Online Architect at Which?
Oxford, United Kingdom
Online Architect at Which?
Oxford, United Kingdom
Experienced operational website/intranet manager and strategist with considerable development team lead, project, stakeholder and supplier management skills. Strong user focus. I'm moving towards more strategic roles in online business, educational or NFP organisations.
Forward thinking with active interests in content management, web application usability and the practical use of emerging online technologies such as ajax, microformats, and the semantic web.
Info. architecture, web design, high level solutions architecture, SOA, proj. man., SEO, standards, accessibility/usability, analytics, OS solutions, semantic web, folksonomies /long tail issues, intranet portals, Interwoven, Percussion, Typo3, Drupal, Joomla!, Solaris: Apache, Tomcat, cgi etc, Summary Pro, Google Analytics, Hitbox, Ultraseek.
Sectors: HE and museum sectors, Publishing, ecommerce.
Topics: nature / natural history / neuroscience areas (wide biological knowledge).
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
April 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Putting together the jigsaw of online services required to make Which? the best site in its sector.
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
November 2003 — April 2007 (3 years 6 months)
Operational manager of the Museum's website and intranet and technical team leader during a period of expansion from 8 to 20 team members, a major redesign and second generation CMS.
Contributed significantly to the wider community via the Museums Computer Group and Museums and the Web conferences.
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
February 1998 — November 2003 (5 years 10 months)
Beginning as a singleton Web Manager / webmaster I took the Museum's site through several significant upgrades inlcuding two complete redesigns, its first Content Management System, plus many microsites and web applications. By 2003 I had a team of 3 and we were subsequently integrated with the gallery New Media team to form Interactive Media.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
October 1997 — February 1998 (5 months)
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
September 1994 — February 1998 (3 years 6 months)
Carried out tutorials, term exams/marking etc.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
November 1994 — November 1997 (3 years 1 month)
Voxel-based 3d visualisation of human anatomy (brain, head and neck, hand) for use as research aid, surgery aid and educational reference.
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Research industry)
November 1991 — October 1994 (3 years)
Research into learning and memory and the pathways involved in long term memory and imprinting, plus teaching, tutoring and supervising med. students. Included a memorable month's work in Gabriel Horn's lab in Cambridge. If anyone remembers me from then - Hi!
PhD, Learning and Memory - Neuroscience, 1987 — 1991
BSc, Biology, 1984 — 1987
Semantic web, electric guitar, blues and rock, conservation and environment, walking, tennis, cycling (like I ever have time...). I sometimes push Drupal as a solution to life's ills. So far, Vince Smith appears to have caught on.
MCG, Celica Club UK