CV for Ben Millard t/a Site Surgeon

Projects

• Static Websites
• CMS Templates
• Accessibility Audits
• HTML E-mail

Summary

I’m a talented problem solver who enjoys working with initiative, either alone or in a team. I communicate easily with managers, designers, developers and clients to produce stand-out work.

Specialist in accessibility, performance, cross-browser compatibility, QA and coding for future re-use. Limited experience with PHP and JavaScript.

I’m an acknowledged contributor to the web accessibility community and the W3C HTML Working Group. I would love to secure longer-term sponsorship for continuing my HTML5 accessibility research.

Roles & Experience

Ecom Recruitment (2011—)

Freelance website development for various design agencies and their clients.

Digital Gurus (2011—)

Freelance website development for various design agencies and their clients.

Winner of “Best Microsite” in England (November 2009)

Awarded by CiB (now the IoIC) for CQC Guidance About Compliance. Produced at Redhouse Lane.

Redhouse Lane (2009–2011)

Lead UI Developer. Static websites and templates for CMS. HTML e-mail build, testing and distribution. Client liaison, quality assurance, estimates, technical support, documentation for projects and processes. Selected and managed other freelance developers.

Winner of “Most Accessible Website” in Hampshire (November 2008)

Awarded by Hampshire County Council for Calthorpe Park School. Self-reported as Hantsweb Award Winners 2008.

W3C Technical Plenary (October 2008)

Presented catalogue of 1,000 uses of HTML. Participated in sessions with HTMLWG, WAI PF and CSSWG.

Mozilla Funding for HTML5 Research (May 2008)

Studying how authors use HTML and strengthening related features of HTML5.

W3C Technical Plenary (November 2007)

Presented results from authoring patterns in HTML data tables. Consulted on many related issues.

Winner of “Most Accessible Website” in Hampshire (September 2007)

Awarded by Hampshire County Council for Calthorpe Park School. Reported locally as Wonderful Website Wins School Award.

sdesign1, Liverpool (2006–2009)

Freelance Front-End Developer. HTML templates, WCAG audits for .gov.uk and CSS troubleshooting.

Calthorpe Park School, Fleet (2005–2011)

Webmaster, maintaining their award-winning accessible website. (Site has now been replaced by a ‘learning portal’.)

Accessify Forum (2005–2009)

Former moderator of this discussion board for web accessibility professionals.

My Blog & Hobbies Website (1998 onwards)

Started with help from a school friend on Geocities, now has over 1,000 pages.

Software

• Apache
• Apple Mac
• AppleScript
• Assembla
• Basecamp
• Campaign Monitor
• Colour Contrast Analyser
• Console²
• cPanel
• Communigator
• Drupal
• Dynamic Messenger
• Fiddler
• FileZilla
• Firebug
• Firefox
• Fireworks
• Google Analytics
• Google Docs
• IE Tester
• Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 & 9
• Litmus
• MediaWiki
• Office 2003, 2007 & 2010
• Outlook Stationery
• Opera
• Photoshop
• Plesk
• pngcrush
• PuTTY
• Redmine
• Safari
• Shortburst
• SmartFTP
• Tortoise SVN
• Trac
• Umbraco
• W3C Validators
• WAMP
• Web Developer Toolbar
• Windows 7
• Windows XP

Education

Calthorpe Park School, Fleet, 1996–2001

11× GCSE:

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Electronics
• English
• English Literature
• Geography
• German
• History
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Resistant Materials

Farnborough 6^th Form College, 2001–2003

4× AS:

• General Studies
• Mathematics with Mechanics
• Philosophy
• Resistant Materials

2× A2:

• Computing
• Physics

Interests & Activities

• Accessibility
• Blogging (sometimes)
• Cycling (commuting and recreation)
• Modifying computer games (since 1998)
• Motorsports
• Music
• TV (stopped in August 2010…sort of)
• Usability and Information Architecture
• Web Standards

Past Hobbies

• GUI programming in Visual Basic 6
• Assembly programming in MS-DOS using DEBUG

Other Details

References available upon request.

©2005–2012 Ben Millard