Profile
- Passionate and driven with regard to creating and using technology
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Creative thinker and problem solver
- Open and effective communicator
- Experienced in decision making, planning and delegating
- Strong understanding of how businesses and people work
Career achievements
- Founded and ran a successful web development agency for 7 years. Worked with third-party design and marketing agencies, and developed client relationships to win long-term, repeat business. Developed software development frameworks and content management systems that were used for multiple clients.
- Developed translation business from start-up to multimillion pound turnover, managing all technology issues.
CTO @ From October 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Trustee @ From 2007 to Present (8 years) CTO @ Steer73 is a technology development company building high performance applications for the web and mobile.
Building web and mobile applications from the ground up is difficult. Steer73 have the expertise in design, databases and scaling to build complex web & mobile applications. Steer73 help their clients in both developing the commercial proposition and building the application.
Steer73 also manage the ongoing technical development of community platform HipSnip. From June 2013 to October 2014 (1 year 5 months) London, United KingdomCTO @ HipSnip provides a community shopping platform that helps companies better convert online visits to sales, improve organic search traffic and develop a loyal community.
Companies use HipSnip to add a channel to their website where shoppers can get advice on what to buy, both from each other and from product experts.
HipSnip is easy to set up and requires no specialist plug-ins or complex web development to install. Content posted to our platform is seen over 2,000,000 times per month by consumers who are actively looking to buy. From March 2010 to May 2014 (4 years 3 months) Head of IT @ I was hired as a Senior Developer to work on the e-commerce website but expanded my role to manage all aspects of IT in the company, including developing in-house systems to manage photography and retouching, custom order fullfilment, inventory management. From November 2006 to February 2010 (3 years 4 months) Chief Technology Officer @ Since it's inception in 2001 Lingo24 has grown to be one of the web's leading translation companies. As a founding shareholder I have been responsible for technology strategy. In 2005 I joined the company full time as the Chief Technical Officer.
All staff work from home in locations around the globe and use an integrated suite of web-based applications that cover all roles including project management, sales, accounts, suppliers and SEO.
In this job I have hired, trained and managed a team of five IT staff. From April 2005 to November 2006 (1 year 8 months) Owner @ Toughside was a bespoke web-development company specialising in database driven websites. I took website projects from initial client proposal through to completion. We worked with third parties such as designers, PR companies and other developers to create sites that added significant value to our clients’ businesses. From September 1998 to April 2005 (6 years 8 months) Jr. Web Designer @ While at school I worked during holidays and occasional evenings writing HTML and JavaScript for websites promoting Flextech’s cable television channels. From September 1995 to January 1997 (1 year 5 months)
MEng, Engineering Science @ University of Oxford From 1997 to 2001 Fortismere Jos Shepherd is skilled in: Web Development, Mobile Technology, IT Strategy, SEO, Database Design
Websites:
http://hipsnip.com/