Alex Young

Current

• Owner at Helicoid Limited
• Consultant at Reuters

Past

• Lead developer at Aardvark Media Limited

Education

• Cranfield University, RMCS Shrivenham
• Cranfield University

Recommended

3 people have recommended Alex

Connections

27 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Alex Young’s Summary

Web application developer with a background in bespoke content management and document management systems. Expert ruby on rails developer. Currently providing rails consultancy, as well as single-handedly developing several business-oriented web applications (tiktrac.com, ebiwrite.com, pad.helicoid.net)

I also write about music and technology for various publications.

Alex Young’s Specialties:

Ruby on rails, python, mobile web, Mac OS software development (Cocoa and Objective-C), Debian and Redhat administration, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, email administration (exim), design skills including web-oriented illustration (and the technical sides of CSS and HTML)

Alex Young’s Experience

• Owner

  Helicoid Limited

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2006 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Lead engineer and designer of Helicoid Limited's web applications, also managing expert Ruby on Rails consultancy.

• Consultant

  Reuters

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  2006 — Present (2 years)

• Lead developer

  Aardvark Media Limited

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  October 2001 — December 2006 (5 years 3 months)

Alex Young’s Education

• Cranfield University, RMCS Shrivenham

  First Class BEng (Hons), Computer science, mathematics, management, 1999 — 2001

• Cranfield University

  1998 — 2001

Additional Information

Alex Young’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Alex Young’s Interests:

web technology, music, dealing with the bizarre complexities of running a business in Britain, gaming, travelling

Alex Young’s Groups:

•    Prototype Community member

Alex Young’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
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