Jamie Thompson BSc British 29 1982 07 15 7 High Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1EA England cv jamie-thompson.co.uk Highly technical tools programmer seeking to leverage a multitude of skills to improve the quality of game software though the provision of effective tools and processes. The University of Lincoln 2001 09 09 2004 09 08 Hull East Yorkshire Bushey Meads GMS 1993 09 2000 05 Bushey Hertfordshire 4.5 years of commercial C# development, 7 years hobby & 3 years university C++ experience, 14 years hobby programming in general. In addition, knowledge of scripting languages such as PHP & Perl, and exposure to libraries such as STLPort & Qt. Experience with multiple development environments including: Microsoft Visual Studio v5.0 to 2008 UNIX-based development with gcc/glib/Qt Team development experience using version control software such as CVS, Subversion, Git & Perforce, and build management with CruiseControl.net Experience with web technologies such as HTTP, XML, XHTML, CSS, XSLT, XPath, JavaScript, Flash, ASP.net, jQuery, SSL and others. 4 years experience working with game localisation processes, as well as technical aspects such as character encodings. Experience with DirectX / OpenGL Experience working with 3D content authoring (3D Studio MAX). Server administration experience with numerous services including but not limited to: Linux, Windows Server 2003, IP, IIS, OpenLDAP, Postfix, DHCP, DNS, SSH, Apache, MySQL, VMware. Highly skilled with many common Office applications (e.g. MS Office) Degree 1st Class Honours 95 89 80 75 73 70 70 70 GNVQ Distinction GCSE A AA A B B B D C 2011 06 01 Vibe 107.6 FM Watford Hertfordshire A volunteer position in Watford's new community radio project. I helped to install the infrastructure (cabling, etc.) and set up the IT infrastructure for the organisation to meet the requirements set down by the board. I also assist with the maintenance of this infrastructure as required by the needs of the business in my spare time. 2009 07 28 2011 01 31 SCEE Cambridge Cambridgeshire Promoted within existing role. 2006 06 12 2009 07 28 SCEE Cambridge Cambridgeshire Working within the tools group, it is my responsibility to both assist my co-workers with the software needed to perform their jobs as well as developing software as required. To fulfil these responsibilities I use my abilities to adapt to and use many differing technologies as required. During this time I have mainly been working on projects to assist with the game localisation process, where I have had to fulfil a number of roles as the team was quite small. 2005 10 28 2006 10 28 Google Inc. Mountain View CA USA My role consists of ranking and evaluating web pages in the context of given queries, and ranking them according to criteria set forth by Google. In order to perform the role I use my excellent researching skills along with the ability to analyse unfamiliar topics quickly and accurately. 2005 09 26 2006 06 09 CEX Ltd. Watford Hertfordshire I was responsible for processing returned stock and repairing or dispatching to external repair facilities said stock. These items included (but not limited to) games consoles, mobile phones, PC components and other electronic goods such as laptops and digital cameras, etc. I also assisted with movement of stock through the warehouse. 2004 09 05 Self employed Bushey Hertfordshire I have provided technical support and PC repair services to residential clients; this includes developing a couple of websites. The income from these services is very modest and not sustainable in the long term, but has allowed me to continue working on a number of avenues of further personal research topics (i.e. XML/XSL, SQL, PHP, LDAP, Linux, C++ game engine development, etc). 2000 10 18 2001 07 31 Clientlogic Watford Hertfordshire My role as a Sony customer care agent involved providing excellent customer care services over the telephone on a variety of issues that related to Sony's products. Whilst in this role I became responsible for the development and maintenance of the pan European (and Multilanguage) playstation.com internal help system (the `knowledge base'), which I rebuilt from its original form using HTML and CSS. I also became responsible for handling feedback from the users of the system as well as training them on its usage. Cross-platform programming (with particular interest in C++) General computing issues Gaming Drawing and some 3D Modelling Current affairs (particually in the area of intellectual property) Japanese culture