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Over the years I've worked as development lead on web projects for Microsoft, the BBC, NBC, Yell, Multimap, Sony, BT, ITV, and many others.

I have recruited and managed development and engineering groups of up to 12 people, including managing start-up development teams through acquisition, and post-acquisition integration.

I've spent time on the W3C HTML Working Group and contributed to Microformats specifications. I've written articles for magazines like .Net Magazine, Computer Arts Projects, SitePoint, and my work has been featured in various books,
Experience
Developer
@Fontdeck
Fontdeck is a pioneering @font-face delivery service. I work across the LAMP(Perl) stack on the customer-facing web application with designers from Clearleft and engineers from OmniTI.
Dates
May 2010 - Present
Senior Clientside Engineer
@Clearleft Ltd
I'm currently based in Brighton working for Clearleft, a website user-experience consultancy. I write code and consult for clients like the BBC, Channel 4, and NBC, working out how to turn the beautiful user experiences the team creates into accessible, maintainable, high-performance websites.
Dates
January 2010 - Present
Lead Software Development Engi
@Microsoft
I was the Development Lead for the Multimap.com and Bing Maps websites in the UK, managing a team of engineers in the development of Microsoft's high traffic consumer mapping sites. Combined we worked on code that was used by over 30 million users a month.

I did some work on the JavaScript mapping API at Microsoft as well, but explicitly take no credit for its 'quality'.
Dates
November 2007 - January 2010
Web Development Lead
@Multimap.com
As Web Development Lead at Multimap I managed a team of engineers delivering highly complex and interactive standards-based web interfaces for many Multimap and Microsoft clients. The team was responsible for the front-end components of Multimap's core products, including the JavaScript API, and the high traffic Multimap.com website (10 million users).

Over two years I grew the front-end team at Multimap from a one man team of myself to 12 engineers in offices across London, Istanbul and Sydney with the ability to deliver large complex web applications
Dates
April 2005 - November 2007
Trumpet Player
@Freelance
Freelance trumpet player. Mostly London based. Working with London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Guildford Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie der Nationen, Tenerife Orchestra. Sessions for BBC Radio & Televsion, ITV, Channel 4, Film 4, Polygram Film, Naxos, Sony, Collins, and RTP Radio & Television. Live TV broadcasts include the BBC Proms at the Albert Hall, and concerts at the Berliner Philharmoniker, and Konzerthaus in Vienna.
Dates
September 1998 - April 2005
Education
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Dates
1998 - 2002