Tim Diggins | Technology-focused Curriculum Vitae
 
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Xerox Research Centre Europe, Research Scientist (2001-2002)
XRCE Cambridge, 61 Regent Street, Cambridge CB2 1AB
Camphone-webservices project
* Design and Programming: connection to SOAP middleware, message and process queuing system, client web interface (device, mobile and desktop) (JSP/Tomcat, Java, XML, SOAP)
* Quick prototyping (PHP, HTML, Photoshop...)
MiME project equipserve
* Integration of Director applications into distributed java-based tuplespace/distributed event backbone. Creation of middleware for XML/Director/Human rendition and polling of java-based events (Java, JSP/Tomcat, Director/Lingo, XML)
UI and Mobile Game projects
* Quick prototypes of various mobile-games and mobile-ui related projects (PHP, Access)

Teamworks, New Media and Technology Director (1997-2001)
Teamworks, 46 Loman St, London SE1 0EH
Nicotinell project (Personalised dynamic website Quit-smoking application for Novartis Pharmaceuticals) Nicotinell
* ROLE: project architect mediating between content provision (psychologist), creative designers, and technical team early prototyping and interaction design
* ACTIVITIES: requirements spec, design, code structuring and programming (PHP, MySQL)
SOL project (Online multilingual product marketing management for HP Supplies Europe) SOL project
* Requirements specification, early prototyping and interaction design, architect, programming,coding standards, overseeing of technical team (ASP/JScript, SQL Server)
Internal projects
* Version controlling and staging systems, data (Apache, PHP, Perl, MySQL)
Multiple CD projects mostly for HP Bristol - Storage Media
* Requirements specification, gross architecture, troubleshooting (Director/Lingo)
SaMMCat
* Coop Marketing ordering system (HTML, JavaScript, Perl)

RED56, Founder and Director (1994-97)
RED56, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QN
BackTraks educational CD (Channel 4 / BFI)
* Multimedia CD Programming (music editing for video, for an CD for use in schools accompanying a Channel 4 series) (Director/Lingo)
Website Design and Programming Web Design
* richard lewis communications
ballet.co.uk
logical.co.uk, zeugma.com
(HTML, Perl, Java)
Bristol Myers Squibb Interactive Product Library
* Programming and Design of Multimedia CD Rom for trade channel (Director/Lingo)
Graphic Design / Identity / Layout
* Conquest Inns
Institute of Contemporary British History
Art Monthly
Cavendish Studios/Interactive
Etak Inc Etak Sales Database
* Requirements, Design, programming/implementataion and documentation for Sales databases (Filemaker pro)
* Requirements and ui design for security system (Visual Basic)
Milkround
* Specification, Interface and application design and programming for management system for Retail Dairy Milkfarm (Omnis 5 RDBMS)

HarperCollins Advanced Media, Technology Consultant (1993-4)
77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB
Interface Design, Product Research, Technology Research.
* Advised new media division of HarperCollins about technology strategies (framework building, application choices) for new media products. Product development and prototyping.

FT Information Online Ltd, Interface Consultant (1992)
79 Staines Road West, Sunbury-On-Thames, Middlesex TW167UD
FT Profile "Freeway" GUI.
* Interface Design Consultancy.
Proposed human interface design guidelines for new online access for financial and news information service. Developed logical/navigational paths and negotiated with software developers.
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Chelsea College of Art and Design, BA (Hons) Fine Art (1990-1993)
Alternative Media - Installation/video/electronic art .

Balliol College, Oxford, MSt. European Language and Literature (1986-88)
Modern Greek Poetry 1911-1967, Methods of Criticism and Literary Theory

University of California Berkeley, BA (with distinction) Linguistics (1983-86)
Semiotics, Syntax, Semantics, Modern Greek, Medieval Welsh, Russian
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Active Knowledge (since)
Java, JSP, Tomcat, Servlets, Ant (2000)
SQL - MS-SQL Server, mySQL, Access/Jet (1998)
XML (1999)
Webservices, SOAP, RMI (2001) Macromedia Director, Lingo (1994)
PHP (2000)
HTML/JavaScript (1995)
ASP/JavaScript (1998)
Perl (1999)

Historical Knowledge
Basic, Pascal, LISP (1981)
Relational Databases - Omnis 5, Omnis 7 (1993), Filemaker Pro (1994)
Visual Basic for MSDOS (1994)

Techniques
Informal use of UML, Rapid Prototyping and Incremental design.
Excellent schematic diagramming.
Use of metaphor and diagramming to capture and reflect solutions and models.
Literate Programming

Environments
Apache, MS-IIS
JBuilder, Emacs, Allaire HomeSite, BBEdit, CVS, Ant, Tomcat
Windows 2000, 98, 95, 3.l, MacOS 5-9, Linux, CP/M
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Tim Diggins b. 11/12/65
UK/US Dual national
Married, with two daughters.
Living in London - Address on request.
mobile: 07976 58 38 56, email: tim@red56.co.uk