Senior Technical Manager at GCap Media
London, United Kingdom
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- Senior Technical Manager at GCap Media
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- Web Development Manager at Yahoo!
- Web Development Manager at Yahoo!
- Web Developer at Yahoo!
- Web Developer at Nildram (PIPEX)
- HCI Developer at Fasthosts Internet
- Web Developer at WiredMedia
- Web Developer at MoneyGuru
- Senior Software Engineer at IS.Teledata
- Education
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- University of the West of England
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Ed Eliot’s Summary
Web Development Manager and Web Developer with many years professional experience in several industry sectors.
Focused on web standards based frontend development with experience in developing high traffic sites including the Yahoo! front pages in Europe and the Kelkoo shopping site. A solid understanding of internationalisation and localisation issues.
Experience of helping to grow a world class web development team. In depth involvement in Yahoo! web development recruitment processes at all stages.
Ed Eliot’s Specialties:
Management of technical teams, (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript (with an emphasis on Progressive Enhancement), PHP, MySql, Web Standards, Accessibility, SEO. Previously worked with TCL, ASP, Sql Server and other proprietary technologies.
Ed Eliot’s Experience
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Senior Technical Manager
GCap Media
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
April 2008 — Present (2 months)
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Web Development Manager
Yahoo!
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)
December 2007 — April 2008 (5 months)
Manager for the Web Architecture team at Yahoo! Europe.
Member of Yahoo!'s Paranoid (security) and Exceptional Performance teams. -
Web Development Manager
Yahoo!
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)
August 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Manager for the Shopping, Travel and Cars web development team at Kelkoo and Yahoo! Europe. We recently launched a new version of the Kelkoo site (www.kelkoo.co.uk) – its first significant change in more than 5 years. The use of modern web standards has been an important aspect of this relaunch. The site is now one of the largest publishers of Microformats on the Internet and makes extensive use of several different formats including hListing, hReview and hCard.
Member of Yahoo!'s Paranoid (security) and Exceptional Performance teams. -
Web Developer
Yahoo!
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)
June 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Developer for the Yahoo! front pages in Europe (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain). I developed and launched the latest version of the Yahoo! front page which included development of a content management system for updating editorial content. I met tight time scales for delivery set by the business and worked extensively with the US front page team to ensure code re-use between the US and other regions of the world.
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Web Developer
Nildram (PIPEX)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
March 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 4 months)
Developed and maintained the company's web sites and online ordering forms for their broadband and hosting services. I was also actively involved in product specification and marketing activities and helped to launch VOIP and carrier pre-select phone services.
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HCI Developer
Fasthosts Internet
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
March 2003 — March 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Worked on a prototype for a new version of the company's customer web hosting control panel interface. This interface communicated with back-end systems via a structured XML-RPC interface.
Additionally I provided information architecture related advice to other developers within the team. -
Web Developer
WiredMedia
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2002 — February 2003 (9 months)
Developed a number of e-commerce sites for this web design agency using a range of technologies. I also met clients to discuss their requirements both at the start of projects and throughout the development life cycle.
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Web Developer
MoneyGuru
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2000 — April 2002 (1 year 6 months)
Developed and maintained a financial web site which provided access to research reports, stock market quotes, interactive charting and virtual portfolio management tools. The site provided member subscription services and a pay-per-report shopping basket system.
Additionally I was responsible for the set up and maintenance of web and database servers in a hosting facility in London's Docklands area. -
Senior Software Engineer
IS.Teledata
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
June 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 6 months)
Developed financial web sites for banks and other large financial institutions including Deutsche Bank and Citibank. The sites incorporated stock quotes, interactive charting, virtual portfolio management and other related tools. I spent my first 3 months of employment at the company working from their German headquarters in Frankfurt.
Ed Eliot’s Education
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University of the West of England
HND, Computing, 1998 — 1999
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Ed Eliot’s Interests:
Running, Tennis
Ed Eliot’s Groups:
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LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members - (IV) member -
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Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group member -
PHP User Group member
Ed Eliot’s Honors:
2007 - Yahoo! Odyssey Award (Q2)
2007 - Yahoo! European Manager of the Quarter (Q1)
2005 - MySql Core Certification
2004 - Zend PHP Certified Engineer
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