For AsiaWorks, I helped to develop a media workflow and archive management system that allows AsiaWorks to safely store, find and re-use content spanning 15 years of AsiaWorks' history.

At Internews I assisted with the digital management of the Burma Oral Histories Collection - a series of 120 oral history interviews totaling in just over 250 hours of high-definition video. I am currently helping to produce a research report on the topic of digital archive management, with a particular focus on providing guidance for media organizations with limited resources and support.

Position: Consultant Developer

Details: At Autodesk I was employed as a full-time consultant developer working within the UK consulting services division. The project at Autodesk involved the development of middle-tier web services and data access components used in an enterprise platform for a key Autodesk client.

Position: Consultant Developer

Details: At Datapharm work included the development of a domain model and resource mapping application toolkit (API) that is being used across the organization, as well as work on ‘Medicine Guides’ (a web site for medicine information in the UK). A major achievement at Datapharm was the development of the company’s core document submission and workflow management application.

Position: Systems Architect and Technical Director

Details: A start-up company, OnAsia Images is a specialist Asian-based stock photography agency that has built a collection of over 100,000 images for sales into the global news and editorial publishing channels – including well known publications such as Time Magazine, The Sunday Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and others.

At OnAsia I designed the company’s core image production and e-commerce solutions – including an innovative approach to full-text search and image retrieval. Image management applications also included a subject classification system that allowed teams of keyworders to accurately keyword and classify images stored in the system. Despite initially limited resources, the systems developed at OnAsia were key to the company’s successful fund-raising activities – which in turn led to the company being acquired by investors in 2005.

Positions: Book Group IT Head of Development and Infrastructure: Jan 1997 to Apr 1999
                Systems Analyst: Jan 1994 to Dec 1996

Details: With an annual budget of 2 million pounds, the Book Group IT department at Macmillan was composed of three teams responsible for system infrastructure, development and Web development respectively. Projects at Macmillan included the development of several client/server publishing, sales, and marketing database applications across the group. Previously developed web sites were brought in-house for redesign and redevelopment. Web sites developed included all of the public divisional sites - several with full catalogue and online secure book ordering facilities.

Position : PC, Mac and Network Support Analyst

Details : As a Support Analyst, I was responsible for the installation, maintenance and support for all editorial systems, equipment, software and networks.

Position: PC-Support Officer

Details: As PC Support Officer, I produced documentation for bespoke software, installed communications software and modems for MIS links, created installation scripts as well as provided general PC support.

Position: Manufacturing Technician

Details: This was a one-year temporary work term that IBM routinely offers to manufacturing-level employees. Duties included electronic card assembly and product testing .