Chris Nesbitt-Smith

Current

Drupal Developer at Talis Group Ltd.

Past

Drupal Developer at BSkyB
Drupal Developer at Torchbox
Consultant at The Magic Academy

Consultant at Stock and Nesbitt Ltd
Consultant at Leftfield Digital
Technical Project Manager & Developer at Monterosa
Drupal Developer at Holy Moly Entertainment Limited
Consultant at Bipolar Productions
Owner at The Only Solution Ltd
Consultant at Shopping Centre TV Ltd
Project manager at Academic Support Ltd
Marketing Consultant at The ai Corporation
Consultant at PSL Consulting
Developer at Datmedia Ltd
Director/CTO at Brightwire Media Ltd
Consultant at Magic Cave
IT Consultant at Eclipse Leisure Ltd
Developer at WSL Print Ltd

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Chris Nesbitt-Smith’s Summary

An experienced project manager and lead developer, Chris Nesbitt-Smith is a valuable addition to any IT development team.
His wealth of experience as project manager, business analyst and systems software engineer renders Chris a viable candidate for any type of development project.
Chris prides himself on his attention to detail, his grounded and common-sense approach to IT development and his ability to work well with others, whether that be as part of a team or as team leader.
Currently, Chris is only considering offers from employers who agree that bureaucracy is an impediment to progress.

Chris Nesbitt-Smith’s Specialties:

System Analysis, Web Development, Drupal, e-Learning, Video Streaming

Chris Nesbitt-Smith’s Experience

Drupal Developer

Talis Group Ltd.

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2010 — Present (3 months)
Drupal Developer

BSkyB

(Public Company; BSY; Broadcast Media industry)

May 2010 — July 2010 (3 months)
Drupal Developer

Torchbox

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

November 2009 — April 2010 (6 months)

Torchbox, a web development company focused on solutions for non-profit organisations contracted me to execute the complex requirements of end clients such as Chartered Society of Physiotherapists and Greenpeace. This included the complex migration of the many thousands of users and items of content for CSP and making substantial improvements to Greenpeace’ onsite donation campaigns work.
Consultant

The Magic Academy

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2009 — March 2010 (1 year 3 months)
Consultant

Stock and Nesbitt Ltd

(Consumer Services industry)

February 2008 — February 2010 (2 years 1 month)

Wecomplain4u.com is an online consumer complaints service. I am currently finalizing the deployment of an end-to-end software-based workflow engine to capture the details of its clients’ complaints, to produce automatically and dispatch bespoke first-instance complaint letters, to automate the handling of both in- and outbound mail and to invoice clients and take payment where appropriate. I have been instrumentally involved with this company since its incorporation in 2008.
Consultant

Leftfield Digital

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

October 2009 — October 2009 (1 month)

I was contracted by Leftfield Digital, a digital marketing agency to complete major renovations on a number of their clients’ Drupal web installations including 188Bet, Alibaba, eLottery, Fred Olsen Cruises. All of which enjoyed significant increase in traffic as a direct result of the improvements I delivered.
Technical Project Manager & Developer

Monterosa

(Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2009 — September 2009 (2 months)

I held this short-term role at Monterosa a web development company as the technical project manager on the BBC’s “Strictly Come Dancing”, “Strictly Social” interactive web-service. While liaising between the relevant stakeholders and developers I was also directly involved in the development, working on the BBC’s new Forge development platform. The system successfully launched on time and on budget, and handled many thousands of simultaneous users.
Drupal Developer

Holy Moly Entertainment Limited

(Online Media industry)

February 2009 — May 2009 (4 months)

I worked extensively on the migration and rebuild of HolyMoly.com from a previous outdated bespoke content management solution to a heavily customised Drupal build with many unique features. Since the rebuild HolyMoly have enjoyed a significant boost in traffic and scalability.
Consultant

Bipolar Productions

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2008 — March 2009 (10 months)
Owner

The Only Solution Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2007 — December 2008 (2 years )
Consultant

Shopping Centre TV Ltd

(Broadcast Media industry)

May 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Project manager

Academic Support Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 7 months)

I was employed as project manager to oversee the development of the company’s e-learning platform, connecting students to tutors and industry professionals for out-of-hours learning support. I was directly responsible for all deliverables, and managed three teams of IT professionals from a variety of international jurisdictions.
Marketing Consultant

The ai Corporation

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 1 month)

The ai Corporation is a leading provider of international payment card fraud detection software. Its clients include many of the world’s largest financial institutions. I was single-handedly responsible for managing the company’s marketing department while at the same time designing and implementing new merchant-level software offerings; for example, I designed and implemented a customized Zimbra-based groupware solution.
Consultant

PSL Consulting

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

2005 — 2008 (3 years )
Developer

Datmedia Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2006 — March 2007 (4 months)

I was employed by DatMedia to integrate their core offering, a multi-protocol on-demand video player, with certain emerging ‘Web 2.0’ content streams, including GoogleMaps™ and GoogleDocs™. However, the most significant contribution that I made during my time with this company was the work that I did in integrating their video player with the open-source Moodle framework; I provided two way integration allowing a player to be embedded in Moodle assets, while at the same time allowing Moodle assets to be loaded within the presentation frame of the player for both synchronized live and offline broadcasts. This cutting-edge development allowed the company to expand its business into the educational sector, a move which directly facilitated an increase in the profitability of the company as a whole.
Director/CTO

Brightwire Media Ltd

(Broadcast Media industry)

January 2004 — December 2006 (3 years )

I was instrumental in the conception of this company, having identified an unsaturated niche in the digital display-advertising sector. As CTO, my responsibilities were numerous; inter alia, I drew-up the initial specification for the display hardware and oversaw its manufacture, designed and project-managed the development of the software which was used by the company to broadcast its clients’ digital media from one centralized location, secured £870,000 first-phase investment and negotiated the option of securing an additional £48million at second phase and secured an exclusive international license over the eye-contact-sensing and motion-detecting software which the company planned to use to bolster its USP.
Consultant

Magic Cave

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2006 — November 2006 (2 months)
IT Consultant

Eclipse Leisure Ltd

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

March 2001 — September 2004 (3 years 7 months)

I joined Eclipse Leisure in 2001, when the company was still in its infancy, with a total staff of two employees only. I was instructed by the Managing Director, who had used my services as IT consultant on previous occasions, to produce a development roadmap to guide the company from its initial deployment through to the realization of its longer-term vision. This multi-year plan is still being followed to this day and the company is going from strength-to-strength, currently with a core workforce of over 35 full-time employees.
Developer

WSL Print Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2000 — January 2004 (4 years 1 month)

When I joined the WSL team in 2000, the company was in a difficult position; it had recently entered into exclusive service contracts with several MNCs, including Lexus and Toyota, but was unable to handle efficiently the administrative demands of these contracts, due to an outdated order and proofing workflow system. One of the most significant contributions that I made while working with WSL was the design and implementation of an intranet-integrated online order and proofing system; this system allowed WSL to achieve sign-off with minimal manual intervention, which increased significantly the scalability of the company’s core offering.