Alan Robertson Email & Phone Number

Salisbury, England, United Kingdom

Delighted to have joined the team at Blue Frontier.

London, United Kingdom

The business provided live streaming and interactive communication services via Satellite TV and online. My original role was to develop and manage all web content for the business. As the business grew, so did my range of responsibilities. • Managing the design and development of all online resources. At its peak, we were handling 30-40k users per day and turning over £500k per month via multiple websites.• Ensuring clear two-way communication of the needs, goals, priorities and deadlines between senior management and internal/external development teams.• SEO, website performance analysis and forecasting.• Top tier of the Customer Support Team for complex and escalated issues.• Development of bespoke analysis tools to monitor key data from multiple live sources.• Creation of complex content management/scheduling systems.• Deployment and management of dedicated web servers (Windows & Linux) and cloud-based solutions.• Integration of 3rd party payment and identity verification systems.• Use of Content Delivery Networks to maximize performance and employing various encryption techniques to ensure data security.• Use of social networking channels - employing both manual and automated methods.

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

• Design, development and ongoing management of websites, often in collaboration with clients’ designers or advertising agency.• SEO, performance analysis and traffic generation.• Creation of bespoke Content Management Systems using Classic ASP and MySQL.• Creation and management of Wordpress-based websites.• Studio and location photography and videography of people, places and products including full 360 immersive experiences.

Jersey

Co-founder of the first Internet development house in Jersey. Clients varied from international banks to offshore specialist businesses and entertainment/gaming organisations. Initially a joint-venture with CTV, we broke away in 1999 to become ‘e-scape’, still the biggest online agency in the Channel Islands.• Management of a team of developers and designers.• Project specification and client liaison.• Creation of our own online products and services. • Marketing, advertising and media relations including TV/radio appearances.

Joint-venture with Jersey ITV franchise holder Channel Television who wanted to start offering Internet based services both for their own customer base and also as a development agency for 3rd party clients. We created sites for many high profile businesses in the offshore finance and local government sectors as well as the first CTV site.

Jersey

A ground-breaking business that pioneered secure online transactions and promoted the Internet as a new marketing medium for major brands. The business would evolve into WorldPay.• Promoting the business and services to the UK and beyond.• Creating project specifications with the clients and our development team.• Creation of marketing presentations• Management and promotion of our own online information systems.While in this role I was able to secure business from the movie industry who were early adopters of the technology. This included Disney and Blockbuster.

Jersey

• Overseeing the development and implementation of computer systems designed to increase efficiency and reduce costs.• Moving the business from DOS-based to Windows applications. This included replacing and upgrading all IT equipment for all users.• Technical support for all systems and equipment.• Training personnel in use of systems and programs.• Monthly management reporting and forecasting

St Helier, Jersey

• Overseeing the development, testing and implementation of a sophisticated policy management system.• Migrating the business from DOS-based to Windows applications. This included replacing and upgrading all IT equipment for all users.• Training & technical support for all personnel and systems.• Monthly and annual management reporting and forecasting.

Gosport, United Kingdom

Ferguson were the biggest UK television manufacturer making over 20,000 television sets every week.• In-house and off-site training of apprentice electronic engineers.• Training factory personnel in television manufacturing processes. • Training office personnel in the newly released IBM PC with its word processor and spreadsheets.

Bsc, Communication & Electronic Engineering

This was a thin-sandwich degree requiring two periods of 6 months industrial experience. At the outset of the course I applied for and was.

Education record

8 O-Grades & 7 Higher Grades (SCE)