Andrew Disley

Current

Owner at Rollerstrut LLP
Director at Simplified
Founder and Organiser at GeekUp

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Past

User Experience Developer at Code Computerlove Ltd
Web Designer / Developer at JJB Sports Plc

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Andrew Disley’s Summary

I'm a Freelance Web Designer & Web Developer (Specialist Front-End Web Developer) based in Orrell, Wigan near Manchester, UK.

Previously I've worked for Code Computerlove in Manchester as a User Experience Developer and for JJB Sports as a Web Developer.

I'm a self confessed Geek and in 2005 I founded GeekUp a User Group and monthly meetup for Web Designers and Web Developers and I'm also involved with many of the other North West based User Groups and events.

I'm also a partner at Rollerstrut who run Roller Disco events.

Andrew Disley’s Specialties:

Accessibility, Apple, CSS, DOM, Events Organisation, Front-End Web Development, Geek, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, SEO, Usability, User Experience, UX, Web Standards, XHTML, XML

Andrew Disley’s Experience

Owner

Rollerstrut LLP

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Sports industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Owner, Partner, Skate Marshal, Skate Coach.
Director

Simplified

(Internet industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Founder and Organiser

GeekUp

(Non-Profit; Civic & Social Organization industry)

December 2005 — Present (4 years )

I'm the founded and organiser of GeekUp, a grassroots community of designers / developers and other tech minded folk that meet monthly in multiple cities across the UK's North.

http://geekup.org/
User Experience Developer

Code Computerlove Ltd

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

April 2005 — August 2008 (3 years 5 months)
Web Designer / Developer

JJB Sports Plc

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; JJB; Internet industry)

June 2003 — April 2005 (1 year 11 months)

Tasked with maintaining the companies web presence, the role involved multiple responsibilities: Design, Development and Marketing.

Additional Information

Andrew Disley’s Websites:

Andrew Disley’s Groups:

GeekUp, NWRUG, NWDC, TheList™, MultiPack

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North West Digital Communities
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Multipack
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PHPNW
Girl Geek Dinners
Habari Community
Magento Users Group
Manchester Digital
Manchester Creative Industry
Directors - North West England
The Digital Creative Network
Northern Digitals
IT Professionals - Northwest UK
Manchester SEO
IT Professionals - Manchester - UK
Manchester Digital ProDev
CREATIVE_Times
RAW 2010