About me

I am naturally passionate in art, design and technology with particular interest in trends and the best practices for the web. My key influences stems from British design to Japanese popular culture, in particular manga and anime. I enjoy maintaining general fitness and competitive sports, notably running and Dragon Boat racing. I am the co-founder and captain for our Dragon Boat Racing Team, S.W.A.T., where we have championed and raised funds in competitive tournaments and charitable events. Like everyone else, I do enjoy music & film of all kinds and travelling around the world to broaden my cultural palette. I am an automotive enthusiast, and occasionally indulge in my favourite past time from childhood, reading comic book graphic novels as well as attending social and networking events. Studying Japanese, photography and learning to play the guitar are my latest recreational activities.

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Education

  • 1991-1994, Central Saint Martins, London University of Art and Design
    Degree, BA (Hons) Graphic Design
  • 1990-1991, Hounslow Borough College
    Foundation, Art and Design
  • 1998-1990, Cranford Community School
    A Levels - Art and Design, Graphics, Maths Statistics
  • 1983-1988, Cranford Community School
    O level - Art and Design
    GCSE - English (Language & Literature), Mathematics, Graphical Com., English, History, Core Science, Further Science Physics

Competencies and experiences

  • Solid information, interaction, conceptual and visual design skills.
  • Appreciation of design principles with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, proportion and composition.
  • Experience creating site architecture diagrams, wireframes, process flows.
  • Extensive experience in design and development of scaleable, cross-browser and cross-platform web-based user interfaces.
  • Develop creative concepts and detailed, visually appealing page designs that will translate into validating, standards compliant tableless documents.
  • Extensive experiences in HTML, CSS, Flash and web related technologies.
  • Extensive understanding of all things web from E-commerce to Intranets.
  • Comprehensive knowledge if web standards (W3C/WCAG/RNIB).
  • Familiarity with XML/JavaScript/Microformats/ASP.net.
  • Experience in conceptual multimedia/game design.
  • Commercial knowledge of conventional and digital production in print and new media.
  • Extensive experiences in commercial graphic and web applications.
  • Experienced user in industry standard vector & bitmap graphics packages.
  • Excellent leadership, interpersonal & strong communication skill.
  • Project management skills and the ability to multi-task across projects and products.
  • Ability to work creatively and strategically in a fast paced environment under tight deadlines.
  • Appreciation in trends and contemporary culture.
  • Proactive and self-motivated. Structured thinker and problem solver.

Software and Programming Knowledge

Graphics, DTP and
Reprographics

  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Quark Xpress
  • Corel Draw
  • ArtPro

Web Publishing and
Authoring

  • CSS
  • HTML, XHTML
  • Dreamweaver
  • Homesite
  • Adobe ImageReady
  • Fireworks
  • Flash

Office Management
 

  • Outlook
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Power Point
  • Adobe Acrobat