James Aylett

Current

• Founder at /dev/fort
• Principal Consultant at Kittens With Jetpacks
• Executive producer at Talk To Rex

• Creative director at The Uncertainty Division
• Senior Webmaster at Cambridge Footlights

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Past

• Lead Technical Architect at DoubleClick
• Chief Technical Officer at Tangozebra

Education

• Clare College, Cambridge

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Industry

Entertainment

James Aylett’s Summary

I am an writer, film-maker, occasional open source hacker, sometime creator of web curiosities, rarely a photographer, and always a commercial technologist.

James Aylett’s Specialties:

Technical management, scalable web serving, scalable data processing, technical architecture, web best practices, presenting, training, improvisation, writing.

James Aylett’s Experience

• Founder

  /dev/fort

  (Internet industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  /dev/fort is a retreat for web and technology professionals. Running twice-yearly, it provides an opportunity for a team to isolate itself from the world and concentrate on solving a single problem to the best of their abilities.

• Principal Consultant

  Kittens With Jetpacks

  (Computer Software industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Technology strategy and scaling consultancy, working with companies from startup phase through to well-established software and media concerns.

• Executive producer

  Talk To Rex

  (Entertainment industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)

  Talk To Rex is both a blog on social, entertainment and political issues by myself and James Lark, and a production company for the two of us to pursue film and other projects. We've written a book, completed two short films, and are working on a variety of other projects including both one-off and serial short film formats.

• Creative director

  The Uncertainty Division

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Performing Arts industry)

  October 2001 — Present (8 years 2 months)

  Show concept and development, direction, production and acting in improvised narrative and story work.

• Senior Webmaster

  Cambridge Footlights

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

  June 1996 — Present (13 years 6 months)

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