A multi-skilled project manager and engineer with experience of
leading teams developing major international projects. An effective and
confident communicator responsible for delivering complex large scale
projects on time within budget in high pressure environments.
Key Skills and Experience
Web programming and design (Drupal, PHP, MySQL,
Jquery, AJAX, XHTML, CSS, Photoshop, Zend Studio/Eclipse, SQLYog) Software development and technical architecture (C,
C++, Visual Studio, CVS, SVN)
Webserver configuration, security and maintenance (Linux, Apache, MySQL,
Cpanel, DNS)
Entertainment and technology project management
Multimedia authoring, sound engineering and interactive installation
design
Course design and implementation of media based educational projects
Fluent Spanish and basic French
Projects
June 2008
to Present
Drupal consultant working for international clients including Red Bee Media in
London and Artesanos Digitales in Madrid developing various sites using Drupal 5
& 6 with CCK, Views, a wide range of contributed modules, custom
modules, Jquery and Ajax. Recent projects include www.usosegurodelatecnologia.es,
www.yelmocines.es, rosiefellner.com, airstreamfacilties.com,
carhouse.brightonart.eu
Project manager &
lead developer for Net Sounds, a
3-year European Commission funded project to create a European
network for organisations and individuals involved in music
education. The projects main output is a community website based on
Drupal 6.
October
2007 - present
Project Manager &
lead developer for NETMUSIC1.0 an EU
funded educational website teaching students computer music making,
developed in Drupal 5 with custom modules in 4 languages.
September
2008 – May 2008
Project manager &
lead developer for
www.rocketfestival.com –
Drupal 5 application in 2 languages with 5000 user community, custom
modules and audio visual content.
Project Manager for
European Commission funded educational project - MODEM (http://ccdev18.dreamhosters.com/
) at Brightonart Ltd. Responsible for planning, design
and implementation, budget control and communications. MODEM is a
music collaboration community developed using open-source
PHP/MySQL CMS Cchost.
Director
of technology at Brightonart Ltd. www.brightonart.co.uk
Technical
design and implementation of a number of websites for various clients
including www.notonlybutalso.net
April 2002
to
April 2004
Special Projects
Manager at Ninja Tune Records, London, developing ‘E-Musicnet’ with several European partners,
an online vocational training project for young people sponsored by
the Leonardo project of the European Commission.
http://www.e-musicnet.net/index_uk.asp
Summer
2000 to present
Member of audio-visual
performance group The Vjamm Allstars (www.vjammallstars.com)
composing and performing music.
Autumn
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Delivered practical
course in Interactive Installation Design at the FH Johanneum
University in Graz, Austria. Guided students through the process of developing and
implementing an interactive video art installation. This course is
now an annual feature of the curriculum.
November
2002
to Present
Design and
implementation of major open source software project Freeframe (www.freeframe.org). FreeFrame
is an open-source cross-platform real-time video effects plugin API
supported by major VJ software applications with hundreds of plugins
now available.
Autumn
2002 to
May 2002
Facilitator and course
leader for Plug in to Music an audio visual education project for
young people in the South East of England.
Autumn
2002
Design and
implementation of VST audio effects plugin Coldcutter.
Jan 2002
to
Oct 2003
Development of Gridio
1.0 an interactive video installation as part of Sonic Process, an
audio-visual arts exhibition commissioned for the Pompidou Centre in
Paris and the MACBA (Modern Art Museum) in Barcelona and the
‘Mountain of Memories’, a major exhibition in Graz, Austria, funded
by the European City of Culture 2003.www.gridio.com
June 2001
to
Jan 2002
Contract web programmer
for User Advocacy Group (UAG) developing websites on CD-Rom for
presentations
January
2000 to
June 2001
Senior Developer at
Victoria Real (www.victoriareal.com)
leading teams developing major web and interactive TV applications
for Norwich Union, Iceland, William Hill, BBC and Channel 4.
January
1999 to December 1999
Senior Programmer at
Computer Experts Limited. Developed Anti-Millenium bug software in
C/C++ on Windows and Linux
January
1998
December
1998
HNC Software
Engineering at BrightonCityCollege passed with Distinction
Jan 1994
to
June 1998
Loudspeaker design
engineer B&W Loudspeakers R&D facility, Steyning East Sussex.
General Manager and chief sound engineer for Innerfield Soundsystem (www.innerfield.co.uk) at
numerous events across Europe.
September
1990 to December 1994
Technical Sales
Consultant at Campkins Cameras, Cambridge.
