Tuesday, May 12, 2020

John Henry Michael Thompson -- Inventor of Programming Computer Language Used in Adobe Director

John Henry Thompson: Computer Programming and S...

 He spent part of his childhood in Jamaica. His parents, in search of a better life for their children moved from the United Kingdom to New York.

In 2012 he returned to his homeland Jamaica,to implement the Digital Jam 2.0 project. This included directing a course of mobile apps development workshops.

According to him the vision for the project was to "export an innovative software development strategy to enable Jamaican youth to prosper in the global internet knowledge economy." 

He was honored for his innovations and commitment to coaching with the Silver Musgrave Medal for Science in 2012 by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ).

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