Curriculum Vitae

Derek O'Brien

Skill Set

Design
Photoshop
Illustrator
Flash
Flash Catalyst
Fireworks
Development
HTML / XHTML / XML (inc HTML5)
CSS (inc CSS3)
Javascript (inc jQuery)
DOM Core
Expression Engine (CMS)
PHP (inc ZF)
Coldfusion
MySQL
Actionscript 3 OOP (inc ZendAMF)
MXML
Flex
AIR (inc AndroidAir)
SVN
Augmented Reality (with FLART)
Papervision3D
Away3D

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Employment

Lecturer in Interactive Media and Server Technologies
September 2006 - present
New College Nottingham
Subject Specialist Lecturer in Interactive and Server-side Media on a range of courses in Further Education and Higher Education.
Lead Developer
September 2005 - January 2006
January 2008 - January 2010
Twelve Ten
Responsible for developing projects from provided designs using a mixture of technologies inc. xhtml/CSS/PHP/Coldfusion/MySQL/Flash as well as Linux/Win Server Maintenance.
Technical Consultant
August 2001 - A;gust 2003
National Federation of Anglers
Web development and maintenance, creating media solutions and advising on application of new media.
Freelancer
January 1996 - present
Occasional freelance work for both private and contract clients.

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Education

Post Compulsory Certificate in Education
09/2006 - 05/2008
Foundation Degree in Arts - Multimedia
Grade: Distinction
09/2004 - 06/2006

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References

Richard Irwin
Program Area Manager/Lecturer
New College Nottingham
+44 (0) 115 910 4555
[email protected]
Ian Tatham
Proprietor/Designer/DJ
It's Well Plastic Design Consultancy
+44 (0) 115 981 61 30
[email protected]

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If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking on creation thus, I should have recommended something simpler.
Attributed to Alfonso the Wise
(13th Centry Castilian King)

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Copyright Derek O'Brien 1996 - 2010
All rights reserved.