Open Source Consultancy, Development and Training
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Module Author at CPAN
- Owner/Director at Magnum Solutions Ltd
- Past
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- Perl Mongers User Groups Co-ordinator at The Perl Foundation
- Senior Perl Programmer at Outcome Technologies
- Author at O'Reilly Media Inc
- Leader at London Perl Mongers
- Author at Manning Publications
- Senior Programmer at Walt Disney
- Senior Programmer at Comtext
- Programmer/Senior Programmer at Learmonth & Burchett Management Systems
- Education
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- London South Bank University
- City University
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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
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Module Author
CPAN
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2000 — Present (8 years 9 months)
Writing and distributing open source libraries to extend Perl.
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Owner/Director
Magnum Solutions Ltd
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
April 1995 — Present (14 years 4 months)
Using Open Source technology to build databases and web sites for clients which include investment banks, media organisations and dotcoms.
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Perl Mongers User Groups Co-ordinator
The Perl Foundation
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2002 — August 2006 (4 years 2 months)
Co-ordinating and assisting hundreds of local Perl User Groups all over the world.
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Senior Perl Programmer
Outcome Technologies
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
May 2004 — December 2004 (8 months)
Design and implementation of web-based systems to gather data on prescription drugs. Line management of development team.
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Author
O'Reilly Media Inc
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
September 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 4 months)
Co-author of "Perl Template Toolkit".
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Leader
London Perl Mongers
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 1998 — December 2001 (3 years 8 months)
Founder and first leader of the first Perl users group in Europe.
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Author
Manning Publications
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
September 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 5 months)
Author of the book "Data Munging with Perl".
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Senior Programmer
Walt Disney
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
February 1993 — April 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.
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Senior Programmer
Comtext
(Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1992 — February 1993 (7 months)
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Programmer/Senior Programmer
Learmonth & Burchett Management Systems
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1988 — August 1992 (4 years 1 month)
Dave Cross’s Education
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London South Bank University
BSc (hons) First Class , Computer Studies , 1984 — 1988
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City University
Applied Physics , 1981 — 1982
SU Social Secretary (82/3)
Never finished degree
Additional Information
Dave Cross’s Websites:
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
Interested In:
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