Hilton Gibson

Hilton Gibson (1959-200*) was an IT specialist and the creator of the ESAT website.

Gibson studied at Durban University of Technology (Nat Dip T3, Electronics and Instrumentation 1984 – 1987). Married to Donna Newey (divorced in 2000), and has three children, Kirstin Mackrill, Amber Gibson, Heather Gibson. He passed away **

He joined the University of Stellenbosch in 2001 as IT specialist and from 2008 was employed in the central campus library to assist on projects that include: SUNScholar (January 2008 to Present): an Institutional Research Repository for Stellenbosch University ;Maties Ubuntu: Campus help wiki for Ubuntu Linux and SUNJournals (the implementation of a platform to host (open access) online journals is a collaborative effort between the Library and Information Service and departments and units affiliated with the University of Stellenbosch, in support of the mission and strategy of the University).

As part of his activities, he developed the original platform for ESAT in 2010, and then trained the researchers and was from its inception the Wiki System Administrator for the website, on behalf of Prof Temple Hauptfleisch of the Drama Department.