Our Biography - James's CV:
Profile:
I am hardworking, loyal, enthusiastic, highly motivated graduate, possessing excellent communication and interpersonal skills. I enjoy working both within a team and individually.
Transferable Skills Profile:
- Hand coding HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.1, CSS1 & CSS2 and JavaScript
- All aspects of website development, multimedia application development, usability, and accessibility issues
- Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, Fireworks MX 2004, Flash MX 2004, Director MX 2004
- A good understanding of Java 2 Enterprise Framework including JSP/Servlets web application technologies, and MySQL open source web database technology
- Adobe Photoshop 7
- SoundForge, Cubase, Logic Audio, WaveLab and VST Synths and Effects
- Maya 4 Unlimited and Lightwave 8
- SS 11.5 Statistical Analysis Package
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and ArcView 9
- All MS Office applications and OpenOffice
- Unix (Sun Solaris 8 & FreeBSD 4), Linux (Fedora Core 3, Ubuntu and Gentoo Linux), Windows XP Professional & Mac OS X operating systems
Education:
Oct 00 - Jul 04
Bachelor of Science, Joint Honours in Computing & Multimedia, Technology and Applications - 2:1
London Metropolitan University, London, England
- Web Design and Development (X/HTML, CSS, Flash, Photoshop)
- Web Applications and Databases (MySQL, ASP, JSP, UML)
- Interaction Design (Photoshop)
- Human Computer Interaction
- 3D Modelling and Animation (Maya & Lightwave)
- Project Management (MS Project)
- Computing Dissertation (JSP, JavaScript, MySQL, UML)
- Multimedia Dissertation (Director, XML)
Employment History:
Jan 01 - Present Day :: Freelance Web Developer
London, England
Designing and developing accessible and web standards compliant websites for various organisations. Examples of my work can be found in the portfolio section.
Jul 04 - Present :: Environmental & Communications Consultant
Safe Neighbourhoods Unit, London
My current duties include a redevelopment of the company’s website to be inline with the Disability Discrimination Act and current web standards. Furthermore, using my skills in SPSS analysis and GIS, I have worked closely with the government (DEFRA) to develop waste management strategies for several London Boroughs and County Councils. I am currently involved with the recruitment and training of several members of staff in SPSS, GIS and using SNU’s content management systems.
Apr 00 - Aug 01 :: Junior Researcher & IT Coordinator
Safe Neighbourhoods Unit, London
My duties included designing, developing and maintaining a website for the company, and assisting the senior consultants on a wide range of project involving Tenant Management, Crime analysis, Waste Management and other social issues. My tasks included data inputting from research studies and presenting the results; liaising with other organisations on joint projects; utilising GIS technology on projects and continually assessing its potential use on future projects.