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EMPLOYMENT
2012 - Present
Game Development.
Designing and developing a mobile game based on a new, unique IP. I have been filling all roles - Game Design, Coding and all Audio / Sound Design. Artwork is outsourced. Along side this I have been performing composition and sound design duties for Asobitech, both for their "1UP" series and several game jams, the latest being The "EGX Rezzed" Game Jam where we came third and the King Game Jam, where we won the public vote.
2010 – 2012
Technology Start-Up.
Managing a business start up through the business planning stage and patent application; coding a fully functioning prototype; securing a capital sum from a consortium of investors to commercialise an innovative product in the field of computer / data security. The project was eventually drawn to a conclusion when the patent application was rejected.
1996 – 2010
House of Commons, Westminster.
Executive Secretary, Office Manager and Parliamentary Assistant to the Member of Parliament for Swansea West.
Responsibilities included: Managing the office budget; Liaising with Ministers and the Prime Minister’s Office, Government Departments and Government Committees; first point of contact for the media/press; oversight of the constituency office and its two employees; Managing the MPs diary; Prioritisation of post; handling telephone enquiries from constituents; dealing with all constituency casework / problem solving; vetting Early Day Motions; I assisted in seeing the passing into Law the Private Member’s Bill ‘The Emergency Services (Protection) Act’; Full range of administrative, secretarial and office support.
1992 – 2007
Music Production, Remixing & Sound Design.
Acknowledgements include: Album released through EMI which went Top20 in Japan, with a Top10 single; co-writing, co-production, programming and engineering of the theme music and incidental music for the BBC television series “From The Edge”; Sound Design and Programming for the Slava ‘Ave Maria II’ album, produced by Chris Cameron for JVC Records; Remixing tracks for various artists including Banco De Gaia, Temple of Sound and Lunar Drive; I have also assisted in numerous ‘studio builds’.
EDUCATION
BEng (Hons) Computer Systems Engineering, Cardiff University.
During my degree I was recommended by the Course Director to fulfill a commission to devise an interactive program for the South Wales Electricity Company's Customer Road Show.
Finalist, British Computer Society & British Aerospace, Computer Programmer of the Year competition. (Cardiff University Team)
Prior attainment: 3 A-Levels, 1 CEE, 9 O-Levels A-C
OTHER SKILLS
Guitar (23 years)
Logic; ProTools; Soundforge; Cubase; Samplers; Synths; Plug-Ins and Outboard.
Some Wwise, Fmod & 3DS.
Intermediate MS Office Suite.
C; Pascal; BASIC; basic C++, 680x0 & html skills.
I pick up languages quickly and currently offer basic French and some German.
Full driving and motorcycle licenses
HOBBIES/ INTERESTS
Playing Guitar / Music - Gaming - Karate - Snowboarding - Surfing - Skateboarding - Science Fiction - Travel
REFEREES
Available on request
EMPLOYMENT
2012 - Present
Game Development.
Designing and developing a mobile game based on a new, unique IP. I have been filling all roles - Game Design, Coding and all Audio / Sound Design. Artwork is outsourced. Along side this I have been performing composition and sound design duties for Asobitech, both for their "1UP" series and several game jams, the latest being The "EGX Rezzed" Game Jam where we came third and the King Game Jam, where we won the public vote.
2010 – 2012
Technology Start-Up.
Managing a business start up through the business planning stage and patent application; coding a fully functioning prototype; securing a capital sum from a consortium of investors to commercialise an innovative product in the field of computer / data security. The project was eventually drawn to a conclusion when the patent application was rejected.
1996 – 2010
House of Commons, Westminster.
Executive Secretary, Office Manager and Parliamentary Assistant to the Member of Parliament for Swansea West.
Responsibilities included: Managing the office budget; Liaising with Ministers and the Prime Minister’s Office, Government Departments and Government Committees; first point of contact for the media/press; oversight of the constituency office and its two employees; Managing the MPs diary; Prioritisation of post; handling telephone enquiries from constituents; dealing with all constituency casework / problem solving; vetting Early Day Motions; I assisted in seeing the passing into Law the Private Member’s Bill ‘The Emergency Services (Protection) Act’; Full range of administrative, secretarial and office support.
1992 – 2007
Music Production, Remixing & Sound Design.
Acknowledgements include: Album released through EMI which went Top20 in Japan, with a Top10 single; co-writing, co-production, programming and engineering of the theme music and incidental music for the BBC television series “From The Edge”; Sound Design and Programming for the Slava ‘Ave Maria II’ album, produced by Chris Cameron for JVC Records; Remixing tracks for various artists including Banco De Gaia, Temple of Sound and Lunar Drive; I have also assisted in numerous ‘studio builds’.
EDUCATION
BEng (Hons) Computer Systems Engineering, Cardiff University.
During my degree I was recommended by the Course Director to fulfill a commission to devise an interactive program for the South Wales Electricity Company's Customer Road Show.
Finalist, British Computer Society & British Aerospace, Computer Programmer of the Year competition. (Cardiff University Team)
Prior attainment: 3 A-Levels, 1 CEE, 9 O-Levels A-C
OTHER SKILLS
Guitar (23 years)
Logic; ProTools; Soundforge; Cubase; Samplers; Synths; Plug-Ins and Outboard.
Some Wwise, Fmod & 3DS.
Intermediate MS Office Suite.
C; Pascal; BASIC; basic C++, 680x0 & html skills.
I pick up languages quickly and currently offer basic French and some German.
Full driving and motorcycle licenses
HOBBIES/ INTERESTS
Playing Guitar / Music - Gaming - Karate - Snowboarding - Surfing - Skateboarding - Science Fiction - Travel
REFEREES
Available on request