Curriculum Vitae
Name
Mike Byrne
d.o.b.
9/3/82
Contact
mike at thirteentwelve.com
Employment History
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August 2007-present
Fudge Studios
Position Held
Front end developer working within Ruby on Rails applications focusing on HTML realisation, javascripting (with jQuery, Moo Tools and Prototype/Scriptaculous), SEO implications, accessibility and input on web site design/structure.
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November 2003-present
Freespirit
Position Held
Sales/new store openings/festival shop assistant/supervisor
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July 2004-August 2007
We love the web ltd.
Position Held
Right hand man - graphics optimization, site design, animation, HTML realisation, client handling, studio manager, SEO and SEO training.
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July 2003
The Boot Room
Position Held
Designer and animator
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July 2002 - August 2003
Video Arts
Position Held
Multimedia developer
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July 2000 - August 2001
GEMISIS
Position Held
Internet media developer
Education
September 2001 - June 2004
BA (Hons) Design Studies University of Salford, Gtr Manchester
September 1993 - June 2000
Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar School & Sixth Form College
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Design Studies
NEBS Business Management
B - A level - Physics
B - A level - Technology
C - A level - Maths
C - A level - General Studies
D - AS level - Electronics
GCSE - 9 A-C, 2 A* including Maths, English and Science
Computing skills
PC & Apple Mac (os9 & 10) fluent. Competent at: Abobe/Macromedia Flash (animation and middleweight actionscripting), Dreamweaver, Fireworks & Photoshop, MS Office, hand coding xHTML/CSS, Javascript/Jquery (though happy to play with prototype.js/moo tools etc.), appreciation of XML (lots of experience with DocbookXML), SEO best practice and methodology
Other Info
Comfortably sit managing jobs and staff, dealing with customers and making sure things run smoothly all round. Enjoy problem solving and will take the initiative to find technical, design or those random client problems that pop up. Can be a "right hand man".
When it comes to xHTML/CSS I get really into the semantics of things, I like my code to be graceful, degrade nicely and hit those accessibilty checks. Theres more about this on my work page.
Interests
Music, Transformers, body modification, technology, eating out, cinema & modified cars
References
Personal
Guy Hilton
gorgeous at robocoppelia.com
Professional
Frank Fenten
frank at welovetheweb.com