Marcus Povey

Current

Co-organiser at Barcamp Transparency UK
Senior Architect at Curverider Ltd
Owner at Marcus Povey IT Consultancy

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Marcus Povey’s Summary

As a veteran system architect with many projects behind me, I have robust instincts for design and system architecture and a proven record for providing quality solutions to highly technical problems.

Both at work and in my personal life I enjoy learning new skills and improving the existing ones that I have. I derive great satisfaction from researching and fully understanding a problem or from mastering a new skill.

Marcus Povey’s Specialties:

c, c++, java, j2me, MIDP, WinCE, Pocket PC, Linux, Windows, PKCS, Cryptography, OpenPGP, Social networking, Elgg, EFT, SolveSE, PHP

Marcus Povey’s Experience

Co-organiser

Barcamp Transparency UK

(Political Organization industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Senior Architect

Curverider Ltd

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

I acted as senior developer and architect on the Elgg project, a white label social networking platform which won InfoWorld's 2008 Best Of Open Source Award, and had a major role in defining its architecture and features.

Additionally to software development, I had a role in defining
policy and direction, and represented Elgg at conferences and to
clients. In the process I developed relations with some of the Web's
leading names.

I was also responsible for the development of the Open Data Definition, a flexible data portability format.
Owner

Marcus Povey IT Consultancy

(Computer Software industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

I can offer a range of consultancy services around social software, system architecture, bespoke software development and development processes.