Dan Karran

Current

Software Engineer and Solution Architect at Dan Karran (self-employed)

Past

Solution Architect at M.C. Dean Europe GmbH
Software Engineer at M.C. Dean Europe GmbH
Web Developer at Reuters Ltd

Web Developer at Duke Marketing Ltd
Junior Web Developer at PDMS Limited

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Education

University College London, U. of London
The University of Manchester

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Dan Karran’s Summary

Solution Architect and Software Engineer specialising in Drupal projects, also with an interest in geospatial information.

Dan Karran’s Specialties:

GIS, geographic information, Drupal, PHP

Dan Karran’s Experience

Software Engineer and Solution Architect

Dan Karran (self-employed)

(Internet industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year )

Working largely with the team I was previously working with at M.C. Dean / OpenBand, I continue in my role as a Solution Architect and Software Engineer, helping build a collaboration and communication platform on top of Drupal and a number of other open source technologies. In addition to this work, I am taking on some small Drupal-based projects to help small businesses and organisations.
Solution Architect

M.C. Dean Europe GmbH

(Privately Held; Defense & Space industry)

November 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 2 months)

Responsible for helping expand our largely Drupal-based collaboration platform, my role involves researching open source alternatives, planning work that can build upon existing open source solutions and designing new solutions to meet our requirements.
Software Engineer

M.C. Dean Europe GmbH

(Privately Held; Defense & Space industry)

October 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 2 months)

Integrating geographic information tools with Drupal as well as site configuration and technical support.
Web Developer

Reuters Ltd

(Public Company; Information Services industry)

June 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 3 months)

Redeveloped Graduate Recruitment website and undertook projects for other departments within the company.
Web Developer

Duke Marketing Ltd

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2001 — September 2001 (3 months)

Responsible for putting together the HTML for the launch of the isleofman.com website based on a proposed content structure and graphic design elements, with integration into a database-driven system being built for managing business and accommodation provider listings.
Junior Web Developer

PDMS Limited

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2000 — September 2000 (3 months)

Assisting with creation of basic HTML templates and content management tasks.

Dan Karran’s Education

University College London, U. of London

MSc , Geographic Information Science , 2004 — 2005

Graduated with Distinction. Modules included Spatial Data Acquisition, GIS Analysis, IT & GIS, Algorithms and Structures, Management, Advanced Topics, Spatial Decision Support Systems and Qualitative Research Methods. Dissertation was Spatial analysis and representation of usage patterns for a web-based service locator system.

Activities and Societies:

Photography Society
The University of Manchester

BSc , Computing and Geography , 2000 — 2004

Modules included Databases, GIS, Spatial Data Analysis, Earth Observation, Project Management, Programming, Software Analysis and Design, Software Engineering and eCommerce. Final year project was a housing locator website programmed in PHP using a MySQL database

Activities and Societies:

Communications Officer for a students' society