Entrepeneur, Tech Product Obsessive
Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Owner at ProductiveFirefox.com (Sole Proprietorship)
- Primary Systems Engineer at Manufacturing Firm with Global Reach
- Past
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- Co-Founder at Meecard
- Copy Writer at an IT Service Company
- Advisory Role at Leading Sports Supplements E-Commerce Store in UK
- Education
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- University of Durham
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Andrew Mitchell’s Summary
Experienced in technology, strategic and sales roles within small companies and startups; and passionate about the product. His goal is to continue to identify and develop systems that solve real problems while also setting the benchmark for quality amongst competitors.
Classically trained in the art of programming and passionate about business, with a proven ability to abstract and to innovate, providing the foundations to be an able designer. This manifests itself in effective business strategy, optimising processes, and developing new breeds of products. Largely pragmatic, but also with a particular interest in trying to anticipate the larger trends of the Web, and how that will effect future products and business.
My contact details are clearly available on any of my websites, so please do not hesitate to establish contact.
Andrew Mitchell’s Experience
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Owner
ProductiveFirefox.com (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
July 2007 — Present (11 months)
ProductiveFirefox is an umbrella brand for multiple productivity addons for Firefox. It includes GTDInbox (formerly GTDGmail) and MeeTimer.
GTDInbox - started in August 2006 - is a Firefox extension that tightly incorporates GTD (Getting Things Done - a productivity principle) into Gmail.
It garnered favourable mention on About.com, Lifehack.org, Lifehacker.com and Digg.com; amongst others.
User feedback and participation is intense and very positive. It has been adopted inside Google itself.
Other Info:
Productive Firefox is the end point for a journey beginning with BumbleSearch in mid 2005; an extension that enabled users to mash up the web for more efficient browsing and information discovery. Despite its short life, through word of mouth it reached 30,000 users and received good feedback.
An offshoot of a ProductiveFirefox extension that was never released (WebCards) ended up being contributed to the Microformats code in Firefox 3. -
Primary Systems Engineer
Manufacturing Firm with Global Reach
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Machinery industry)
November 2004 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Worked with all staff to successfully identify, design and develop systems that-
- Dictate/observe stock flow by monitoring critical production junctures
- Enable traceability of all production
- Simplify office processes and technology
- Coordinate factory with both the office and accounting systems
In addition to the system role, collaboration occured with the marketing team to construct a highly-regarded website, and significantly improve visibility on the web; in order to capture greater market share. -
Co-Founder
Meecard
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2007 — November 2007 (11 months)
Meecard.com is an online business card for freelancers, with tools to facilitate self promotion, self-organisation and reputation management.
Having successfully got the project in motion, I have stepped back and I am no longer directly involved. The current system and concept will - after a rebranding to reflect a slight change in direction - reach the public imminently. -
Copy Writer
an IT Service Company
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
January 2006 — February 2006 (2 months)
Authored a sales brochure for an IT Services company; providing high-impact sales copy on a technical subject.
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Advisory Role
Leading Sports Supplements E-Commerce Store in UK
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Sporting Goods industry)
October 2004 — October 2004 (1 month)
Provided wide range of strategies for the business; concerning growth, marketing and technical possibilities; leading to several being incorporated into the continually successful business.
Andrew Mitchell’s Education
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University of Durham
Software Engineering, Computer Science, 2001 — 2004
Graduated with 1st Class Honours.
The course covered the business, project management and IT aspects of software development. The dissertation was in the application of the Semantic Web (knowledge bases, ontologies, information discovery) for mass consumption.
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Andrew Mitchell’s Interests:
I was, and continue to be, a keen traveller, having independently visited South America, China, India, Nepal and South East Asia; also participating in fund raising events. I have also been known to enjoy the more vigorous activities, including snowboarding, surfing, mountain biking and climbing.
Andrew Mitchell’s Honors:
Meecard accepted the top prize for 'Most Innovative New Web App' at a sponsored UK Tech Event in 2007.
Andrew Mitchell’s Contact Settings
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