Jamie Thompson BSc British 22 1982 07 15 7 High Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1EA England +44 2089 502701 cv jamie-thompson.co.uk To expand & develop my development skills to their utmost extents, aiming to become a leading interactive entertainment industry figure. The University of Lincoln 2001 09 09 2004 09 08 Hull East Yorkshire Bushey Meads GMS 1993 09 2000 05 Bushey Hertfordshire 10 years hobby programming in general, 6 years hobby and 3 years university experience with C++ Experience with DirectX / OpenGL Experience with multiple development environments including: Microsoft Visual Studio v5.0 to .NET 2003 UNIX-based development with gcc Team development experience using version control software such as CVS and Subversion. Experience with web technologies such as HTTP, XML, XHTML, CSS, XSLT, PHP, JavaScript, Flash and others. Experience working with 3D content authoring (3D Studio MAX). Server administration experience with numerous services including but not limited to: OpenLDAP, Postfix, DHCP, DNS, SSH, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Linux, IP. Highly skilled with many common Office applications (e.g. MS Office) Degree 1st Class Honours 95 89 80 75 73 70 70 70 GNVQ Distinction GCSE A AA A B B B D C 2006 06 12 SCEE Cambridge Cambridgeshire Working within the tools group, it is my responsibility to both assist my co-workers with the software needed to perform their jobs as well as developing software as required. To fulfil these responsibilities I use my abilities to adapt to and use many differing technologies as required. 2005 10 28 Google Inc. Mountain View CA USA My role consists of ranking and evaluating web pages in the context of given queries, and ranking them according to criteria set forth by Google. In order to perform the role I use my excellent researching skills along with the ability to analyse unfamiliar topics quickly and accurately. 2005 09 26 2006 06 09 CEX Ltd. Watford Hertfordshire I was responsible for processing returned stock and repairing or dispatching to external repair facilities said stock. These items cover CEX’s range of goods, including but not limited to games consoles, mobile phones, PC components and other electronic goods such as laptops and digital cameras, etc. I also assist with the movement of the normal flow of stock through the warehouse. 2004 09 05 Self employed Bushey Hertfordshire I have provided technical support and PC repair services to residential clients; this includes developing a couple of websites. The income from these services is very modest and not sustainable in the long term, but has allowed me to continue working on a number of avenues of further personal research topics (i.e. XML/XSL, SQL, PHP, LDAP, Linux, C++ game engine development, etc). 2000 10 18 2001 07 31 Clientlogic Watford Hertfordshire My role as a Sony customer care agent involved providing excellent customer care services over the telephone on a variety of issues that related to Sony's products. Whilst in this role I became responsible for the development and maintenance of the pan European (and Multilanguage) playstation.com internal help system (the `knowledge base'), which I rebuilt from its original form using HTML and CSS. I also became responsible for handling feedback from the users of the system as well as training them on its usage. 1996 03 2000 01 Balfour News Bushey Hertfordshire Each and every morning before 7am, whatever the conditions, I reliably delivered approximately 70 newspapers to Balfours’ customers over an area spanning two entire routes. Cross-platform programming (with particular interest in C++) General computing issues Gaming Drawing and some 3D Modelling Current affairs (particually in the area of intellectual property) Japanese culture Mark Doughty MSc Senior Lecturer of Games Computing University of Lincoln Department of Computing and Informatics Faculty of Applied Computing Sciences Brayford Pool Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7TS England +44 1522 886832 mdoughty lincoln.ac.uk Luke Layal Clientlogic Orient Centre Greycaine Road Watford Hertfordshire WD24 7GB England +44 1923 653000 lukelay clientlogic.com Alan Pressland Bushey Meads School Coldharbour Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4PA England +44 2089 503000 presslanda973 thegrid.org.uk