
Director of Dharmafly / Social Media Web Development
Brighton, United Kingdom

Director of Dharmafly / Social Media Web Development
Brighton, United Kingdom
Founder & co-director of Dharmafly - an ethical approach to web development and social media marketing, based in Brighton, UK.
Explorer of positive social change and personal inspiration through the Web.
A background in web development since 1999, with several years' experience of charity events management, community development and workshop facilitation.
Social media marketing, Web strategy, Semantic XHTML, JavaScript, Microformats, CSS, PHP, Web standards, Accessibility, Human-centred business
(Online Media industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
• Web development and social media marketing, with a speciality for ethical projects, organisations and individuals
• Consultant for social media campaigns
• Technical director and project manager
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)
November 2006 — February 2007 (4 months)
Three-month contract in developing a social network to connect first- and third-world schoolchildren, called Rafi.ki: http://rafi.ki/home
My roles: information architecture, design and implementation
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Music industry)
January 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 7 months)
Part-time teaching to musicians, music producers, sound engineers and DJs. Students were taught to design their own websites, participate in blogging and social networks, and to promote their music online. http://s-s-r.com
(Online Media industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years)
Web development, user-interface design and back-end development for a small new media agency.
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 1999 — June 2004 (4 years 9 months)
Established and managed a community cultural centre in Manchester, UK. Managed and facilitated workshops and classes, taught meditation and yoga, organised music and cultural events and social service activities.
Bsc (Hons) 2:1 , Life Sciences , 1994 — 1998
• 1-year research placement: Horticulture Research Institute of New Zealand
• Founded the Meditation & Yoga Society - still going strong!
A-Levels , Biology, Physics, Chemistry , 1987 — 1994
web development, social media, microformats, open-source software, photography, charities, mediation, meditation, social change
Yahoo / BBC Hack Day: Best BBC Website Hack, 2007