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University of Manchester
Teaching Assistant: October 2007 - June 2008
- Responsible for dealing with student queries in laboratories and marking work.
- Delivered PHP training to other teaching assistants.
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IPEC
Software Developer: July 2005 - September 2005
- Developed customised Linux distribution for monitoring of electrical substations.
- Maintained and improved web-based data analysis software using a combination of PHP and Perl, with PostgreSQL for data storage.
- Day to day maintenance of servers, including Apache (web) and BIND (DNS).
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University of Manchester
Vacation Student: June 2006 - August 2006
- Joined project funded by the EPSRC for two months to assist with software development.
- Extended Java software to process custom deployment language for combining XML workflows.
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Manchester Environmental Resource Centre Initiative Ltd
Director, December 2008 - December 2010
- Elected as a director & trustee of a local sustainable development charity which runs a number of projects in Manchester.
- Focused on improving the finances of the organisation, including working closely with the finance officer and executive director to identify funding and reserve requirements, and potential reductions in expenditure.
- Chaired board meetings in rotation with other trustees.
Director and Company Secretary, Manchester Friends of the Earth Limited, July 2008 – May 2009. Committee Member, Association for History and Computing UK, October 2007 – ? Council member, UK Unix Users Group (UKUUG), September 2007 – ?. Joint Coordinator, Manchester Friends of the Earth, December 2006 – April 2009. Chairman, University of Manchester Computer Society, September 2004 – September 2005. System Administrator, University of Manchester Computer Society, June 2004 – September 2005.