Simon Whitehouse
Data Standards Adoption Consultant
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Whitehouse is a Data Standards Adoption Consultant with nine years focused on open data and a long track record delivering data-driven public sector and civic technology projects across the UK. He combines rigorous academic training—a first-class BSc in Mathematics and Computing and a postgraduate certificate in Computing for Commerce and Industry—with hands-on experience leading programmes at the Open Data Institute, Digital Birmingham and his co-operative Data Unlocked. Simon specialises in turning messy public datasets into practical tools and frameworks, from civic dashboards and school finders to outcome frameworks for family services. He brings project management discipline (PRINCE2, PSM, PSPO) alongside technical fluency and a history of convening cross-sector teams and hackathons to drive real-world adoption of open standards. A less obvious strength is his sustained commitment to socially beneficial tech: he favours cooperative business models and capacity-building within communities as much as technical delivery.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Post Graduate Certificate, Computing for Commerce and Industry, Post Graduate Certificate, Computing for Commerce and Industry at The Open UniversityMachine Learning: Introductory Module from Stanford University, Computer Science, n/a, Machine Learning: Introductory Module from Stanford University, Computer Science, n/a at CourseraPrince 2 Practitioner, Project Management, Prince 2 Practitioner, Project Management at Prince 2 FoundationProfessional Scrum Master (PSM I), Agile Project Management, Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), Agile Project Management at Scrum.orgGCSE, Spanish, A, GCSE, Spanish, A at Brasshouse Language SchoolBSc (Hons) 1st Class, Maths and Computing, BSc (Hons) 1st Class, Maths and Computing at Open University
Spanish
Github Skills (25)
data-services10
identifier10
open-data10
measurement7
ckan-extension7
pii6
twine5
nightly5
metadata5
transparency4
methodology4
data-quality3
dashboard2
python2
static-site2
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
OpenDataServices/ocds_award_buyer_extension
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Adds a buyer to field to Award
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 6 days
awardbuyerfield
siwhitehouse/hello-world
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
javapython
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