Duncan Gough

Casual Games, Social Software

London, United Kingdom

Current
Past
  • Ruby On Rails Developer at Cominded
  • Contractor at Self employed (Self-employed)
  • Senior Developer at 3RD sense
Education
  • Bexley College
  • Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
Connections
94 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Duncan Gough’s Summary

An experienced open source developer, who can lead a project through all stages of implementation, including consultation, architecture, development, training and support.

Duncan Gough’s Specialties:

casual games, ruby on rails, web development


Duncan Gough’s Experience

  • CTO

    GameLayers

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

    June 2006Present (3 years 6 months)

    Building a working prototype on the idea of web literacy and casual, massively multiplayer online games.

  • Ruby On Rails Developer

    Cominded

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

    February 2007August 2007 (7 months)

    A Ruby On Rails developer of social and new media websites.

  • Contractor

    Self employed (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

    November 2006February 2007 (4 months)

    Contracted as a Ruby on Rails developer for a number of companies, including the BBC.

  • Senior Developer

    3RD sense

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

    September 2003November 2006 (3 years 3 months)

    Built and prototyped casual- and adver- games for clients including Virgin, Chivas Regal and Blue Square, as well as developing popular gaming destination websites such as Playaholics.com and administrating a large number of servers to ensure uptime and scalability.

  • Developer

    Time Out

    (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Media Production industry)

    March 2003September 2003 (7 months)

    Contractor in a small team responsible for new thinking regarding Time Out online. Launched the first online subscription service for Time Out, providing access to the Eating and Drinking reviews.

  • Analyst Programmer

    UpMyStreet

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2001March 2003 (1 year 5 months)

  • Developer

    Self Trade

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2000November 2001 (1 year 3 months)

  • Product Support Engineer

    ICL

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 1998September 2000 (2 years 9 months)


Duncan Gough’s Education

  • Bexley College

    19911993

  • Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

    19861991


Additional Information

Duncan Gough’s Websites:

Duncan Gough’s Interests:

casual games, mmos, social software, ruby on rails

Duncan Gough’s Groups:

Institute of Analysts & Programmers

  •    Ruby on Rails
  •    Casual Games
  •    Game Developers
  •    Social Media UK
  •    ST.EN - Start-ups & Entrepreneurs
  •    Fresh Digital Talent
  •    Digital Design UK

Duncan Gough’s Honors:

Lucky.


Duncan Gough’s Contact Settings

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