Partner at Go Tripod Ltd
Truro, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Partner at Go Tripod Ltd
- Past
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- Head of RIA Practice at Trigger Software Ltd
- Lecturer at Cornwall College
- User Experience Consultant, Web / RIA Designer & Developer at Clockwork Objects
- IT Security Analyst at C. Hoare & Co.
- Internet / Web / Security Consultant at Buchanan Brown Ltd
- Consultant IT Manager at Zen Group (PBI Bearings Ltd, Eisenburg GmBH, Aquatos Ltd)
- Data Manager at Pfizer Ltd
- Education
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- The University of Kent
- Canterbury College
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Jon Baker’s Summary
Web / Rich Internet Application Designer & Developer (Flex, Ruby on Rails, ASP.Net, PHP) with over 10 years experience in the IT industry. Having worked in Banking, Manufacturing and Education Sectors.
Jon Baker’s Specialties:
Rich Internet Application development, Adobe Flex, ASP.NET, C#, Ruby on Rails, PHP, User Experience (Ux)
Jon Baker’s Experience
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Partner
Go Tripod Ltd
(Computer Software industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Founding Partner at Go Tripod a small software development company that specialise in data driven websites, desktop applications, and iPhone applications. Technologies include Ruby on Rails, .Net, Objective-C/Cocoa, Javascript
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Head of RIA Practice
Trigger Software Ltd
(Computer Software industry)
January 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 7 months)
Team lead for all Rich Internet Application development, in particular Adobe Flex
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Lecturer
Cornwall College
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 4 months)
Lecturing on Professional, University and Further Education Courses in Software Development
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User Experience Consultant, Web / RIA Designer & Developer
Clockwork Objects
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2004 — January 2008 (3 years 6 months)
* User Experience Consultant (Ux)
* Interaction Designer (IxD) (User Centered Design using Goal Driven Design techniques)
* Information Architect (IA)
* Rich Internet Application Designer / Developer (Adobe Flex / Actionscript 3)
* Web Designer / Developmer (Fireworks, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Aptana, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, DHTML, XHTML, Ruby on Rails, .Net, PHP) -
IT Security Analyst
C. Hoare & Co.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)
September 2001 — August 2004 (3 years )
Responsible for the design, implementation and management of the banks High Availability Internet Infrastructure, Market Data Links and Internet / Web Systems
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Internet / Web / Security Consultant
Buchanan Brown Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 2 months)
Technical Director managing small team of Software Developers and Consultants. Providing Internet, Web and Security Consultancy and Solutions.
Responsible for the design, development and implementation of Standard Bank Offshore's eBanking web site and overseeing installation of related infrastructure, Standard Bank (London)'s eInvestment internet infrastructure and IntessaBCI's Internet Infrastructure. -
Consultant IT Manager
Zen Group (PBI Bearings Ltd, Eisenburg GmBH, Aquatos Ltd)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
September 1997 — July 2000 (2 years 11 months)
Provided IT Management / Consultancy on a part-time basis to the Zen Group of companies specialising in the manufacturer and wholesale supply of precision ball bearings.
Managed the design, development, implementation and maintenance of group's Network and Internet and Desktop Infrastructure and Web Applications. -
Data Manager
Pfizer Ltd
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PFE; Pharmaceuticals industry)
September 1995 — August 1997 (2 years )
Jon Baker’s Education
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The University of Kent
Bsc , Computer Science , 1997 — 2000
- Activities and Societies:
- UKC Radio, Mountain Biking, George-a-roony Society
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Canterbury College
BTEC ND , Information Technology , 1993 — 1995
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Jon Baker’s Interests:
New Technology, Art, Sculpture, History, Music, Walking, Cycling, Sailing, Surfing
Jon Baker’s Groups:
Microsoft Certified Professional, Red Hat Certified Engineer
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Cornish Networking
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