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Technical development and client liaison for premier open-source geospatial UK company

Temporary operational lead of product development team, overseeing upgrade to high-traffic cloud basemapping service and final stages of major update to core Astun GIS/mapping product iShare.

Remote

Development and client liaison for cloud-based geospatial services, with a focus on products for public-sector clients.

Hexham

Promoted to manage ICT team with full responsibility for all systems and related legal areas:• manage team of three• responsible for £150k budgets• sole representative on strategic IT partnership group between all UK National Parks• Freedom of Information Officer for the Authority

Given permanent role with responsibility for large technical infrastructure developments:• built and maintained ADSL-based load-balanced VPN WAN across Northumberland• built and maintained converged VoIP/ISDN/analogue embedded open-source phone network• responsible for organization’s DNS, including DNS-based load-balancing• redesigned corporate website and assisted migration to Squiz Matrix

Fixed-term technical and creative role including:• Implemented XHTML 1.0 Strict compliant elastic design for new corporate website in Livelink• created AJAX-based online mapping site in PHP using MapGuide Open Source• assisted in Actionscript 2 coding for online games• built ASP/SQL Server-based planning application site and .NET online mapping/GIS site• built e-commerce facility

Hexham, Northumberland

Manager of UK National Park websites, and coordinator of joint National Park web and ICT projects:• system administrator and developer of UK National Park websites• liaise with UK National Park officers• implemented www.broads-authority.gov.uk in Squiz Matrix• chair national conferences• open-source GIS development (qgis2leaf plugin)• manage budget of £120kMaternity cover secondment until December 2014

Project manager for all internet and web systems:• responsible for all web projects including internet, intranet, and extranet• assisted in upgrade of hosting and connectivity• developed an XHTML, standards-compliant Content Management System from scratch• responsible for liaison with all internal staff and external contractors on web-related issues

Responsible for full lifecycle of projects, from initial specification, through construction and testing, to launch and ongoing maintenance, development, and promotion:• technical project manager for Newcastle Airport• technical project manager for North Yorkshire Police• worked on content delivery system for Miramax

Supervisory and technical role, with overall responsibility for the production of a wide range of multimedia projects:• project managed multilingual Flash-based multimedia CD-ROM for LEGO Media• worked on educational site for Glaxo SmithKline

Overall responsibility for large web site (www.csp.org.uk) of London-based organization of over 30,000 members:• undertook all coding (HTML, Javascript, Flash, Perl)• introduced e-commerce• implemented data-driven job advertising• increased traffic to site from 75,000 hits/month to 125,000• fully specified personnel requirements and technical specification of new data-driven site

Front-end web design for wide range of clients:• Produced a range of sites for Typhoo, including full-screen Flash-only site• Flash animation for Newcastle Falcons and Durham County Cricket Club• 3D animation for Procter and Gamble

Sole trader, specializing in low-volume, high-quality bespoke design and print; responsible for all aspects of running a small business, together with all technical aspects of design and print work, moving into web from 1997. Clients include:• English Heritage• Oxfam• Canada Life Assurance

Master Of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Anglo-Saxon, Norse, And Celtic

Activities and Societies: Graphic design and print for Emmanuel College music society Medieval Irish and Welsh language and literature

Ma, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, And Celtic, First

Activities and Societies: Graphic design and print for the Troubadours medieval music society Medieval Irish and Welsh, Anglo-Saxon.