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1999 – 2001

Oceanius.net

Cyber Security Engineer

Remote engineering for a US ISP and Hosting company. Nothing like the Matrix, but definitely exciting.

• Vulnerability Analysis & Solution Implementation
• Unix / Linux Server Update and Version Maintenance
• SSH, FTP, and Mail Demon Intrusion Prevention
• User Role Management
• Log Analysis and Management

1999 – 2003

The Music Project

Electrical Engineer & Manager

I built a few guitar amps and ended up working in instrument repair and ultimately became the shop manager.

• Electrical Engineering
• Sound Engineer
• Instrument Repair
• Customer Sales & Stock Acquisition
• Store Manager

2000 – 2003

Phoenix Chat

COO & Systems Administrator

I managed a network of IRC systems for a UK based communications company. Leading a small team we handled dozens of client servers at once.

• Project Development and Planning.
• Anope Services, Network Administration and UnrealIRCd Maintenance.
• Growth Strategy Implementation.
• IT systems management.

2003 – 2007

JITNet Solutions

CTO & Full Stack Developer

JITNet was an ISP and Hosting company. We provided services to the North West of England and I was directing both projects and teams to increase systems productivity and client acquiisition.

• IT & Network Admin and Operations
• Company and Client Web Design & Development
• Business & Project Development
• PLESK & cPanel Hosting Server Admin
• Unix & Linux Server Maintenance

2007 – 2009

Lionbridge Technologies Ltd.

Senior Web Analyst

I led a team that was responsible for analysing the UI/UX of websites in relation to their search query to determine the effectiveness of SEO and content matches.

• Front-End Website UX/UI Analysis
• Search Query Auditing
• Website Quality Assessment
• Search Engine Optimisation
• Project Management of 150 Employees & Teams

2009 – 2011

Land Of The Zed – Game

CTO & Head of Web Development

Have you seen World War Z? Before that movie, my team and I worked with Max Brooks to develop a browser based RPG using the first iPhones.

• GPS, Mobile & Browser Game Development
• Google Maps API Development and Implementation
• Team and Project Management
• LAMP Stack Maintenance
• SEO & PPC

2011 – 2013

Utopia Pets – Game

Head of Web Development & Marketing

Another RPG project, based on character customisation and all done within the browser.

• Laravel and Codeigniter PHP Framework Development
• MySQL and Redis Database Management
• ImageMagick and Javascript Intergration
• Javascript and CSS3 Game Development
• Content and Marketing Strategy

2012 – 2015

Fedora Linux

Brand Ambassador

After working on the Fedora Linux website, I joined their ambassador team to help promote the operation system across the UK.

• Website Design & Development
• Promote and Market the Fedora Linux message, brand, and products
• Liaise between Fedora Projects and Communities
• Organise and Participate in Fedora Linux Events
• Demonstrate and Illustrate Fedora Linux Software

2017 – 2019

Walker Workshops

Content Director & Photography Tutor

With photography taking off, I developed several courses that taught camera skills, photo editing, and commercial client relationships for photographers. It saw great success and I’ll absolutely do this again.

• 1-2-1 and group photography tutoring.
• Course content creation.
• SEO & PPC marketing strategy.
• Business management.

2018 – 2019

ReAgent Chemicals

SEO Manager

I worked with the CEO, content creators, and web team to create marketing campaigns, backlinks, and improve SEO for over 25 websites within the company.

• SEMRush management
• Technical SEO & On-Page analysis and issue resolution
• Marketing Strategy and Keyword Research
• Link Building & Backlink Auditing
• Competition Analysis

2019 – 2021

Patch Media

Head of Web Development

I joined Patch as a Client Marketing Director and quickly progressed to create our own web dev department.

• Manage web development and technical SEO team members.
• Liaise with clients on feature requests, bug fixes, and project management.
• Create and action strategies for Technical SEO.
• Maintain dev ops, local staging servers, and hosting environments.
• Project & team management through Agile & Scrum strategies.
• Typical marketing direction for client websites.

Some of the websites and brands I worked with during my time at Patch include: bmahouse.org.uk, benriachdistillery.com, 4hp.org.uk, 10-11cht.com, vitamojo.co.uk, nohovenues.com, c-h-w.com, thehygienebank.com, hac.org.uk, goaskeve.com, w12conferences.com, Merlin Entertainments, Brown-Forman.

2021 – 2022

StatsDrone Inc.

Head of Marketing

• Perform SEO auditing, analysis, and reporting.
• Conversion rate optimisation analysis.
• Create and implement marketing and content campaigns and strategies.
• Identify new digital business strategies and opportunities.
• Identify opportunities for increasing the client base.
• Analyse and report on key marketing metrics in order to generate market research, campaign results, and forecasts.
• Generate actionable insights for marketing and development teams to improve all digital properties.

2022 – 2023

TrustSwap

Director of Search Marketing

• Oversee all aspects of search engine optimization (SEO) and paid search campaigns (PPC).
• Monitor trends and changes in the SEO and PPC landscape and make recommendations for changes/improvements to our campaigns.
• Work with our web development team to ensure our websites are optimized for search engine ranking.
• Develop marketing strategies to increase brand awareness.
• Conduct market research to identify opportunities and trends.
• Analyse data to inform marketing decisions.
• Negotiate contracts with partners, suppliers, and contractors.
• Design and execute A/B tests to optimize marketing campaigns and track campaign performance.
• Drive website conversions by implementing effective CRO strategies.
• Content Strategies for copywriters and editor teams.
• Competitor analysis and research.
• User flow and behavioural analysis through heatmaps user mapping tools.
• Establish effective customer acquisition strategies.
• Social Media paid advertising campaign strategies and management.