3 projects. He combines deep domain expertise from roles at The National Archives (UK), Archives New Zealand and Artefactual with hands‑on development of cutting‑edge decentralized tooling like the Orcfax Cardano oracle and Arweave integrations. Known in the community as a "Digital Preservation Quartermaster," he moves between research, consultancy and production engineering—helping organisations operationalise sustainable preservation workflows. Ross has a background in humanities computing and software engineering that informs pragmatic, standards‑aware system design and tooling. Based in Leipzig, he freelances and advises internationally, often translating preservation policy into robust, auditable software. An unusual strength is his track record of bridging legacy archival practice with modern distributed storage and blockchain oracles.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Digital Culture and Technology (MA), Humanities Computing, Merit, Digital Culture and Technology (MA), Humanities Computing, Merit at Kings College LondonSoftware Engineering with Psychology (BSc), Computer Software Engineering, Software Engineering with Psychology (BSc), Computer Software Engineering at Keele UniversityGNVQ Advanced Information Technology with Distinction. A-Level in Psychology., Information Technology, GNVQ Advanced Information Technology with Distinction. A-Level in Psychology., Information Technology at Stafford College of Higher Education
English
Github Skills (200)
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zpl10
goblin10
data-storage10
firefox10
open-data10
behave10
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programming-language10
job-scheduling10
user-input10
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Programming languages (30)
Github contributions (5)
exponential-decay/archives-nz-rosetta-csv-ingest
Aug 2014 - Oct 2017
Contributions:3 releases, 181 commits, 51 pushes in 3 years 3 months
exponential-decay/ole2-re-combiner
Sep 2015 - Jun 2019
Contributions:26 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
jythonpython
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