Benjamin Wolsey is a pseudonym under which I started contributing to Free Software. I used it then to keep my different interests separate and, now it's established, I still use it for my free software work.

My real surname is Goose. I offer programming and consultancy services. I specialize in two areas, though I occasionally undertake work in other fields:

• use of alternative technologies for the creation and manipulation of Flash movies (see Open-Source Flash)
• software design in C++

Services

• Software development
• Flash (SWF) technologies (optimization, virtual machine performance, SWF analysis)
• Code review, bug fixes, customization and design in C++
• Technical documentation (German / English)
• Development of Free Software community strategy and Open Source models
• Custom Windows builds of some free software packages

Brief biography

I grew up in northern England, gained a First Class degree from Oxford University and then a PhD from the University of London in 2005. I then moved to Munich with my wife Eva, and spent two years carrying out post-doctoral research at the Ludwig Maximilian University. We still live in Munich.

Projects

I have been a lead developer on the Free Software Foundation's high priority project Gnash for two years. While working on Gnash, I have improved ActionScript compatibility, implemented many new SWF features, and overhauled much of the codebase as well as innumerable other improvements and bug-fixes.

My contributions to the Free Software community include work on swfmill, ming, and wget. Other projects are listed on the software wiki page.

References

I have worked on projects for private individuals and companies, including:

• Open Media Now
• Microting
• The Public Software Fund, Inc.

Contact

Please feel free to get in touch by email using the contact form.

You can also send me a message using Jabber: bwy@xabber.de, or follow me at identi.ca/bwy.