Daniel Skinner

Current

• IT Operations Manager at Kaplan Open Learning

Past

• Contractor: Software Development at DocCentrics
• HESA Report at Kaplan
• Project Student at The University of York

• PHP Developer at WebCertain Europe Ltd

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Education

• University of York
• NEW College

Recommended

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Connections

19 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Personal Site & Blog
• Kaplan Open Learning

Daniel Skinner’s Summary

A highly driven individual with a passion for IT and technology keen to work in a challenging environment delivering solutions to problems which require intellect and an analytical perspective.

Daniel Skinner’s Specialties:

A unique skill set which spans a broad range of software development, business analysis, project management and related disciplines. Highly motivated with a passion for utilising cutting edge technical innovations and techniques in a business environment. Systematic and analytical perspective.

Daniel Skinner’s Experience

• IT Operations Manager

  Kaplan Open Learning

  (E-Learning industry)

  November 2008 — Present (9 months)

• Contractor: Software Development

  DocCentrics

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2008 — October 2008 (2 months)

  Contracted to design and build a prototype for a multi-tiered eBilling system.

• HESA Report

  Kaplan

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WPO; Education Management industry)

  July 2008 — August 2008 (2 months)

  Project to submit a HESA student record return to the University of Essex.

• Project Student

  The University of York

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  October 2007 — July 2008 (10 months)

  Part of an experimental physics project involved in analysing the optical emission of breakdown plasma of water induced by a high powered, pulsed laser. Techniques are similar to that of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS).
  
  Main duties involve working as a team to set up the experiment, produce and analyse results. A full paper is being produced detailing the experiment and significant results obtained.

• PHP Developer

  WebCertain Europe Ltd

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Working as a PHP developer. Main duties included maintaining and expanding the flagship content management system.

Daniel Skinner’s Education

• University of York

  BSc (Hons) , Physics , 2005 — 2008

  Graduated with 1st class Honours in July 2008.
  Dissertation based on experimental project entitled 'Qualitative Analysis by Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy'

• NEW College

  2003 — 2005

Additional Information

Daniel Skinner’s Websites:

• Personal Site & Blog
• Kaplan Open Learning

Daniel Skinner’s Interests:

System Design, Implementation and Integration. Software Development and Architecture, PHP5, Zend Framework, AJAX Applications, JavaScript Frameworks, Experimental Physics, Website Management, Search Engine Optimisation, Web Standards.

Daniel Skinner’s Honors:

Zend PHP5 Certified Engineer

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