Elizabeth Miller (Libby)

libby@nicecupoftea.org

Summary

I have planning, management, research and coding experience. I can keep up with large volumes of information and filter the right pieces to the right people. I can talk to technical and business people, run meetings, create and document processes, and write requirements. I'm good at getting people to do things and getting things done myself. I've worked in a startup environment.

I'm a co-creator of the well-known FOAF Semantic Web vocabulary, and have worked on Semantic Web query languages, prototypes and data modelling. I helped build early Semantic Web and FOAF communities through formal and informal means, including via an EU project, which I co-wrote and co-ran.

My current main interests are linked and open data and APIs, personal statistics and APIs to TV.

Current Role

I'm currently a Project Manager within BBC Research and Development, working on the NoTube Project, an EU-funded project about the future of Web and TV.

Previous Roles

• Project Manager at Joost Technologies B.V
• Product Manager at Joost Technologies B.V
• Chief Scientific and Research Officer at Asemantics s.r.l
• Semantic Web Coordinator at University of Bristol

Education

• University of Bristol
  PhD, Philosophy of Economics
  1995 - 1999
• University of Bristol
  MSc, Economics and Econometrics
  1994 - 1995
• University of Oxford
  BA, Philosophy Politics and Economics, 2:1
  1991 - 1994

Experience

Project Manager, BBC Research and Development

• Organised, planned and managed the BBC's work on NoTube, deciding where to focus the work and what to build
• Developed APIs and services for TV-related data
• Developed usecases and prototypes to show the possibilities of future TV-related applications and interfaces using various technologies including Javascript, HTML, CSS, Ruby and XMPP

Project Manager, Joost Technologies B.V

• Project Managed the video and social networking website that is the cornerstone of Joost's current product
• Facilitated negotiations and communication between designers, implementers, operations, business and product management
• Managed 'Agile' meetings for and between technical teams
• Kept on top of all relevant communications, ensuring people had any important information in a timely manner and an understandable format
• Maintained a good understanding of the technical side, and tried to ask the questions others did not want to
• Designed, wrote, and tested many of the Javascript APIs on which the site is based
• Left, having delivered on my commitment to get the site released

Product Manager, Joost Technologies B.V

• Handled the bulk of requirements gathering and writing for the initial software product
• Helped build and grow the company on the engineering side
• Facilitated negotiation and communication between designers, implementers, and the business side
• Kept on top of all relevant communications, ensuring people had any important information in a timely manner and an understandable format
• Designed and documented processes for gathering and evaluating requirements
• Organised, ran, and documented meetings and training sessions

Chief Scientific and Research Officer, Asemantics s.r.l

• Wrote and researched work proposals within the small company
• Managed and worked with developers, including coding
• Helped maintain the Semantic Web Interest Group by participating in public fora, facilitating community-based lightweight processes, presenting results at conferences
• Participated in W3C working groups

Semantic Web Coordinator, University of Bristol

• Co-created the Swad-Europe IST (EU) research project with W3C staff
• Helped lead it during its 30 months of activity, also project managing it for the final few months
• Built semantic web prototypes, ran meetings, and wrote up results; maintained the website
• Helped build and maintain the Semantic Web Interest Group by holding workshops, participating in public fora, facilitating community-based lightweight processes
• Participated in W3C working groups
• Presented technical results at conferences