Steve Purkiss [steve@purkiss.com]

Current

Proprietor at Purkiss Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

IT Consultant at Arishi Technologies Ltd.
Online Communications Officer at RemoteApps
Consultant at RemoteApps (Ovate Group)

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Education

University of Bradford

Recommended

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500+ connections

Industry

Internet

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Steve Purkiss [steve@purkiss.com]’s Summary

I am a Web Developer (PHP, Drupal, MySQL) and advocate of Free/Libre Open Source Software.

I make things happen by fostering connections both technical and human.

I am an ideas person with a constant supply of creative solutions to problems.

Throughout the last 20 years I have helped numerous businesses make the most of the very latest advancements in technology, including:

* Sun Microsystems
* ATI Technologies
* British Telecom
* Volkswagen
* B&Q (Kingfisher Group PLC)
* Foreign & Commonwealth Office
* Royal Commonwealth Society

Steve Purkiss [steve@purkiss.com]’s Specialties:

open source, retail, consultancy, development, social networks, web2.0, persuasion, persistance, business networking, consultants

Steve Purkiss [steve@purkiss.com]’s Experience

Proprietor
Purkiss Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

May 2008 — Present (5 months)

Web Application Development (PHP, Drupal, MySQL) and Open Source Consultancy
IT Consultant

Arishi Technologies Ltd.

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

March 2003 — June 2003 (4 months)

Arishi is a small tech start-up, formed late 2002 by a few of my ex-work colleagues from my previous employers Ovate. As consultant, I worked with their client The Royal Commonwealth Society to make sure that all their needs were taken care of.
Online Communications Officer

RemoteApps

(Internet industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years)
Consultant

RemoteApps (Ovate Group)

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 3 months)

Started at IMM Studios (later Ovate group) as seventh employee and helped through to sixty in three years until 'dotbomb' and funders pulled out of all tech stocks. Was mainly involved in managing blue-chip clients in order to provide good internet insight and make sure projects completed. Client projects included Volkswagen UK Cars website, Kingfisher Group PLC's B&Q diy.com, 2Bet online gambling site, etc.