Ben Godfrey

London, UK

Email: ben@ben2.com

URL: http://ben2.com/

Technical Skills

Programming languages

Very advanced HTML, CSS and Javascript developer.
Advanced Python programmer, web and client-server applications.
Sun-certified Java programmer.
Skilled with PHP, Perl, XML, XSLT, Xpath, shell script and C++.

Software

Linux/Unix (Debian, Red Hat FC/EL, Ubuntu), Mac OS X, Windows, MS Office.
Ant, Apache, Django, Tomcat, Vim, GNU toolchain, wide range of Unix tools.
Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks.
All too familiar with developing for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera.

Other

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Usability and accessibility expert — placing the customer at the centre of the development process.
Information architect — organising sites intuitively, testing architectures and providing tools.
All-rounder — ran a startup and worked as an engineer, marketer, finance admin, project manager and more.

Employment History

Director, moblog:tech
April 2006-Present

Lead Programmer for commercial product development, providing user-generated content community software for brands and other organisations. Developed web applications in Python on top of Django.

Director, Cohack
August 2004-March 2006

Founded Cohack with two partners. Cohack develops and markets services for online marketers making use of PPC advertising systems such as Google AdWords and tools for website owners and managers.
Developed AdKnowledge reporting platform in Python, integration with Google AdWords via SOAP.

Programmer, Freelance
February 2002-Present

Used InfoCMS to create an online booking system and a multiple-choice personality test for BusinessLink Norfolk Leadership Edge project. A Flash interface for the booking system integrated with InfoCMS using XML to provide a rich animated experience.
Designed and built Personal Property Services and Salesculture Microsite using InfoCMS.
Redesigned and restructured the University of East Anglia Research and Business Services Division site using Perl to mine information from the previous version.
Interface design for Transport for London's Surface Transport Finance Group.
Developed wwWebflow 2 asset management application around Canto Cumulus using Java/JSP for Silicon Systems.
Constructed site and extranet for Mike Harrington Photography in PHP.
Designed and built interface and architecture for community application Arena4. Ran usability testing sessions and produced appropriate design responses.
Others.

Programmer, Studio Soup, Norwich
January 2001-February 2002

Studio Soup is the East of England's leading new media agency, producing high quality websites and multimedia for large corporate and multinational clients.

Solely responsible for developing web applications using PHP, ASP and Perl.
Constructed a content management system for theforumnorfolk.com.
Customisation of Oracle Portal and Lotus Quickplace.
Developed PHP, ASP, Perl, HTML, CSS, Javascript and Flash for many sites, including www.fujifilm.co.uk and www.startriteshoes.com.

Programmer, Freelance
July 2000-January 2001

o Development of several websites including a flight search system in Perl for Destinations Fare Wizard.

Programmer, Aalto Designs, Norwich
June 1999-March 2000

Developed a number of websites including Trox UK.

Professional Qualifications

Sun Certified Programmer for Java
November 2003

The SCJP qualification demonstrates my high level of competency with all aspects of the Java programming language and the J2SE API.

Education

University of East Anglia
September 1997-June 2000

BSc in Computer Science.
Object-oriented programming, Unix systems, formal software design, networks, operating systems, artificial intelligence and interactive 2D and 3D graphics techniques.
Final project — designed an SVG-based markup language better suited than HTML to the predominant style of web development and a Java-based system for creating conforming documents.

Bilborough College, Nottingham
September 1995-June 1997

A-levels Maths, Computing and History, AS-level Photography.

Friesland School, Nottingham
September 1990-July 1995

Nine GCSEs in various subjects.

Interests

My own personal site, aftnn.org, and community site hypothetical.co.uk.
Visual design, interactive and static.
Music enthusiast — experienced DJ and amateur producer.

Referees

Steve Godwin, k2m Ltd

9-11a Dove Street,
Norwich,
NR2 1DT

Telephone: 01603 760161
Email: sg@k2m.co.uk

Shaun Freeman, Studio Soup Ltd

66 Bracondale,
Norwich,
NR1 2BE

Telephone: 01603 447150
Email: shaun@studiosoup.co.uk

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Ben Godfrey

Technical Skills

Programming languages

Software

Other

Employment History

Director, moblog:tech April 2006-Present

Director, Cohack August 2004-March 2006

Programmer, Freelance February 2002-Present

Programmer, Studio Soup, Norwich January 2001-February 2002

Programmer, Freelance July 2000-January 2001

Programmer, Aalto Designs, Norwich June 1999-March 2000