Ben Hodgson

Current

• Director, Application Developer at Fantastic
• Web Technologist at Zoboa Ltd.
• Managing Director at Iroxa Creative Technology Ltd.

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Past

• Director at South Eastern Flowers Ltd.
• Vacation Student at Roke Manor Research Ltd.
• Web Developer at Southampton University Students' Union

• ICT Technician at Claverham Community College
• Junior Web Developer at Charles Russell LLP

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Education

• University of Southampton
• The Judd School

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Twitter

Ben Hodgson’s Summary

Ben Hodgson’s Specialties:

Python, Django, LAMP, Web development, Macintosh support, Linux/UNIX, Java, PHP, XHTML/CSS, Python, SQL, network design and administration, web services

Ben Hodgson’s Experience

• Director, Application Developer

  Fantastic

  (Internet industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

  We build kick–ass web apps. Recently we've worked with Infinity Ward (makers of the Call of Duty video games), Coudal Partners in Chicago and GamerDNA. We're currently building http://greenwriter.org for L.A.–based startup Greenwriter.
  
  I spend most of my time working with Javascript and Python but I'm also charged with looking after our finances.

• Web Technologist

  Zoboa Ltd.

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Mostly working in a LAMP environment to develop and maintain web applications. Most of my work is on the server-side but I'm often asked to help solve Javascript and CSS problems on the front-end. Project-management-esque activity is often required, including estimating timescales, advising on purchases and interviewing technical candidates.

• Managing Director

  Iroxa Creative Technology Ltd.

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

  Web development, network support and IT consultancy.

• Director

  South Eastern Flowers Ltd.

  (Wholesale industry)

  October 2006 — May 2009 (2 years 8 months)

• Vacation Student

  Roke Manor Research Ltd.

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  July 2008 — August 2008 (2 months)

  Software engineering for Roke, a Siemens company. Lots of Javascript.

• Web Developer

  Southampton University Students' Union

  (Higher Education industry)

  November 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  Working with a team of around eight designers and developers, my role included designing, coding and maintaining internal web applications and the Union’s public website at http://www.susu.org/.

• ICT Technician

  Claverham Community College

  (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  July 2007 — August 2007 (2 months)

  General day-to-day network support for a school.

• Junior Web Developer

  Charles Russell LLP

  (Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  July 2006 — August 2006 (2 months)

  Mainly development and maintainence of web applications for the company's Intranet with some technical support and helpdesk work.

Ben Hodgson’s Education

• University of Southampton

  BSc (2:1) , Computer Science , 2006 — 2009

  Dissertation Title: "Richer Twitter: A Folksonomic Approach to Microblogging". Reports available at http://portfolio.ecs.soton.ac.uk/62/.

  Activities and Societies:

  Treasurer of ECSS, Students' Union Web Team

• The Judd School

  A-Level , Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computing , 2004 — 2006

Additional Information

Ben Hodgson’s Websites:

• Twitter

Ben Hodgson’s Interests:

Skiing, coffee, open source, Web 2.0, golf, cinema, drumming, piano, live music

Ben Hodgson’s Groups:

British Computer Society (BCS)

•    BCS Membership Group

Ben Hodgson’s Honors:

Exhibition and Academic Award - School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton

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