Philip Norton

Current

Technical Web Developer at Reading Room

Past

Lead Developer, Research And Development at Just Search
Programmer, Research and Development at Just Search Ltd
System support and developement worker at Ceredigion Social Services

Quality Assurance/IT Technician at Tissue Science Laboratories

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Education

University of Wales, Aberystwyth
University of Wales, Aberystwyth

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Industry

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Philip Norton’s Summary

In 2002 I set out with the aim to re-educate myself and move into the Internet world as a programmer.
I achieved this goal in 2006 and am now working as a web architect in the North West of England.

Philip Norton’s Specialties:

search engine optimisation, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, CSS, ASP, .NET, C#, HTML, XHTML, Flash, ActionScript, MySQL, XML, Wordpress, Drupal, Zend Framework

Philip Norton’s Experience

Technical Web Developer

Reading Room

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

My role is designing, creating and implementing websites from specifications, mainly using PHP.
Lead Developer, Research And Development

Just Search

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 6 months)

Lead a team of programmers, designers and search engine optimisation specialists to provide specialist products to clients and to keep the company at the forefront of internet marketing strategies. This involved the following:

-Created tools and applications for both client websites and other departments.
-Created a usability study product and trained other employees in how to conduct these studies.
-Headed the Research and Development committee, which consisted of a team of people from all over the company. The goal to discuss ideas and suggestions to improve the company and the service that it provides.
-Acted as technical support for other departments.
-Updated and maintained the Just Search website.
Programmer, Research and Development

Just Search Ltd

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

November 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Creating both public and internal tools to help with search engine optimisation analysis of websites.
System support and developement worker

Ceredigion Social Services

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

2004 — 2006 (2 years )

Database management. Creation and maintained of bespoke database applications produced by the department.
Ran training and development program for non-it staff for both database systems and Microsoft Office products.
Quality Assurance/IT Technician

Tissue Science Laboratories

(Medical Devices industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years )

Carried out quality assurance checks on a surgical implant product using aseptic technique.
Tracked down, isolated and reported on bugs within a voice operated database system.