Peter Thomas

Current

• Software Engineer at Ocado

Past

• PhD Research at University of Nottingham
• Software Engineer (Acrobat) at Adobe
• Intranet Developer at Land Rover / Ford Motor Company

• Web Developer at Allman Horrocks Consulting

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Education

• University of Nottingham
• University of Nottingham

Connections

33 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Peter Thomas’s Experience

• Software Engineer

  Ocado

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• PhD Research

  University of Nottingham

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  2002 — 2006 (4 years)

  Heuristic document recognition technology, sponsored by Adobe Systems.

• Software Engineer (Acrobat)

  Adobe

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)

  August 2004 — November 2004 (4 months)

  Intern in Acrobat Engineering, San Jose California. Worked primarily on the Accessibility interface for Acrobat, which
  involved cross platform Windows and MacOS development. Delivered code that was shipped in Adobe Acrobat 7.

• Intranet Developer

  Land Rover / Ford Motor Company

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; F; Automotive industry)

  July 2001 — September 2001 (3 months)

  An internship in which I was responsible for redefining the look, feel and structure of the existing fledgling intranet, which involved working with Ford
  Motor Company personnel both in the UK and the US. This included consulting with internal clients, the original
  graphic design right through to the implementation of ASP web-applications for deployment on the corporate intranet.
  Maintained existing intranet sites and consulted with both technical and non-technical internal clients regarding their use
  of the intranet. Provided technical advice for internal staff when dealing with external IT services companies.

• Web Developer

  Allman Horrocks Consulting

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  June 2000 — September 2000 (4 months)

  Served as a web-designer, programmer and systems administrator. Developed web-applications using ASP and Macromedia
  tools for clients. Was involved in consulting with SME clients.

Peter Thomas’s Education

• University of Nottingham

  PhD, Computer Science, 2002 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  President, Cycling Club
  Vice President, Duke of Edinburgh Society

• University of Nottingham

  BSc Hons, Computer Science, 1999 — 2002

  First Class Honours

Additional Information

Peter Thomas’s Websites:

• My Website

Peter Thomas’s Groups:

•    Adobe Alumni member
• LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members - (III) member

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