Sam Clark

Current

• Owner / Developer at Polaris Digital

Past

• Web Developer at PRWD
• Web Developer at Hi8us South

Education

• University of Teesside

Recommended

3 people have recommended Sam

Connections

33 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• My RSS feed

Sam Clark’s Summary

Web developer first, designer second. Over eight years experience developing for the internet with PHP being my primary language. Concentrate on PHP5 OO development, mainly using the Kohana PHP framework as a base.

Experience designing and developing a bespoke E-Commerce system with internal card handling systems, along side a rich progressively enhanced user interface.

Web design experience across a number of a number of commercial and private web sites, using clean CSS, XHTML and best practices for accessibility.

Sam Clark’s Specialties:

PHP5 Development
Kohana PHP Framework Development
Large Scale Web Application Development
Unobtrusive Javascript / jQuery
Information Architecture
Web Site Design (CSS and Flats)
User Experience Design / Execution

(Watch this space)
Currently Learning Ruby
Currently Learning Objective-C/Cocoa

Sam Clark’s Experience

• Owner / Developer

  Polaris Digital

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  Consultation, PHP, Ruby, MySQL, Javascript, Ajax (Hijax), XML, XHTML, CSS, Photoshop, Illustrator

• Web Developer

  PRWD

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

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  Backend and Frontend web design and development for a selection of SMB's in the North West and London.

• Web Developer

  Hi8us South

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  February 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 8 months)

  Developed web site and off-line applications for a childrens television programme, titled 'L8R'

Sam Clark’s Education

• University of Teesside

  BA , Creative Visualisation , 1999 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  Icarus (now Pixel Farm PF Track) testing and feedback for UoM

Additional Information

Sam Clark’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• My RSS feed

Sam Clark’s Interests:

New media, sustainable living, sustainable business, cinema

Sam Clark’s Groups:

The Green Building Residents Association, Manchester is my Planet, CND, Amnesty International, GeekUp, @media 2007

•    GeekUp
•    WSG
•    jQuery
•    Elite IT Contractor Networking Programme

Sam Clark’s Honors:

Royal Television Society Non-Factual Short Film Student Award (2004) for North East,
Young Engineers for Britain 1998 (second place overall; first in medical category)

Sam Clark’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch