Staff
Rebecca is the Membership and Communications Manager for the Open Planets Foundation. She joined the organisation in 2010, after working for The British Library on the EU Planets project. Rebecca is responsible for the OPF events, internal and external communications, and the day-to-day running of the office. She is a Chartered Marketer, passing the CIM’s post graduate diploma in 2011, and has a degree in English Literature. Her background includes marketing and branding roles in the publishing and engineering consultancy sectors.
Rebecca is currently the work package lead for the SCAPE Project’s training programme, and works on the dissemination and take up activities. She also contributes to the SPRUCE Project’s events.
Carl currently works for the Open Planets Foundation, in particular with their constribution to the SCAPE project. Prior to that he worked for The British Library’s Digital Preservation Team on internal and external projects, including a brief spell as Technical Co-ordinator for the SCAPE project.
He spent three years as a technical lead on the Planets Project, developing the Interoperability Framework and Service Interface definitions. He also helped organise and run the Planets Service Developer’s Workshops.
Carl particularly enjoys Hackathon style events, and is a regular attendee at the OPF’s events, as well as those organised as part of the SPRUCE and AQuA projects.