Francis Rowland

Current

Web Developer and Designer at EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute

Past

UX Design at Pied-à-Terre Design
Web Developer at University of Cambridge
Web Developer at Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Education

University of Wales, Bangor

Recommended

2 people have recommended Francis

Connections

68 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Pied-à-Terre Design

Francis Rowland’s Summary

A positive, dynamic, and flexible individual, happy working either alone or as part of a team. Experienced in communicating science and technology at different levels and driving development. Extensive knowledge of web technologies and user experience design processes, particularly applied to projects in the field of biology and natural sciences.

Francis Rowland’s Specialties:

User and activity centred design of websites with (X)HTML and CSS to web standards; prototyping; requirements gathering; usability and accessibility testing; project management; PHP and SQL on a Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP (LAMP) stack; communicating and interpreting ideas and goals for a broad audience; design and interoperability.

I am a comfortable (though not quite fluent) French speaker, and I can manage a bit of basic Spanish and Polish, too.

Francis Rowland’s Experience

Web Developer and Designer

EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute

(Non-Profit; Research industry)

September 2009 — Present (3 months)

As part of the External Services team, I am responsible for working on web development and user experience design for complex scientific websites and online services developed by the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)

Additional Information

Francis Rowland’s Websites:

Pied-à-Terre Design

Francis Rowland’s Interests:

design, web design, user interface design, usability, aikido, mountaineering, travel, photography

Francis Rowland’s Groups:

Usability Professionals Association, Refresh Cambridge, CamCreative, Cambridge University Design / UX group, Cambridge University Biological Society, Komyokan Aikido Association