Colin Light

Current

• Senior Flex Developer at 4T2

Past

• Flash/Flex Developer at Rawflow Ltd
• Flash AS3 Developer at LBi
• Flex Developer at Friction TV

• Flash/Flex Paltform Developer at CJ Tech
• Flash Engineer at Picsel Technologies
• Flash/Flex Developer at Works Imaging
• Flash Developer at WorksUnit Ltd.
• E-Learning/Flash Developer at Gossip Multimedia
• Multimedia Developer at WorkHouse Ltd
• Multimedia Developer at Marketing Sciences

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Education

• University of Portsmouth
• Eastleigh technical college

Connections

38 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Colin Light’s Summary

A highly motivated developer who has worked in the field of new media since the mid nineties, with a successful track record with the flash platform. I enjoy creating software to meet client requirements and exceed their expectations.

Colin Light’s Specialties:

Adobe Flash platform: Flash mx, 8, CS3, Flex 2-3, Actionscript 1/2/3 & MXML

Flash streaming video, web services, xml

PureMVC, Cairngorm, ARP, OOP, Design patterns

Adobe Air, SHU, MDM Zinc – Flash Desktop Development

Flex Builder, Flash Develop, Eclipse

Macromedia Director MX - Lingo, Behavior development

Adobe Photoshop

Colin Light’s Experience

• Senior Flex Developer

  4T2

  (Internet industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

• Flash/Flex Developer

  Rawflow Ltd

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — November 2008 (3 months)

  Carried out development on a flash/as3 based video player based on the State Design Pattern.
  
  Ported player to flex builder as3 project to allow other developers create builds using the flex sdk.
  
  Created a chat application in flex and fms for a video chat site using the Cairngorm Framework.

• Flash AS3 Developer

  LBi

  (Public Company; LBI; Internet industry)

  July 2008 — July 2008 (1 month)

  A short term contract bug fixing and developing existing Actionscript 3 applications:
  
  Working on a video/carousel player built in As3 using PureMVC
  
  Updating As3 based carousel for internal website
  
  Setting up eclipse based projects in Flex builder to enable Flex debugging
  
  Using sprouts and ant to create project release builds

• Flex Developer

  Friction TV

  (Internet industry)

  May 2008 — June 2008 (2 months)

  Six week contract working on an existing Flex based streaming video player for a video debating site
  
  Bug fixing Flex streaming player
  
  Re-skinning player for new site design
  
  Working with PHP developers to update player data model to accommodate new API
  
  Building a light weight Actionscript 3 based ticker and site widget
  
  Prototyping a light weight Actionscript 3 streaming video player based on the Cairngorm framework

• Flash/Flex Paltform Developer

  CJ Tech

  (Computer Software industry)

  March 2008 — March 2008 (1 month)

  One month contract developing an Adobe Air based planning tool for teachers:
  
  Working with head developer creating application UI in adobe Flex 3 using the Cairngorm framework
  
  Creating custom drag and drop functionality for lesson arrangement
  
  Using Flex features such as data binding, states, effects, validation, mxml components, item renderers, styles, tool tips to get the job done.

• Flash Engineer

  Picsel Technologies

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  January 2008 — February 2008 (2 months)

  Developing Flash applications for mobile devices in actionscript 2 for a none standard player:
  
  Working with C engineers to develop robust API's between flash layer and C
  
  Developing Actionscript 2 code to a specified coding standard and submitting to review system
  
  Bug fixing; writing reports for fixed bugs in a bespoke version of Bugzilla

• Flash/Flex Developer

  Works Imaging

  (Internet industry)

  December 2006 — November 2007 (1 year )

  Developing an image correction application:
  
  Scoping with client to create client requirement document
  
  Conducting technical review of flash based technologies to develop product UI
  
  Recommending and using Adobe Flex 2 and the Cairngorm framework to build application
  
  Working with C++ programmer and Haxe to develop interface classes with Flex

• Flash Developer

  WorksUnit Ltd.

  (Internet industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

• E-Learning/Flash Developer

  Gossip Multimedia

  (E-Learning industry)

  February 2001 — November 2006 (5 years 10 months)

  * Developing, supporting and promoting Desktop Risk Assessment Software:
  
  Designing and programming a risk assessment tool for delivery across multiple industries using Macromedia Flash and MDM zinc
  
  Working with industry partners; Southampton University, The Freight Transport Association, The British Institute of Innkeepers, The Suzy Lamplugh Trust and The Construction Industry Training Board to help promote the product within their market sector.
  
  Presenting Seminars and running training workshops to teach people how to use the tool
  
  
  * Developing and Project Managing Online Risk Assessment;
  
  Use Project management tools (Microsoft Project) to manage project resources
  
  Designing and programming internet based version of the desktop risk assessment tool

• Multimedia Developer

  WorkHouse Ltd

  (Internet industry)

  December 2000 — February 2001 (3 months)

• Multimedia Developer

  Marketing Sciences

  (Privately Held; Market Research industry)

  February 1995 — December 2000 (5 years 11 months)

Colin Light’s Education

• University of Portsmouth

  BEng (Hons) , Mechanical Engineering , 1991 — 1994

• Eastleigh technical college

  engineering 1988 — 1991

Additional Information

Colin Light’s Websites:

• My Website

Colin Light’s Interests:

Flash Platform, Software development, Mountain Biking, Snowboarding.