Kevo Thomson
Central London, UK

07775712825 (mobile)
 

Professional Experience

Flex UI Developer
British Broadcasting Corporation, London
February 2010 - March 2011
 
Worked on the DMI (Digital Media Initiative) project as part of a six-person Flex development team. We built collaborative media production tools with a Java backend and a Flex frontend interface.
Flash Video Developer
BSkyB, London
September 2009 - January 2010
 
Worked with the Online Business Unit (OBU) team to provide enhancements to the ubiquitous video player used by different areas of the Sky.com website (Home page, Sport, News, Entertainment, etc.)
Front End Developer
Channel 4 Television, London
May 2009 - July 2009
 
Returned to Channel 4 to work on the 4oD page. Added a calendar based widget and enhanced the rotating video 'carousel'.
Front End Developer
Channel 4 Television, London
February 2008 - December 2008
 
Worked for Channel 4 Television on the TV-Listings/EPG portion their new website (due to be launched at the end of December 2008); also worked on various projects including enhancements to their Flash-based video delivery mechanisms.
Head of Creative Technology
Web Technology Group, London
April 2001 - December 2007
 
Operate as a liaison between the Creative team and the Development team. Also helping out with day to day Interface Development tasks.
Senior Creative Technologist
FT.com, London
November 1999 - April 2001
 
Worked as a member of the Creative / Design team helping them employ technology to Flash-based games and quizzes.
Senior Interface Developer
Axcess Media, London
March 1999 - November 1999
 
Created interfaces for our primary client (One 2 One - now T-Mobile) using bleeding-edge technologies (Flash-based phone simulators, artificial intelligence 'bot' with contextually sensitive information).
Head of Client Side Development
Saltmine Creative, LLC, London
March 1998 - November 1998
 
Starting up a London 'presence' for the Seattle-based Saltmine company. Was doing equal amount of visual web design as well as coding the interface and using light dynamic scripting (ASP).
Head of Media
Saltmine Creative, Ltd, Seattle, WA USA
August 1995 - March 1998
 
Was one of the first employees of this Internet start-up. Held many positions from Designer to Media Builder (Interface Developer) and all things in between. Towards the end of my tenure, I was managing a team of 15-20 Designers and Media Builders.
AS/400 SysAdmin ; RPG/400 Programmer
General Record Service, Seattle, WA USA
May 1983 - August 1995
 
I worked for this family-owned company for twelve years. The last two years changed my focus to IT when we introduced a computerised inventory and ordering system.

Education & Affiliations

Certified RPG/400 Programmer
Bates Technical College