Curriculum Vitae

My time as a freelance web designer and developer has been spent building on my skills in dynamic website creation. My main focus has been on using PHP and MySQL to develop web-based applications such as e-shops and member registration services. On the client side, I've been putting CSS and JavaScript to good use, to accomplish any necessary dynamic features in web pages.

Recently, I've been devoting a lot of time to re-vamping my own website, to produce something which is hopefully clean and stylish, whilst remaining informative and understandable. Many hours have been spent creating pages containing strictly valid XHTML and CSS, which have been tested to render well in 20+ different browsers.

Please visit my Portfolio page (http://jamesevans.net/portfolio.php) for descriptions of, and links to some of the websites I've been involved in. Also see my Cross-Browser Testing page (http://jamesevans.net/cross_browser_testing.php) for the results of various cross-browser and cross-platform tests on this website.

Having completed my BSc Computing placement year with IT Services I was taken on full-time on the condition that I could finish my course on a day release basis. My time with IT Services was spent working in a team of ten, supporting an NT4 Server based Ethernet network serving some 1200 clients.

After a major business re-organisation, I became involved in third-line support for virtually all computer equipment owned by Consignia within the 'Western Region' of the UK.

With this company I gained wide experience of NT4 Sever / Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional and Server, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Microsoft Office and other commonly used software packages.

I joined BT as a Customer Service Advisor. My main duty was in telemarketing, which involved inviting customers to management workshops and seminars. This job required an excellent telephone manner as well as a good level of grammar and strong communication skills. I was then moved to the technical support department where my duties included networking PC's, installing client & server-based software and dealing with general faults and queries.

My main role was in producing printing solutions. This was effected on PC's running DOS although the end product could be adapted to run on various other micros or mainframes. Other duties included answering clients' technical queries and visiting customer sites to install hardware and software.

I worked for Kingsway Recruitment in various temporary posts including clerical work, telesales, customer advising and technical positions.

BSc (Hons) Computing. (Upper Second Class)

I studied BTEC HND Computer Studies for 1 year.

A-Levels: Mathematics (Pure & Applied), Computer Studies, Physics.
A/O-Levels: Computer Studies, Advanced Mathematics.
O-Levels: Mathematics, English Language, French, History, Physics, Chemistry.