Nicholas Avenell

Current

• Developer at Skimbit

Past

• Web Developer at doof.com
• Web Developer at trutap
• Technical Developer at Evolving Media

• System Developer at BrowserAngel
• Contractor at BT Retail

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Education

• University of Sunderland

Connections

102 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Nicholas Avenell’s Summary

I am a web developer. I've previously worked on social networking, bank customer communication, and many other things. I have experience working in weblogs, forums, general public facing and communication roles.

Nicholas Avenell’s Specialties:

Social networking, AJAX, PHP, XML, SMS communication, Frontend/Interface design.

Nicholas Avenell’s Experience

• Developer

  Skimbit

  (Internet industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

  I am currently working on a socially responsible tinyurl system called Good.ly, a slightly more commercial thing I'm not going to talk too much about, and sysadmin work on the rest of the network.

• Web Developer

  doof.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  January 2009 — March 2009 (3 months)

  I developed the backend for a relaunch of Doof.com

• Web Developer

  trutap

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

  January 2007 — December 2008 (2 years )

• Technical Developer

  Evolving Media

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

  October 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 4 months)

• System Developer

  BrowserAngel

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

  September 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 2 months)

  Developer for BrowserAngel's eponymous social content relation system
  Maintaining relationships with externally based contractors
  XML based IE toolbar update system
  AJAX-based user interface development to PHP/MySQL backend
  Construction and maintenance of development servers
  CVS repository management
  Installation and maintenance of customised Bugzilla-based bug management system
  Consulting with the design department on graphical, accessibility and usability issues
  Desktop support for network of Windows XP based machines, including SMB based document shares.

• Contractor

  BT Retail

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  2003 — 2003 (less than a year)

Nicholas Avenell’s Education

• University of Sunderland

  Computing , Computing , 1999 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Sumpogs
  SUDS

Additional Information

Nicholas Avenell’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

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