Chris Houston Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Vizioz specializes in building web sites and web applications based on the Umbraco CMS platform. We have built sites for many FMCG, Pharmaceutical and Telecom businesses as well as multiple sites for Microsoft, Quintiles and more.We work both directly with end clients and also as the development partner to other marketing and media agencies.

Reading, United Kingdom

QV Offices provided Serviced offices, Flexible workspace, hot desks & meeting rooms in the centre of Reading. We were based right in the town centre in a Victoria building with lots of character.We had rooms to suit anyone from the one man start up business to those looking for more space who would like to take an entire floor.As we were in the town centre.

Reading, United Kingdom

Organised the club visit to the 2014 District 1090 conference

Reading, United Kingdom

- Increased AVA's brand awareness- Managed reseller partner relationships- Developed new website based on the Umbraco CMS platform- Increase SEO from next very low to first position rankings

Reading, United Kingdom

- Product development design and strategy- IT Infrastructure Management- Management of Technical Team

- Investment consultancy related to the UK mobile industry

Reading, United Kingdom

• Lead Product Strategy for the Messaging Solutions Platform
• Provide strategic decisions on development practices
• Launched a new platform 5 months after CPW acquired Messaging Solutions
• Manage the internal development team and outsourced contractors
• Recently managed a major new product launch which was delivered on time, to spec and within budget requirements.
• Implemented a new development methodology across the development team. This involved moving all development projects to use Continuous integration and test driven development.

• The Mobile Data Association promotes the uses and benefits of mobile data through the industry and business press, conferences, seminars and the operation of websites (www.themda.org and www.text.it).
• Deputy Chair for the Messaging Group Steering Committee
• Chaired largest UK Mobile Networks Panel Session
• Provided Guidance on Web Strategy
• Helped with MDA Black Tie Ball organisation

Maidenhead

• SpinVox bought Mobile Message Centre in July of 2005. During my period at SpinVox I worked as a Program Manager and helped launch two new products that were sold through the Carphone Warehouse.
• Integrated the Mobile Message Centre team into SpinVox
• Managed the Launch of two new Mobile Products
• Implemented new Statistical Analysis of the SpinVox platform

Newbury

• Founded Mobile Message Centre with two co-Directors in 2000
• Led the technical strategy for the business
• System Architect for Messaging Platform, managed development and implementation
• Wrote technical RFI responses including a 50 page response to Yell.com resulting in winning the Yell.com contract that is still in place today.
• Managed up to 11 Members of Staff

Harrow, United Kingdom

• eCubate was a small Incubator based in Harrow on the Hill in London.
• Advised 3 incubation clients on their technical strategy
• Provided technical input for clients Venture Capital proposals

Maidenhead

• Software development consultancy for Powerway UK clients. Powerway acquired European Software Publishing.
• Ran the UK development Team for the USA company Powerway.
• Provided development consultancy for Intranet based MIS
• Forest and Trees consultancy creating SITA’s MIS. Now used to analyze SITA’s global business.
• Converted Onestop Shop’s MIS from paper based reporting to an interactive data mining Intranet system

Maidenhead

Development consultancy role creating MIS Intranet systems for clients as both Intranets and using the MIS tool called "Forest and Trees"

Oxford, United Kingdom

I joined the Internet Bookshop as the 5th employee in 1995 straight out of University. I helped grow the company from selling 400 books a week to selling 2,500 books per day within 18 months.One of my "claims to fame" from working at the Internet Bookshop is I designed and coded the world first "People who bought this book also bought..." concept which was.

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