Alastair Dawson

Current

• Flex Developer at Opensoft

Past

• Flex/Flash Developer at Capital Group
• Lead Flex Developer at FarHeap Solutions, Inc.
• Owner at Vixiom Communications LLC

• Senior Designer at SoftMirage
• Senior Web Designer at First MediaWorks
• Motion Designer at The Media
• Book Designer at BBC

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Education

• American College London
• American College Los Angeles

Connections

40 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Website

Alastair Dawson’s Summary

Rich Internet Application Designer/Developer (Devigner?). Focusing on Flex/Flash with dynamic languages such as Ruby and Python. Interested in all things SWF, and how the Flash platform can push the boundaries of what we expect from the browser.

Alastair Dawson’s Specialties:

ActionScript, Ruby, AMF, XML, UI Design, CSS

Alastair Dawson’s Experience

• Flex Developer

  Opensoft

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  December 2008 — Present (8 months)

• Flex/Flash Developer

  Capital Group

  (Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

  September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)

• Lead Flex Developer

  FarHeap Solutions, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  April 2008 — September 2008 (6 months)

• Owner

  Vixiom Communications LLC

  (Internet industry)

  2005 — April 2008 (3 years)

• Senior Designer

  SoftMirage

  (Internet industry)

  2003 — 2005 (2 years)

• Senior Web Designer

  First MediaWorks

  (Internet industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

• Motion Designer

  The Media

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

• Book Designer

  BBC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year)

Alastair Dawson’s Education

• American College London

  BA , Visual Communications , 1995 — 1997

• American College Los Angeles

  Visual Communications 1994 — 1995

Additional Information

Alastair Dawson’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Website

Alastair Dawson’s Interests:

information design, new languages and frameworks, ruby, actionscript, photography, history, politics, soccer

Alastair Dawson’s Contact Settings

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• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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