Ben Godfrey
CS graduate. Programmer and entrepreneur focussed on consumer internet. Startup junky apparently.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://aftnn.org/ |
| Industries: | Computing, Internet, Media |
| Skills: | AJAX, Business, Copy Writing, Database Administration, Databases, Design, Django, Editing, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Facebook platform, Flash, HTML / CSS, Human-Computer Interaction, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Marketing, PHP, Product design, Python, Sales, Software Engineering, SQL, System Administration, Unix, Web design, Web Development, Writing |
| Next step: | Looking for validated start-ups to join at founder level. |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Groups: | DrinkTank London |
| Visas: | EU |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Helping friends, Internships, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Trading services |
| Schools: | University of East Anglia |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Freelance |
| Position: | Programmer |
| Time period: | February 2002 - Present |
| Description: | • Used my own CMS product, InfoCMS, to create an online booking system and a multiple-choice personality test for BusinessLink Norfolk Leadership Edge project. A Flash interface for the booking system integrated with InfoCMS using XML to provide a rich animated experience.
• Designed and built Personal Property Services (www.personalpropertyservices.co.uk) and Salesculture microsite (www.salesculture.co.uk) using InfoCMS. • Redesigned and restructured the University of East Anglia Research and Business Services Division site using Perl to extract content from the previous version (www.uea.ac.uk/rbs). • Designed interface for Transport for London Surface Transport Finance Group’s intranet. • Developed wwWebflow 2 asset management application (www.wwwebflow.com) around Canto Cumulus using Java/JSP for Silicon Systems (www.siliconsystems.co.uk). • Constructed site and extranet for Mike Harrington Photography in PHP (www.mhphotographic.co.uk). • Designed and built interface and architecture for community application Arena4 (www.arena4.com). Ran usability testing sessions and produced appropriate design responses. |
| Employer: | MyMart |
| Position: | CTO |
| Time period: | August 2006 - October 2008 |
| Employer: | moblogUK technology (moblog.co.uk) |
| Position: | Director |
| Time period: | October 2005 - October 2008 |
| Description: | • Lead Programmer for B2B product development, providing user-generated content community software for brands and other organisations. Developed web applications with Django in Python. |
| Employer: | Cohack (www.cohack.com) |
| Position: | Director |
| Time period: | August 2004 - March 2006 |
| Description: | • Founded Cohack with two partners. Developed analytics tools for online marketers making use of PPC advertising systems such as Google AdWords.
• Developed AdKnowledge reporting platform in Python, SOAP integration with Google AdWords. |
| Employer: | Studio Soup (www.studiosoup.co.uk) |
| Position: | Programmer |
| Time period: | January 2001 - February 2002 |
| Description: | Studio Soup is the East of England's leading new media agency, producing high quality websites and multimedia for large corporate and multinational clients.
• Solely responsible for developing web applications using PHP, ASP and Perl. • Constructed a content management system for www.theforumnorfolk.com. • Customisation of Oracle Portal and Lotus Quickplace. • Developed PHP, ASP, Perl, HTML, CSS, Javascript and Flash for many sites, including www.fujifilm.co.uk and www.startriteshoes.com. |
| Employer: | Freelance |
| Position: | Programmer |
| Time period: | July 2000 - January 2001 |
| Employer: | Aalto Designs |
| Position: | Programmer |
| Time period: | June 1999 - March 2000 |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of East Anglia |
| Time period: | 1997 - 2000 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Cycling |
| Hobbies: | • Music enthusiast – experienced DJ and amateur producer.
• Culture – mainstream and independent cinema, books, modern art and architecture, theatre. • Visual design – web-based, animation, interactive or in print. • Oxfam Cambodia Challenge – in November I will cycle 475km through Viet Nam and Cambodia to raise £5,200 for Oxfam (www.cambodiachallenge.org). |
| Clubs: | London Electronic Music Meetup organiser |
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Andy Ashburner
Owner of Caffeinehit Ltd, a web design and graphic design company in London. We work with startups all the way through the houshold brands. Check out our work at http://caffeinehit.com.
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James Crowley
Computer Science graduate from University of Oxford. Currently working as Managing Director at Developer Fusion.