Freelance Consultant London, UK
Speaker, Thinker, Teacher, Writer, Interviewer, Manager
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| Hourly Rate / Cost: | £34.72 per hour |
| Daily Rate / Cost: | £260.42 per day |
| Available From: | Now |
| Seller ID: | 317052 |
CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé
Interviewer: Organising and conducting interviews. Using interviews as a way of exploring and understanding complex and difficult problems and situations and framing follow-on research.
Manager: Managing complex projects with diverse partners. Acting as liaison between technical partners and "creative" partners. Delivering complex projects on time and to budget.
Software Developer: A Sun Certified Java Programmer with over 15 years of experience of software development and experience of developing software in Java, Javascript, C, C++, Perl and Javascript. Experience of the whole software development process from requirements capture to delivery. Experience of creating prototypes and proof of concept applications. Getting leading (and "bleeding edge") technologies to work together.
Speaker: Designing talks for specific occasions and specific audiences. Speaking clearly and confidently.
Teacher: Specialising in explaining complex concepts in understandable terms and in developing material which demonstrates difficult concepts, rather than "telling" them. Developing course materials which communicate complex technical ideas.
Thinker: Developing new technologies and new applications of technologies. Providing thought leadership, providing alternatives to "received" visions of the future, developing new ideas to the point where they are suitable for investment or intellectual property protection.
Writer: Writing for a specific audience. Writing successful bids and proposals to get money. Writing academic research papers. Writing reports which bring out the rich findings from a series of interviews.
Employment History
(Jun 2007 & ongoing)
Co-founder
LondonInterviewer: Conducted a series of interviews with people working in the sheet-metal laser cutting industry as part of a feasibility study funded by the UK governments "Technology Strategy Board".
Manager: Delivered the research on time and to budget.
Speaker: Presented our business concept and research findings to venture capitalists, educational institutions such as the Glasgow School of Art and corporations such as Microsoft Research.
Thinker: Development in conjunction with my research partner of a concept which will change the way things are designed and manufactured.
Writer: Wrote research proposal which won a package of feasibility study research funds from the UK government's "Technology Strategy Board". Wrote a report outlining the main findings of our research and setting out the next steps to develop our concept into a viable business.
(Jun 2007 & ongoing)
Consultant
LondonInterviewer: Designed, organised and conducted a series of interviews of designer-makers in Northamptonshire.
Teacher:Developed a series of training courses on Agile methodologies. Delivered training and consultancy to a wide variety of companies throughout the UK.
Thinker: Development of a training and consultancy offering around Agile project management methodologies.
Writer: Wrote a report describing the findings from the series of interviews with designer-makers and outlining measures which needed to be taken to encourage and support their businesses. The client who commissioned this work described the report on the interviews as "excellent" and "very helpful".
(Feb 2005 to Jun 2009)
Research Fellow
BrightonInterviewer: Designed, organised and conducted a series of interviews with people in their homes as part of an investigation into an understanding of people's everyday use of technology.
Software Developer: Developing prototype proof-of-concept software which had be to work well-enough to be installed in private homes.
Teacher: Delivered series of seminars to undergraduates on Human Computer Interaction.
Writer: Wrote a series of papers published in academic conferences and publications describing the interview work that we had done
(Jul 2004 to Feb 2005)
Technical Producer
Soda, LondonManager: Complex marketing project for a large internet-based bank. Manager of a web-based development involving three design agencies and two software development contractors. Managing the compliance of an innovative on-line digital photographs repository with the exacting regulatory requirements of a financial institution.
Software Developer: Developed a 3D interface for the viewing of user-submitted photographs on the web.
(Oct 2002 to Jul 2004)
Research Associate
University of Cambridge, CambridgeManager: Managed the application development of a complex hardware and software project across seven participating partners organisations in five different European countries.
Speaker: Prepared and delivered presentations of our research all around the UK and in Hanover, Seattle, Vienna and Washington DC.
Software Developer: Developed software in C, Perl and Lingo.
Teacher: Conducted tutorials(supervisions) in Human Computer Interaction as part of the undergraduate course in Computer Science at the University.
Thinker: Developed an original idea for an application using RFID technologies which supported the development of discursive arguments by schoolchildren (10-11yr old).
Writer: Wrote a series of papers for publication at academic conferences and journals.
(Mar 1998 to May 2002)
Research Scientist
Xerox Research Centre Europe, CambridgeManager: Managed development of software for handsets by external third parties. Managed the laboratory's internship programme.
Software Developer: Developed software in Java, Perl, Python and C++
Speaker: Demonstrated new application ideas to potential investors in the UK and the US.
Thinker: Developed a series of novel applications of mobile technologies.
Writer: Wrote patents to provide intellectual property protection for new applications ideas.
(Oct 1994 to May 1997)
Developer
IBM, Farnborough, HampshireSoftware Developer: Developed software in COBOL, ADA and C++
Professional Qualifications
Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)
Education
(Feb 1998 to Oct 2000)
Open University
Diploma in German
(Oct 1992 to Oct 1993)
University of Birmingham
Master of Science (MSc) in Cognitive Science
(Oct 1987 to Jun 1991)
St Andrews University
Master of Arts with Honours (MA Hons) in Philosophy - upper second.
Categories & Freelance Skills
IT & Internet
Categories
Skills
- Change Management (Project Management)
- Full Project Lifecycle (Project Management)
- Java
- JavaScript (Project Management)
- Man Management (Project Management)
- Mentoring (Project Management)
- Negotiation
- Project Management (Project Management)
- Workshop Management (Project Management)

