Richard Das

Current

Senior Developer & Consultant at RNA Productions, Ltd.
Director at RNA Productions, Ltd.

Past

Flash Developer at Publicis Dialog
Actionscript Developer at DRAFTFCB
Developer at freelance/contractor

Developer at SEGA Europe
Programmer (Digital Solutions) at Antenna Audio
Special Assistant at British Museum
Development Engineer at XS New Media

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Education

City University
Middlesex University
University of California, Irvine

United World College of South East Asia (UWC)
SAE
United World College of South East Asia (UWC)

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Industry

Computer Software

Richard Das’s Summary

Over 10 years in the industry I have developed a multi-disciplinary skillset that blends my creative instincts with technical know-how.

A strong background in object-orientated software development makes me a strong technical lead, and my passion for aesthetics allows me to communicate easily with designers and programmers alike.

I provide consultancy services to clients wishing to effectively manage resources for their creative concepts, and development leadership to small teams of programmers to realize those ideas.

I currently work for a range of London’s top agency clients, on some of the most iconic websites for the world’s largest brands.

Richard Das’s Specialties:

// consultancy
• Project Management
• Business Development
• Agile/Scrum
• Technical Lead

// technical
• AS3, Flex, Flash, Actionscript
• Object-Orientated software development (OOP)
• Database/CMS design
• XML, XSLT, database integration

// creative
• UI Design & Development for Touch Screen, Mobile & Web.
• Graphic design
• print media
• Photoshop, Illustrator
• (X)HTML, CSS, Javascript

// conceptual
• Usability
• Information Management

Richard Das’s Experience

Senior Developer & Consultant

RNA Productions, Ltd.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )

Working with numerous international clients including: WWAVRC, DoubleClick/TangoZebra, Publicis, Iris-Digital, Wunderman, Brothers & Sisters, RumourUK, Draft FCB, LBI/Wheel, Saatchi Interactive, Big Fish Audio.

Pitch work • Business Consulting • Software Development for Web & Mobile • User Interface Prototyping • Print/Graphic Design • Touch Screen POS Kiosk • Social Networking Sites • Widgets • Web Design
Director

RNA Productions, Ltd.

(Computer Software industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Flash Developer

Publicis Dialog

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; PUB; Marketing and Advertising industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
Actionscript Developer

DRAFTFCB

(Computer Software industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
Developer

freelance/contractor

(Internet industry)

September 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 4 months)

Working with numerous International clients including: Publicis Dialog, HTW, Draft FCB, LBI/Wheel, Saatchi Interactive, Big Fish Audio, on software development for online and mobile devices, user interface prototyping, print/graphic design, touch screen interfaces, social networking sites, widgets and web design.
Developer

SEGA Europe

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Games industry)

August 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 2 months)

Developer – lead Actionscript programmer, assisted in design and architecture of
database driven content management system. Developed front-end for CMS, multi-lingual, dynamic data-driven Flash website (www.Sega-Europe.com).

Skills: Object-Orientated Flash Actionscript 2.0, database/CMS design, XML, XSLT, PHP/mySQL/Java integration.
Programmer (Digital Solutions)

Antenna Audio

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

July 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 1 month)

Programmer – lead programmer developing interactive content for mobile wireless
devices (including interface, architecture and content). On-site configuration/testing and client-facing role, as well as architecture design and prototyping. Clients included Tate Modern, Royal Institute, Motorola and Intel.
Special Assistant

British Museum

(Museums and Institutions industry)

May 2003 — July 2003 (3 months)

Special Assistant – contract work for Educational Multimedia Unit developing educational microsites based on Museum artifacts for use in schools.

Skills: Flash, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Development Engineer

XS New Media

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

July 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 3 months)

Development Engineer – design/software development, client liaison, team/project management (including budget). Approached development from a functional perspective: how to combine the efforts of the team into a working solution for the client.

Skills: Flash, X/HTML, Graphic Design, Sound Design, Project/Team Management

Richard Das’s Education

City University

MSc , Music & Information Technology , 2001 — 2002

Thesis: Development of Perceptual Audio Codec evaluation software for
STMicroelectronics, Singapore.

Subjects: Programming, Principles of Sound, Acoustics, Synthesis Techniques.
Middlesex University

BA(Hons) , Recording Arts , 1998 — 1999

Thesis: “New Methods For Recording, Production and Distribution of Music as Software on the Internet.” 2:1 (Upper Second) with Honours.

Subjects: Business & Legal Studies, Advanced Industry Applications, Industry Perspectives and Issues, Cultural Perspectives, Digital audio production, Compression technologies, Multimedia design/development.
University of California, Irvine

BSc , Computer Science, Philosophy , 1997 — 1998

Attended UCI for 1.5 years, where I completed the course requirements for a minor in Philosophy and began my journey into computer programming, a solid foundation that serves me to this day.
United World College of South East Asia (UWC)

International Baccalaureate [IB] , 1992 — 1996
SAE

Diploma , Audio Engineering , 1992 — 1994

Graduated as youngest ever (and since!) at age 15.
United World College of South East Asia (UWC)

GCSE , 1992 — 1994