CURRICULUM VITAE Full name: Sally Catherine Gurney Date of Birth: 15th May, 1976 Nationality: British Mobile: 07715 120 237 Email: sally@tupia.net Website: http://sally.tupia.net/ Languages: French, German, some Spanish. Driving license: Full, clean. EDUCATION 2003 (ongoing) Open University (Part-time Distance Learning) Studying towards Postgraduate Diploma in Computing for Commerce and Industry: Object Oriented Software Development, Project Management, Relational Database Systems, Advanced Database Technology 1994 - 1997 Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, CB3 0DG BA Hons: 1994-96 Veterinary Medicine Part I (2nd MB) 1996-97 Computer Science Part II (General) 1992 - 1994 Eltham College, Grove Park Road, Mottingham, SE9 4QF 1994 A-level: 3 Grade A's: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics (Pure/Mechanics) (Before A*'s) 1987 - 1992 Holy Trinity College, 81 Plaistow Lane, Bromley 1991-2 GCSE: 10 Grade A's (Before A*'s) KEY SKILLS Specific Skills Commercial Experience ----------------------------------------------|---------------------- HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, DOM 8 years - Specification, design, accessibility, (+ 2 years personal) ecommerce, hand-coding etc Graphics 8 years - for web, wap, DiTV, print, and on their own PHP, MySQL, Perl, XML, Bash scripting 6 years Apache, Sendmail 5 years Interactive Digital Television (digital cable) 2.5 years - Liberate, MSTV, Fresco, PowerTV - Platform-specific html, graphics, JavaScript WML, WAP, WURFL 1.5 years Sybase, Postgres 1 year Java, JSP, XSLT 6 months - training courses, self-teaching, prototyping Visual Basic 6 months Macromedia Flash & ActionScript 3 months - Viral game development, interactive ads VB Script, Oracle SQL, Acorn BASIC Small projects, as needed ASP, MS SQL Server 7 1 month freelance Paint Shop Pro & Animation Shop, PhotoShop 6 years Macromedia Homesite, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, 3 months – 1 year Adobe Acrobat, GoLive, LiveMotion, Illustrator, (Not my primary tools) MS Visual Studio Documentation 2 years - technical, manuals, training documents Project Management, Team Leadership 6 months – 1 year - as secondary roles Technical Support 6 months - telephone support, hardware & network installation & maintenance, Novel 3.12 setup & administration Linux server configuration and administration 1 year Portfolio: http://sally.tupia.net/portfolio.html - This contains all URLs (or mirrored sites where they have changed) and more detail regarding my commercial and personal web design work to date. Sept 06 - current High-level design and planning for a collaborative web game using PHP/MySQL Aug 03 - Jan 06 Code contributions to an open source project using PHP/MySQL Oct 97 - May 98 Student Computer Officer at Fitzwilliam College - Set up of SCO scheme, maintenance of PC and Macintosh network, user assistance, installation of physical network. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY October 2006 - current BBC – Client Side Developer – Short-term Contract XHTML and Javascript/AJAX development for iPlayer. Accessibility enhancement of existing sites. September 2005 - October 2006 Pitch – WAP Developer Full development lifecycle responsibility for WAP-based ringtone club backend system in PHP with Sybase & Postgres, including localisation and new territory launches. August 2004 - September 2005 ntl:Home – Technical Delivery Engineer / Senior Developer (DiTV) Aug-May, July-Sep: Primary technical contact for external interactive TV developers, providing guidance and assistance with Liberate Javascript and whole broadcast system quirks. Development of internal ETV applications. May-July: Main project team for new interactive services portal - technical design, planning and prototyping using JSP, XML and Javascript. January 2003 - August 2004 One.Tel, London – Web Developer Software release tracking and information system and admin suite, database- driven website framework management system, secure cross-domain e-commerce solution, dynamic web content, content management scripts (all PHP & PEAR with MySQL). Complete website redesign and ongoing development, balancing cross-browser compatibility, XHTML / CSS validation and accessibility issues with the requirements of upper level management and marketing (HTML, JavaScript, CSS). Flash viral game research, design and development (‘Perfect World’ ranked 3rd in New Media Age, received a Special Commendation for ‘Integrated Communications’ and part of the winning campaign for ‘Proposition and Innovation’ at the 2003 Centrica Marketing Brix Awards). Personal nomination in The One.Tel Awards for ‘Passion for Customers’. May 2002 - August 2002 Celador International Ltd - PHP Developer - Short-term Contract Development on the PHP/MySQL back-end of existing “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” online games. Development of a live multi-player online version, including lobbies, multiple games, time-critical actions, encryption-protected client-server messages, live chat, leader board (client-server with Flash / XML). Creation of a team-based “training game” for Mont Blanc based on the existing Millionaire game formats, including comprehensive statistical and administrative suites. February 2002 - May 2002 MSA Interactive and GBTyrell Enterprises - Various Freelance Projects Fixing of and extra development on a badly behind and very buggy multi-user “team climate” survey system written in ASP and MS SQL Server 7, in an extremely tight time-span, to the client’s complete satisfaction. Subsequent re-design and complete re-development of the system with extensive enhancements using PHP and MySQL. Sole developer on these projects. July 2000 - January 2002 nGame Ltd, Cambridge - Web Designer, Art Team Leader, Web Team Leader Responsible for design, creation, ongoing development and redesigns of corporate and all game websites (PHP, Bash scripts, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, cross-browser and -platform compatibility). HTML game interface design for web and DiTV (Liberate, Fresco, MSTV, Power TV), TV graphics research, JavaScript R&D for DiTV platforms and web. Localisation and multi-lingual interfaces. Project co-ordination between designers, developers and artists. Extensive use of PHP and WML/WAP, some basic Flash (graphic conversion, animation, scripts). Team Leader from August 2000, including scheduling, organisation, training of team and freelancers, interfacing with management and other teams. Art/Web teams made redundant when corporate focus changed. March 1998 - July 2000 CeNeS Pharmaceuticals plc, Cambridge - Webmaster / Software Developer Website/intranet creation, development, and complete redesign. Website redesign project co-ordinator. Content co-ordination with national departments. Visitor tracking system. E-commerce site development. Search engine optimisation. Web stats for business viability assessment. Forum software design & development (perl). Custom dynamic “Outlook Today”. Research, specification, design, prototyping of corporate knowledgebase. Small application development, user support, training, documentation, manual creation (Acorn BASIC, Real Time Control system). August 1997 - November 1997 Bircham & Co, London - IT Assistant Network administration; backup strategy and remote access design & implementation; extensive user training; technical support; worksheets & documentation. September 1996 Hill & Knowlton, London - Helpdesk Operator - One month contract 1st-3rd line local/national technical support. Novell 3.12 server and physical network maintenance.