Callum Rimmer

Current

• Director and Lead Web Developer at Dead Trendy Ltd

Past

• Director and Web Developer at Blubolt Ltd
• Director and Lead Web Developer at iFrame Ltd
• Independent Finacial Advisor at Chase De Vere

• Director and Lead Web Developer at Personal Web Design Ltd

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Education

• University of Bath
• Merchant Taylors' Boys, Crosby

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company

Callum Rimmer’s Summary

I am passionate about designing and developing websites that users can control with great ease. I possess a strong eye for detail and a passion for perfectionism. You will be hard pushed to find anyone as enthusiastic about web design as I am. Examples of my work at www.deadtrendy,co.uk.

I currently architect websites as a freelancer. My current project is Myfootballclub.co.uk

Skills : Web Architecture, Design (Photoshop), xHTML, CSS, AJAX, Javascript, PHP and MYSQL.

I have a degree in Physics.

Callum Rimmer’s Specialties:

Web Architect, Mobile Web Design, Web 2.0 and Social Networking , Accessibility, xHTML and CSS, Web Design

Callum Rimmer’s Experience

• Director and Lead Web Developer

  Dead Trendy Ltd

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  My current client is MyFootballClub.co.uk which I started working on in June 2007. I created the site from scratch with a team of 4 drafted in by myself. The website raised £1.2 Million to buy Ebbsfleet Utd, a football club in the top tier of the Non League pyramid. The website manages the business affairs of the club and helped to guide the team to Wembley in the 2008 FA Trophy Final.
  
  MyFootballClub.co.uk (MyFC) is the first example of social online ownership has influence numerous other website to follow in our footsteps. MyFC been featured in major media outlets all over the world, receives around 3 million page views per month and currently is sponsored by EA sports, Littlewood’s Pools and Eurostar.
  
  I excel at building development teams to create high traffic, multi-million pound websites.
  
  You can find more examples of my work at http://www.deadtrendy.co.uk.

• Director and Web Developer

  Blubolt Ltd

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2006 — April 2007 (1 year)

  I joined forces with Blubolt.com based in Bath. We worked as partners to build a portfolio of web applications and e-commerce applications. We specialised in helping start ups websites get VC funding.
  
  Some of the clients we worked with included traineo.com (powers the Times Online Health Club) and Vibeagent.com (which raised $3million in VC funding). We worked with carsonified.com designing banners and micro sites.
  
  We also built many bread and butter e-commerce and brochure. sites.

• Director and Lead Web Developer

  iFrame Ltd

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2003 — April 2006 (3 years 4 months)

  I coded the web application (LAMP application) iFrame (built to create websites online for SMB and for education) from scratch in 6 months.
  
  I coded the entire HTML/CSS codebase of for both the application and the web site templates it generated. The templates had emphasis on usability, accessibility and SEO.
  
  The business got angel investment and successfully created 3000 users websites supporting the HCI (Home Computing Initiative). News International, Telegraph, Mirror Group and Fujitsu Siemens all received computers with iFrame pre-installed via the HCI program.

• Independent Finacial Advisor

  Chase De Vere

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  June 2002 — December 2002 (7 months)

  The position taught me about tax issues, selling products and myself, and dealing with pressure (both target driven and time).
  
  The skills (fiscal management, tax knowledge, ability to sell) developed in employment as an IFA gave me the confidence and foundations to start my own business.

• Director and Lead Web Developer

  Personal Web Design Ltd

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1999 — December 2002 (3 years 4 months)

  I created mainly e-commerce and brochure websites for numerous clients based in the South West whilst at University.
  
  I specialised in ecommerce websites with exceptional SEO, ROI Google Adwords campaigns, targeted email campaigns and accessibility through semantic code complying the W3C web standards.
  
  Learned the ropes of running a web design business and controlling the multifaceted aspects of website development

Callum Rimmer’s Education

• University of Bath

  BSc , Physics , 1999 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Football - Saturday and Sunday for all of Uni.
  Darts - we had a board in the house.

• Merchant Taylors' Boys, Crosby

  1992 — 1999

  4 A-Levels : Physics, Maths, Chemistry
  9 GCSE's

  Activities and Societies:

  Rugby, Football, Cricket, Cross Country, Athletics and Swimming

Additional Information

Callum Rimmer’s Websites:

• My Company

Callum Rimmer’s Interests:

Web 2.0, Mobile Development, Web Architecture, Web Design, Web Development

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