MJ Ray

Current

• Board member at Cooperatives-SW
• Partner at Turo Technology LLP (Creative Cooperative)

Past

• Part-time Lecturer at College of West Anglia
• Director at Luminas Ltd
• Teaching Assistant/Technical Assistant at University of East Anglia

• WWW Manager at UUEAS

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Education

• University of East Anglia

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• Turo Technology LLP
• Cooperative Magazine
• MJR's slef-reflections

MJ Ray’s Summary

I moved into webmastering after working on radio programmes, magazines and newspapers and I like it. I feel I bring something a bit different to most CompSci-based webmasters: I apply my mathematical/statistical training to sites, along with what I've learned the hard way about collaboration, cooperation, health theory and sustainable development. I'm now trying to make a good, ethical living by helping customers like sports shops, hospitals and libraries connect to their customers and clients better through the web. I'm still learning and I like learning, particularly about management: I'm no longer the hot-head I used to be.

MJ Ray’s Specialties:

Statistics, accessibility, syndication, interactivity, free software and licensing, system administration, localisation, teaching

MJ Ray’s Experience

• Board member

  Cooperatives-SW

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

  November 2006 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Cooperatives-SW is a union of cooperative and mutual enterprises in the South-West of England (Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Bristol, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire), offering networking opportunities to members and supporting representation to the Regional Development Agency, Government Office, Regional Infrastructure for Social Enterprise.

• Partner

  Turo Technology LLP (Creative Cooperative)

  (Partnership; Internet industry)

  November 2002 — Present (5 years 7 months)

  Founding member of this worker cooperative that does pretty much anything relating to the internet, with an emphasis on sustainable development, including free and open source software and ethical online marketing. (We have no employees at present: all members are partners.)

• Part-time Lecturer

  College of West Anglia

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  February 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 5 months)

  Part-time teaching of mathematics to ease transition between Director and Partner positions. Led teaching of A2 Mathematics for 16-18 and Key Skills Numeracy for post-16 horticulture; also delivered teaching for Key Skills Numeracy for post-16 animal care, travel and hairdressing.

• Director

  Luminas Ltd

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 6 months)

  Startup using XML, XSLT and related technologies to do Really Clever Things for large databases.

• Teaching Assistant/Technical Assistant

  University of East Anglia

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  April 1998 — September 2001 (3 years 6 months)

  Mixture of teaching assistance and computer system administration duties while studying as a postgraduate. Assisted with seminars for Statistics courses for maths majors. During the final year, led a lecture course on Statistics for Business and Accountancy majors and set and marked a blind exam for the course.

• WWW Manager

  UUEAS

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

  May 1997 — October 2000 (3 years 6 months)

  Developing the web presence of a membership organisation and the shops, venues and advisory services that it owned. Designed and delivered practical non-examined training courses in the first two years as talks, workshops and one-to-ones for volunteers and staff as required.

MJ Ray’s Education

• University of East Anglia

  Mathematics 1994 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  tsw, concrete, La Société Française

Additional Information

MJ Ray’s Websites:

• Turo Technology LLP
• Cooperative Magazine
• MJR's slef-reflections

MJ Ray’s Interests:

Web development, statistics, collaborative working, cooperation, cycling

MJ Ray’s Groups:

Koha, free culture, AFFS, Co-operative LLPs, FSFE, Co-operatives SW, Co-operatives UK, Bristol Wireless events

• LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members - (III) member
•    Debian Developers member
•    FOSS Professionals member

MJ Ray’s Contact Settings

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• consulting offers
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• business deals
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