Microsoft Evangelist - always willing to talk about improving the client facing web experience.
Greater Seattle Area
Microsoft Evangelist - always willing to talk about improving the client facing web experience.
Greater Seattle Area
Best part of a decade working on TV/Web convergent projects and with PR and advertising agencies on projects ranging from sports and youth magazine format shows to technical director for Big Brother Australia - managing non-broadcast technology, as well as writing most of the code and developing the database that supported the show.
Specialities are ASP/SQL Server development and performance tuning, along with PHP/MySQL development. HTML, CSS and JavaScript are, of course, well and truly in the kit-bag along with ergonomics and user interface design
Contributed articles to a number of magazines on IT related topics.
Prior to that worked for a series of software companies in technical sales roles for development and process management tools, including running consulting and training engagements for BPR projects with banks and major retail chains.
See www.Rufan-Redi.com for more information.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years )
Joining Microsoft gives me the opportunities to wax lyrical about subjects near and dear to my heart - the evolution and implementation of communication technologies - in the "Web" cloud and (in Microsoft parlance) the "Live" product range.
From WPF/E to IE, Media Centre to Xbox, Messenger to Vista - it's a broad spectrum with lots of opportunity
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
January 1991 — December 2006 (16 years )
Freelance cross media consulting for clients in a wide variety of industries.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2001 — November 2006 (5 years 11 months)
Freelance position, ad hoc for 6 months, full time for 6 months of each year, geared around the Big Brother show.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2000 — January 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Technical Director for the projects website (selected platform, developed code, managed day-to-day operations), internal IT manager and Technical Consultant to the twice weekly TV show (briefing Producer, researchers and talent as well as managing 'high tech' showcase for on-air)
(Public Company; SSW; Information Technology and Services industry)
1995 — 2000 (5 years )
When Sterling aquired KnowledgeWare I continued in the Support/Services/Pre-Sales roles, initially in the UK as we expanded and consolidated the product families into the larger SSW portfolio and then, following a move to Australia, primarily in the pre-sales and services role. Following the aquisition of Texas Instruments Software I also took on a sales role for the former KWI/SSW "KEY" and "VISION" family of products.
I transitioned from SSW when they where aquired by CA
(Public Company; KWI; Information Technology and Services industry)
1991 — 1995 (4 years )
Continued the Customer Support role from when we had been EYCT but in a more senior role (eventually managing the team during and after the transition to Sterling Software that was to come)
Also added Consulting and Education experience, as well as a more active Pre-Sales role
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1991 — 1993 (2 years )
Joined EYCT in their Customer Support department, handling clients for the IEW/ADW, ObjectView, Maxim, Flashpoint and Legacy suites of products (CASE Technology, and mainframe rejuvenation tools)
As the group grew the Customer Support team in London became the primary focus for Northen Europe.
Remained there until we where spun off from Ernst & Young into the KnowledgeWare organisation (the tools we where providing consulting and services for)
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
1988 — 1991 (3 years )
(Online Media industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years )