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Computing, Education, Information Technology, Internet
Skills:
Business, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, HTML / CSS, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, PHP, Software Engineering, SQL, System Administration, Unix, Web Development, Windows
Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Getting press, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup
Tags:
open source, social networking, web 2.0, web applications
Schools:
University of Edinburgh
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
latakoo
Position:
CTO
Time period:
May 2010 - Present
Employer:
Curverider Ltd
Position:
co-founder
Employer:
BarCamp Transparency
Position:
Organizer & Community Manager
Time period:
January 2009 - December 2010
Description:
BarCamp Transparency is a series of “unconference” events centering on government transparency, online activism and social media ethics. Any attendee may propose a talk during the event, ensuring a spontaneity and topical relevance unmatched by other types of conferences.
Employer:
Curverider Ltd
Position:
Chief Technical Officer
Time period:
June 2006 - April 2009
Description:
Elgg is the leading open source social networking platform. I co-founded the platform with a colleague at the University of Edinburgh, and was instrumental in growing it from a small educational tool to a market-leading product.
Employer:
Saïd Business School, The University of Oxford
Position:
Web Administrator
Time period:
January 2005 - December 2006
Description:
I was responsible for developing a new web presence in order to better advertise the work of the school and attract prospective students. I liaised with marketing, IT and the overall management of the school, as well as external design consultants. Additionally, I built learning environments for executive education courses, provided training in web technologies, advised on official podcasts, assisted with event management, and provided web technology advice to entrepreneurial MBA students.
Employer:
Elgg
Position:
Co-founder
Time period:
January 2004 - April 2009
Description:
Elgg is the leading open source social networking platform. I co-founded the platform with a colleague at the University of Edinburgh, and was instrumental in growing it from a small educational tool to a market-leading product.
Employer:
The University of Edinburgh
Position:
Learning Technologist
Time period:
January 2003 - December 2004
Description:
I redeveloped the Coaches’ Info Service, an online journal for sharing sports science information with coaches, for the department of Physical Education, Sports and Leisure Studies.
Employer:
Daily Information (Oxford)
Position:
Web Officer
Time period:
January 1995 - December 2003
Description:
Daily Information provides film listings, job offers, reviews and classified advertising via a daily broadsheet distributed for free throughout the universities and other businesses. They also have a computer department, and had an Internet café before shifting its focus onto providing computer equipment for conferences in the area. I developed Daily Information’s web presence and content management system, using a combination of Perl scripts and a MySQL database. Beyond this, I was involved in most areas of the business, including customer relations, sales, technical support, training and writing articles for the broadsheet.
EDUCATION
University:
University of Edinburgh
Time period:
1997 - 2002
Degree:
Computer Science, BSc
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
“Learning to share: lessons from the Data Sharing Summit.” The Social Web, ZDNet, 2007. http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=303
“The Learning Landscape: A Conceptual Framework for ePortfolios”. (With Tosh, Chen, Penny Light, Haywood, Jafari, ed.) Handbook of Research on ePortfolios. IGI Global, 2006.
“ePortfolios and weblogs: one vision for ePortfolio development.” (With Tosh.) Web, 2004.
“Creation of a learning landscape: weblogging and social networking in the context of e-portfolios.” (With Tosh.) Web, 2004.
INFORMATION
Hobbies:
Creative writing (fiction), Photography, Theater.
Memberships:
The Open Web Foundation (elected membership), a body that helps develop and protect open, non-proprietary web application standards.
The OpenID foundation, a body that dictates the evolution of OpenID, a free, open digital identity standard.
Open Rights Group, a campaigning organization which aims to raise awareness of digital rights and civil liberties issues.
