I am about to complete my research degree (MPhil/PhD) at the University of Brighton. I am a specialist in accessibilty issues regarding interactive television and mobile phone design. I have been involved with IT in one form or another for over 20years. I use both Microsft and Linux platforms, although I prefer Linux for prototyping. I am now looking for paid employment in the usability field focusing on user access issues. Being an Audio describer for the visaully impaired in the theatre I also appreciate the differences between those born blind and those who become blind in later life and how this affects their usability expereince.My family have been inopved with technology since the turn of the 20th century, and my great grandfather was one of the pioneers of television and a firned of both Philo Farnsworth and John Logie Baird (Edgar T Larner).Specialties: Presentations to audiences of between 3 and 5,000, board level liaison, police liaison, Disability Discrimination Legistlation, GUI user testing, surveying, research methodology, publishing journal papers, Serbia, liaising with cleints in a non technical way and with programmers on a technical level, signing langauge and lipreading,
Listed skills include Cordon Bleu Cook, Class 1 Police Trained, Psv Class One, Security Driving Exams, and 8 others.