Simon Hettrick
Director Of Strategy
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSimon Hettrick is a strategic leader and advocate for research software and Research Software Engineers, currently Director of Strategy at the Software Sustainability Institute and Professor at the University of Southampton. Over a 12+ year career in research software leadership he founded and chaired key UK RSE organisations and led campaigns like Hidden REF that helped secure recognition for non-academic research roles in the 2029 REF. He directs the Southampton Research Software Group, delivering engineering support, training and policy engagement across disciplines, and regularly advises major UK research funders and infrastructure programmes. With a background in physics and patent law, Simon blends technical credibility, policy influence and financial stewardship gained as treasurer for multiple RSE initiatives. Less obvious: he led the first systematic study of software reliance in academia, informing evidence-based policy for research software sustainability.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Tapered Waveguide Lasers, physics, Ph.D., Tapered Waveguide Lasers, physics at University of SouthamptonHeriot-Watt University Edinburgh CampusCertificate, Intellectual Property Law, Certificate, Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary University of London
English
Github Skills (22)
survey10
collaboration7
computational-biology6
quantile6
hpc-applications5
binder4
jekyll4
electrophysiology4
bioinformatics4
data-analysis3
science3
hugo3
open-science3
effort2
experiences2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
softwaresaved/software_in_grants_GTR
Oct 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:2 releases, 42 commits, 38 pushes in 6 months
softwaresaved/software_in_research_survey_2014
Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
Results from the 2014 survey of software use in research conducted at 15 universities across the UK. Contact: @SimonHettrick
Contributions:1 release, 81 commits, 71 pushes in 4 months
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