Dave Cross

Dave Cross

Open Source Consultancy, Development and Training

London, United Kingdom

Current
Past
Education
  • London South Bank University
  • City University
Connections
299 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Dave Cross’s Summary

Open Source consultant, author and trainer specialising in database and web technologies.

Dave Cross’s Specialties:

Perl, Databases (especially MySQL, Oracle and Sybase), Unix (including Linux), Apache, HTML, XML (Including RSS/Atom), CSS, JavaScript (including Ajax), Web Technologies, Consultancy, Training, Technical Writing, Blogging


Dave Cross’s Experience

  • Consultant

    Gumtree.com

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    March 2009Present (9 months)

  • Module Author

    CPAN

    (Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2000Present (9 years 1 month)

    Writing and distributing open source libraries to extend Perl.

  • Owner/Director

    Magnum Solutions Ltd

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

    April 1995Present (14 years 8 months)

    Using Open Source technology to build databases and web sites for clients which include investment banks, media organisations and dotcoms.

  • Visiting Lecturer

    University of Westminster

    (Education Management industry)

    March 2009March 2009 (1 month)

    Teaching "Introduction to Perl" as an evening class.

  • Consultant

    LOVEFiLM

    (Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

    October 2008February 2009 (5 months)

  • Consultant

    Guardian News and Media

    (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

    July 2008September 2008 (3 months)

  • Consultant

    UBS Investment Bank

    (Public Company; UBS; Investment Banking industry)

    July 2007June 2008 (1 year )

  • Consultant

    BBC Technology

    (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

    April 2007June 2007 (3 months)

  • Consultant

    UBS Investment Bank

    (Public Company; UBS; Investment Banking industry)

    April 2006March 2007 (1 year )

  • Perl Mongers User Groups Co-ordinator

    The Perl Foundation

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    July 2002August 2006 (4 years 2 months)

    Co-ordinating and assisting hundreds of local Perl User Groups all over the world.

  • Consultant

    BBC Technology

    (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

    July 2005March 2006 (9 months)

  • Consultant

    Guardian News and Media

    (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

    January 2005June 2005 (6 months)

  • Senior Perl Programmer

    Outcome Technologies

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    May 2004December 2004 (8 months)

    Design and implementation of web-based systems to gather data on prescription drugs. Line management of development team.

  • Author

    O'Reilly Media Inc

    (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

    September 2002December 2003 (1 year 4 months)

    Co-author of "Perl Template Toolkit".

  • Leader

    London Perl Mongers

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    May 1998December 2001 (3 years 8 months)

    Founder and first leader of the first Perl users group in Europe.

  • Author

    Manning Publications

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

    September 1999January 2001 (1 year 5 months)

    Author of the book "Data Munging with Perl".

  • Senior Programmer

    Walt Disney

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    February 1993April 1995 (2 years 3 months)

    Designing and implementing systems that tracked Disney's video sales and reported figures back to national offices as well as head office in Burbank. Included time managing installations of projects in both London and Madrid.

  • Senior Programmer

    Comtext

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 1992February 1993 (7 months)

  • Programmer/Senior Programmer

    Learmonth & Burchett Management Systems

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 1988August 1992 (4 years 1 month)


Dave Cross’s Education

  • London South Bank University

    BSc (hons) First Class , Computer Studies , 19841988

  • City University

    Applied Physics , 19811982

    SU Social Secretary (82/3)
    Never finished degree


Additional Information

Dave Cross’s Websites:

Dave Cross’s Groups:

The Perl Foundation, London Perl Mongers, Freelancers.net, Perl Mongers

  •    Perl Mongers
  •    CPAN Developers
  •    Open Source Universe
  •    Disney Alumni Association
  •    Freelancers.net Forum
  •    City University London Alumni Network
  •    UBS Investment Bank / UBS
  •    FOSS Professionals
  •    BCS Membership Group
  •    Advanced Perl Users (JAPH)
  •    WAUK
  •    Open Rights Group
  •    BBC alumni
  •    "G1 Android" by Google-HTC Users
  •    LOVEFiLM - employees, alumni, partners and more
  •    The Open Melody Software Group

Dave Cross’s Honors:

White Camel Award winner 2004 - awarded by the Perl Foundation for non-technical contributions to the Perl community.


Dave Cross’s Contact Settings

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