John Bain

Current

• Co-founder at threadjungle
• Designer at G-Tours Limited

Past

• Student Intern at Scottish Institute for Enterprise
• Senior Student Demonstrator at University of Aberdeen
• IMS Operations Analyst at Acergy

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Education

• University of Aberdeen

Recommended

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Connections

50 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company

John Bain’s Summary

Experienced and well travelled computing graduate with interest in entrepreneurship and how IT can allow businesses to be successful. Have worked in entrepreneurial education and looks to work with exciting new businesses

John Bain’s Specialties:

Web development, online marketing, search engine optimisation (SEO), legal considerations surrounding IT, intranet creation, IT support, consultancy

John Bain’s Experience

• Co-founder

  threadjungle

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

  E-commerce business offering customised, on demand clothing to the Australasian market

• Designer

  G-Tours Limited

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

  Cross platform software solutions combining GPS technology and data management for mobile devices . I designed the user interface for the iPhone application.

• Student Intern

  Scottish Institute for Enterprise

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

  •Responsible for promoting enterprise amongst the student body at the University of Aberdeen
  •Developed entrepreneurial awareness by engaging with students at all levels and areas of the student body
  •Liaised with members of the Scottish Entrepreneurial Network, local entrepreneurs and senior academics to organise events and to create a judging panel and process for the business plan competition
  •Organised and managed the regional heats of a national business plan competition including the formation of a marketing strategy and the creation of advertising material
  •Successfully grew a business plan competition 1100% in first year (222% in second year)
  •Developed and maintained website
  •Wrote a piece for the SIE annual magazine
  •Undertook the lead role in organising an event aimed at launching the business plan competition. Involved managing a budget to secure accommodation, event advertising, audio visual provisions, refreshments and guest speakers

• Senior Student Demonstrator

  University of Aberdeen

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

  •Taught basic computer skills to first year undergraduates
  •Involved leading a team of up to four people to deliver a course
  •Responsible for ensuring all students were able to use the university computers

• IMS Operations Analyst

  Acergy

  (Public Company; ACY; Oil & Energy industry)

  June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)

  •Responsible for maintaining IT systems
  •Liaised with members of staff to diagnose faults and supply new software/hardware
  •Organised and managed the compiling of resource inventories
  •Performed backups as well as file recovery
  •Maintained phone systems
  •Provided first line telephone support
  •Assisted with Blackberry support and new user creation

John Bain’s Education

• University of Aberdeen

  BSc , Computing Science (Business Computing) , 2004 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  SIE Intern, President and founding member of the Entrepreneurship Society

Additional Information

John Bain’s Websites:

• My Company

John Bain’s Interests:

I play the Trombone and have performed in a number of orchestras and various wind, brass, jazz and big bands. I enjoy travelling and have visited 5 of the 7 continents and a total of 22 countries. I hold a PADI Adventure Diver scuba diving certificate and I’m currently working towards achieving the Advanced Open Water certificate. I am also a keen snowboarder and recently climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.

John Bain’s Groups:

Member of the British Computer Society

•    BCS Membership Group
•    University of Aberdeen Alumni
•    NZ online Start-UP community
•    Made From New Zealand
•    The Distiller

John Bain’s Honors:

Winner of the Undergraduate category of the University of Aberdeen Blue Skies Thinking Business Ideas Competition 2008

John Bain’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch