Corporate Website Co-ordinator at Lotus Cars
Norwich, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Corporate Website Co-ordinator at Lotus Cars
- Past
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- Managing Director at Flying Fish Web Design
- Senior Database Administrator (DB2 UDB / Oracle) at Aviva
- Owner at EasyWhiz.com
- Senior Systems Developer at Norwich Union Plc
- Protection & Indemnity Correspondent at Pandiship Limited
- Protection & Indemnity Claims Technician at Sedgwick Marine & Cargo
- Education
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- Ipswich School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Automotive
- Websites
Richard Benjamin’s Summary
Richard Benjamin’s Specialties:
XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, PhotoShop, VB, accessible web design conforming to WAI and W3C Web Standards.
Richard Benjamin’s Experience
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Corporate Website Co-ordinator
Lotus Cars
(Privately Held; Automotive industry)
March 2009 — Present (10 months)
Website Project Manager and also planning and co-writing the digital marketing strategy for the Cars division of Group Lotus plc
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Managing Director
Flying Fish Web Design
(Internet industry)
March 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 1 month)
- Developing a variety of dynamic corporate websites with focus on clarity and usability
- Participating in dealings with clients and giving consultative advice on website design, marketing and technical support in the maintenance of web applications.
- Utilising strong web programming skills, good appreciation of design, functionality and interactivity
- Showing ability to interpret client ideas and present complex concepts in a clear manner. -
Senior Database Administrator (DB2 UDB / Oracle)
Aviva
(Public Company; AV; Financial Services industry)
July 2007 — March 2008 (9 months)
- Worked as Oracle & DB2 UDB Database Administrator, interacting with users, defining Security & Integrity checks, defining Backup / Recovery Procedures, and monitoring performance
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Owner
EasyWhiz.com
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — March 2008 (7 years )
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Senior Systems Developer
Norwich Union Plc
(Public Company; AV; Insurance industry)
July 1995 — July 2007 (12 years 1 month)
- Supported a Unix based rating engine to return quotes at complete transaction level, using Polaris Calculation Rulesets and retention information
- Developed and supported client-server applications principally using COBOL, CICS and DB2 for general insurance policy administration systems
- Co-ordinated quarterly implementations of Norwich Union’s largest general insurance application
- Technical liaison for Norwich Union’s motor engineers and supported various claims systems, managing stakeholder relationships with RAC, Capita, Autoglass and Audatex -
Protection & Indemnity Correspondent
Pandiship Limited
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1990 — 1995 (5 years )
- General Manager for office in Angola, responsible for operations, staff and payroll
- Point of contact in Nigeria for Protection & Indemnity Associations in London and Norway, responsible for a team of staff acting on behalf of ship owners, liaising between ships' officers, maritime lawyers, shipping agencies, consignees agents and others -
Protection & Indemnity Claims Technician
Sedgwick Marine & Cargo
(Partnership; Law Practice industry)
1988 — 1991 (3 years )
Intermediary between Protection & Indemnity Societies (P&I Clubs) and port agencies, managing claims correspondence.
Richard Benjamin’s Education
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Ipswich School
1982 — 1987
Additional Information
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Richard Benjamin’s Interests:
Web development, sailing, snowboarding, walking. Considering moving to British Columbia, Canada, so currently researching property and venues there (particularly on Vancouver Island).
Richard Benjamin’s Groups:
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Aviva -
Ex AVIVA / Norwich Union staff -
World Class Norfolk
Richard Benjamin’s Contact Settings
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