Tom Hughes-Croucher

Current

Technical Evangelist at Yahoo!
Front-end Engineer (Web Developer) / Innovation Lead at Yahoo!

Past

Systems Integration Manager at 24-7 MusicShop
Co-founder at Netalley Networks LLP
Research Assistant at University of Sunderland

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Education

University of Sunderland

Recommended

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Connections

289 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

Tom Hughes-Croucher’s Summary

I am a web front-end specialist, with a particular focus on Accessibility. I have worked on a number of Accessibility standards for recognised standards bodies such as the World Wide Web consortium and the British Standards Institute. I was formally trained as a software engineer.

Tom Hughes-Croucher’s Specialties:

Accessibility, Semantic Web, Web Standards, User Experience, Information Architecture

Tom Hughes-Croucher’s Experience

Technical Evangelist

Yahoo!

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

I'm a technical expert on Front-end and as such I talk about the cool stuff that Yahoo are doing on the Yahoo Developer Network.
Front-end Engineer (Web Developer) / Innovation Lead

Yahoo!

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

Developing the Yahoo homepages in Europe using Web Standards. Providing the business with platform and feature improvement. Working within a Scrum team to consistently deliver value each month.
Systems Integration Manager

24-7 MusicShop

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

June 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Co-founder

Netalley Networks LLP

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

November 2003 — October 2005 (2 years )
Research Assistant

University of Sunderland

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

September 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 1 month)

Doing accessibility and semantic web research, as well as providing commercial solutions on behalf of the Codeworks NITRO project. Some of the research included working at standards bodies such as the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the British Standards Institute (BSI). I also had work published in the peer reviewed proceedings of the FOAF workshop.

Tom Hughes-Croucher’s Education

University of Sunderland

BSc (Hons) 1st Class , Computer Science , 2001 — 2005

Best Software Engineer Class '05

Activities and Societies:

Representative on W3C WCAG and BSI IST/43 working groups.

Additional Information

Tom Hughes-Croucher’s Websites:

Tom Hughes-Croucher’s Interests:

Running, Photography, Literature

Tom Hughes-Croucher’s Groups:

Member of the British Computing Society (BCS) - Committee member for Event of the Internet Specialist Group
Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Previously Invited Expert to World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Previously author for British Standards Institute
Supporter of the Open Rights Group
Volunteer at The Media Trust