Giv Parvaneh

Current

• Senior Software Engineer at BBC

Past

• Technical Manager and Web Engineer at Victoria and Albert Museum
• Senior UI Web Engineer at Doppelganger
• Senior Software Engineer at Cake Group

• Senior Web Engineer at Cuts, Inc.
• Web Engineer at Qbique Pty Ltd (Sole Proprietorship)
• Web Engineer at Powerhouse Museum
• Online Engineer at AOL Time Warner
• Senior Web Developer at beenz.com
• Web Developer at Purescript Multimedia

see less...

6 more...

Education

• Macquarie University

Recommended

3 people have recommended Giv

Connections

98 connections

Industry

Internet

Giv Parvaneh’s Summary

+ Expertise:
Over 10 years of commercial web development experience, OO Programming, PHP5, MVC, Javascript/AJAX, CSS, XML.

+ Databases:
mySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server.

+ Intermediate skills
Python, Django Framework, Java, Wicket Framework, Flash Actionscript, Flex, Objective-C/iPhone/iPod Touch application development.

+ Operating Systems:
Linux (all flavours - proficient in shell environment), Windows, Mac OS.

+ Other Relevant Skills:
Drupal/Drupal Modules & Themes, Scriptaculous, jQuery, Prototype, Photoshop, Flash, Selenium UI Testing, Forge
Environments (Trac and Google Code), Audio/Music/Film production tools, Apache, Tomcat, GD and ImageMagick, ffmpeg, mencoder, svn, cvs, w3c standards, Google Maps API, Facebook Applications API, OpenSocial.

+ Design:
Solid understanding of web design and user interaction concepts. I am proficient in table-less CSS layouts, AJAX interaction, image optimisation and front-end/back-end data exchange. I have a very good eye for design and keep myself up-to-date with recent web design and Web 2.0 trends and technologies.

Giv Parvaneh’s Specialties:

Social networking and web 2.0 websites and applications, database development, UI development.

Giv Parvaneh’s Experience

• Senior Software Engineer

  BBC

  (Public Company; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

  I am a Software Engineer in the Future Media & Technology department at the BBC working on various web applications for the bbc.co.uk website.

• Technical Manager and Web Engineer

  Victoria and Albert Museum

  (Government Agency; Museums and Institutions industry)

  July 2008 — March 2009 (9 months)

  I was the Technical Manager of the National Museums Online Learning project based at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, UK. I was also working as a Web Engineer/contractor for various web-related projects at the museum.

• Senior UI Web Engineer

  Doppelganger

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

  September 2007 — July 2008 (11 months)

  I was responsible for developing a social networking website using the rich content extracted from the virtual 3D world of the game (vSide). I worked with a design firm to prototype, develop and deploy various UI elements to compliment the gaming experience. Technologies used: Java, Wicket Framework, AJAX, Javascript, CSS, HTML.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Cake Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• Senior Web Engineer

  Cuts, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 1 month)

• Web Engineer

  Qbique Pty Ltd (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  September 2001 — August 2006 (5 years )

  Specialising in ecommerce and content management systems. Progamming in PHP, Perl, SQL, HTML, Javascript, CSS, DHTML, XML, AJAX.

• Web Engineer

  Powerhouse Museum

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  January 1999 — July 2006 (7 years 7 months)

  Worked on various projects as a contractor from 1999 to 2006. Progamming in PHP, SQL, HTML, Javascript, CSS, DHTML, XML, AJAX and the museum's EMU Collection database.

• Online Engineer

  AOL Time Warner

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)

  December 2000 — September 2001 (10 months)

  Development and implementation of web application for the AOL Time Warner companies. These applications were mainly for the content department of AOL in Sydney and Dublin.
  
  Most applications developed using PHP, Sybase, Perl and Tcl.

• Senior Web Developer

  beenz.com

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)

  December 1998 — December 2000 (2 years 1 month)

  Development and maintenance of the beenz.com Australia site and working with other developers in Asia Pacific and Europe to develop the beenz technology and applications.
  
  Languages used include PHP, Perl, mySQL.

• Web Developer

  Purescript Multimedia

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  June 1996 — December 1998 (2 years 7 months)

  Design and development of client web sites as well as intranet systems and databases. Most sites were written in HTML and Javascript.

Giv Parvaneh’s Education

• Macquarie University

  BA , Sociology, Philosophy , 1998 — 2004