Jon Atkinson

Current

Web Developer at Virtual Construction
Managing Director at 84 Labs Ltd.
Managing Director at Mampi Ltd.

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Past

Web Developer at realbuzz.com Ltd.
Technical Consultant at bryce:FARRAH

Education

University of Wales, Aberystwyth

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Industry

Internet

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Jon Atkinson’s Summary

I'm a Web Developer, Application Developer and Systems Administrator. I'm particularly interested in agile development methodologies and rapid application development.

I suppose I work with mainly "Web 2.0" technologies, but really I'm just a fan of a good user experience and good customer service.

Jon Atkinson’s Specialties:

Debian (and Debian-derivative) administration, Xen, Email administration (mainly Postfix, but some Exim and sendmail, too). PHP, Ruby (and Rails), Python (and Django), MySQL, PostgreSQL, XHTML ,CSS, JQuery, accessibility, branding and web marketing.

Jon Atkinson’s Experience

Web Developer

Virtual Construction

(Internet industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

I develop web based applications for mainly third-sector clients and academia. I've worked with the BBC, the University of Manchester and various other organisations around Manchester.

In addition, I lovingly tend a server cluster while trying to provide technical direction to the business.
Managing Director

84 Labs Ltd.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

In this role I mainly provide consultancy to several start-ups, assisting in developing web applications and technical infrastructure.
Managing Director

Mampi Ltd.

(Internet industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Along with my business partner, I deal with provisioning of hardware and administering email, web and VoIP services, providing support and advice for our clients.

We're steadily growing the business in the direction of providing scalable hosting without resorting to 'the cloud'; we think our fast, hand-built network can offer the same flexibility without losing touch with our customers.
Web Developer

realbuzz.com Ltd.

(Internet industry)

December 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 2 months)

I participated in a total rewrite, rebrand and relaunch of realbuzz.com, a lifestyle website and community site which handles around 30,000 pageviews/day.

I was also involved in web development for both public facing and internal sites, including developing an essential management information system used throughout the company, which introduced Django and Python to the business.
Technical Consultant

bryce:FARRAH

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

January 2006 — May 2006 (5 months)

Technical advisory role encompassing client technology recommendations and development of internal systems to meet the needs of a growing business.