Introduction

I was one of the first students in Ireland to be lucky enough to study a brand new course on offer from the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology. This course was born from a lack of Multimedia specialists in Ireland and aimed to fill an ever growing gap in this sector.

The first three years led to a Diploma in Multimedia Computing, while successful students who made the grade could progress to the add on degree. The overall aim of the Degree was to respond to the needs of the industry by producing degree level graduates with the balance of theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to work in the computing and multimedia sectors, with a particular expertise in the technical design of multimedia systems.

Also:
- to cover a broad range of subject matter in computing and multimedia at degree level standard in response to industry consultation;

- to place a particular emphasis on the technical design of multimedia systems in response to industry consultation;
- to achieve the above in the context of the interdisciplinary environment at iadt-dl

Experience

My previous work experience has included a wide variety of roles:

a direct sales agent, working in "instant activations" with Interoute Ireland
a technical support technician with Gateway Computers
an Assistant Web Manager in an Internet company, Bluepages Ltd
a freelance Web Designer


Whilst at the same time the site had to facilitate:

an easy up dateable back end, allowing for the online booking*
rapid growth in the number of customers using the booking service

* it is proposed that a PHP - SQL back end will be incorporated to process customer queries and to develop a customer/client searchable database. (see ongoing for more)


Skill Summary

I regard myself as extremely creative, I was an honours art student and this is reflected in graphical work I have completed. Creativity aside, I am quite proficient in a variety of technical roles.


The core technologies I am familiar with can be broken into a series of sub-categories:

Operating Systems - AS400, Windows NT/XP/98, Apache & Linux
Programming languages - Java, ASP, PHP, Perl, Lingo, XML, DHTML
Authoring Tools - Director, Dreamweaver, FrontPage
Design Tools - Fireworks, Flash, Freehand, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark Xpress
Audio/Video tools - Sound Forge, Cubase, Wavelab, Premier & Avid DV Xpress

Computer Hardware - PC and MAC components & peripherals


Leisure Activities

I do leave the computer once in a while. I enjoy tennis, running, basketball and swimming. I play bass and accoustic guitar and am a keen music fanatic.