Josh Russell

Current
  • Co-founder at Dash Labs
  • Founder / Share Holder/ Consultant at Metranet Communications
  • Founder / Share Holder/ Consultant at Loose Connection LTD
Past
  • User Experience Evangelist at Microsoft
  • Interactive Developer at Comic Relief
  • Owner / Creator at Ping Base
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Josh Russell’s Summary

i run
http://www.dashlabs.com

with
http://www.builtbydave.co.uk

and
http://www.petebarrwatson.com

i founded
http://www.looseconnection.com free wifi

which turned into
http://www.metranet.co.uk

i do work for
http://www.comicrelief.com

i can mostly be found on
http://twitter.com/joshr

and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshrussell/

and also less often on pretty much every other webapp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshrussell/492364704/

and others (don't make me add my buddies again! aargh!)

and just launched
http://www.sussexdigital.com

Josh Russell’s Specialties:

Wireless (Wi-Fi / WiMax) market development. Web application creator/owner. Adding features to the web. UX.


Josh Russell’s Experience

  • Co-founder

    Dash Labs

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2007Present (1 year 11 months)

    Dash Labs is a new company founded by myself, David Stone and Pete Barr-Watson. it's focus is on building web apps.

    http://www.dashlabs.com
    http://www.builtbydave.co.uk
    http://www.petebarrwatson.com

  • Founder / Share Holder/ Consultant

    Metranet Communications

    (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)

    March 2005Present (3 years 9 months)

    (AKA Loose Connection)

    http://www.looseconnection.com
    http://www.metranet.co.uk

  • Founder / Share Holder/ Consultant

    Loose Connection LTD

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)

    March 2003Present (5 years 9 months)

    Loose Connection started the first commercial free WiFi hotspots, experimented by creating the first WiFi beach in the world in Brighton, UK, and got people out of their offices and into the real world by putting people never more than 10 minutes away from free WiFi access in cafes, bars and public spaces.

    Loose Connection has become Metranet Communications and specialises in WiMax and building wireless metropolitan networks.

  • User Experience Evangelist

    Microsoft

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    January 2008July 2008 (7 months)

    Silverlight is an exciting new web platform comparable to Flash, it's built using open and established languages and provides an opportunity for thousands of developers to re-use their existing skillsets to build RIAs and great media experiences. I'll be working from the ground up with freelancers and agencies to help them to get started, and to network with others for peer support and project collaborations.

  • Interactive Developer

    Comic Relief

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    September 2004January 2008 (3 years 5 months)

    working on the interactive parts of the following projects and some technical planning and management.

    http://www.rednoseday.com
    http://www.sportrelief.com
    http://www.sendmyfriend.org
    http://www.makepovertyhistory.org
    http://www.live8live.com

  • Owner / Creator

    Ping Base

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    August 2005June 2007 (1 year 11 months)

    Ping Base is a website monitoring tool for the Web 2.0 era. Designed and created by myself and Nick Taylor of Tangerine Works.

    http://www.pingbase.com

  • In House Freelancer

    Vision Design

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    March 2002May 2003 (1 year 3 months)

    consulting on new technology, writing Flash/Actionscript modules, integrating designs into sites, managing email campaigns.

  • HTML/CSS Guy

    Angry Fish

    (Wireless industry)

    20002001 (1 year)

  • Web Designer

    Meditech Media

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    September 1998August 1999 (1 year)

  • Junior Designer

    Virtual Brighton

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    August 1996September 1997 (1 year 2 months)

    www.brighton.co.uk an early community and resource for the seaside town of Brighton. i worked on maintaining the site and filling it with local content


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Josh Russell’s Groups:

BrightonNewMedia

  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    Brighton New Media
  •    Coworking
  •    FON!!
  •    The Farm
  •    Tuttle
  •    Creative Commons

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