EXPERIENCE |
8/2004 - Present |
Asian University |
Thailand |
Associate Dean for Liberal Arts / Programme director in Multimedia |
Wrote and instigated the new International Bachelor of Arts degree programme in Multimedia: Communication, Design, Technology. 2009 saw its first graduating students. Now instigating a Master of Arts programme in Interaction Design. (see current position). |
2002 - Present |
November Group |
California |
Interaction design consultant |
Occasional interaction design consultant working mostly on web-related work. The most recent project involved designing an interactive web application to enable customers to add bespoke branding to selected merchandise. |
01/1999 - 8/2004 |
AUA Language Center |
Thailand |
Branch director / EFL teacher |
Startup and management of the AUA Language Center in Suratthani and then Rayong. Teacher training, Course development, Design and production of the AUA Language Center website (now changed). |
01/1998 - 12/1998 |
Mahabaliporum |
India |
Travelling artist |
Set up a studio in Tamil Nadu producing various works on the themes of Hinduism, gender and culture. |
10/1996 - 12/1997 |
Royal College of Art |
London |
Programme leader / Lecturer |
The planning, curriculum development, running and teaching of the Master Degree programme in Computer Related Design (now renamed 'Design Interactions'). |
9/1997 - 9/1997 |
Interval Research |
Mountain View, California |
Interaction design consultant |
Consultancy in reviewing new product designs for children's toys. |
7/1997 - 7/1997 |
Andersen Consulting |
Paris, France |
Interaction design consultant |
Consultant to Andersen Consulting to develop a web site for Deutche Telecom to enable consumers to do on-line telephone billing. |
1/1996 - 9/1996 |
Silicon Studios, SGI |
Mountain View, California |
Interaction design engineer |
Working within SGI to develop software for SGK Dreamworks. The design and interaction of 3 software tools for producing feature animations. The tools specifically addressed asset management, storyboarding and animation design and construction. Exposure was initially used for the animation production of Prince of Egypt. |
9/1995 - 12/1995 |
IDEO |
London |
Interaction design consultant |
Worked as a member of the interaction design team. Projects included work for Nokia, Texas Instruments and TeleDenmark. |
10/1994 - 7/1995 |
The SITA Group |
France |
Interaction design consultant |
Involved on the design of 3 products: Designing a fault diagnosis help desk for network management; Creating a prototyping design tool; a schematic network fault identification system. |
6/1994 - 10/1994 |
Taligent Inc |
Cupertino, California |
Interaction design consultant |
The design and specification for the complete look and feel of the Beta release of CommonPoint (Apple Computer Pink). Specifically the design of collaborative software, typographic standards and futures work on People, Places and Things. |
6/1993 - 10/1993 |
British Telecom |
Ipswich, UK |
Interaction design consultant |
Design and prototyping of a on-screen videophone. Concert redesign - alternative user-center ways of looking at network management software. |
10/1993 - 08/1995 |
Royal College of Art |
London, UK |
Lecturer |
Part time lecturer for the Masters programme in Computer Related Design. |
10/1992 - 10/1993 |
Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design |
London, UK |
Programme leader / Lecturer |
Acting course leader for the Masters programme in Communication Design. |
6/1990 - 6/1992 |
Design Locker |
Bristol / London, UK |
Managing director |
Startup and establishment of a graphic design consultancy working in London and the South West. Design solutions, Technology-led, Management consultancy. |
10/1985 - 10/1987 |
University of Reading |
Reading, UK |
Lecturer |
Working as a lecturer and year tutor on the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication. |
EDUCATION |
Aug-95 |
Royal College of Art |
London, UK |
Master's Degree |
Master of Arts degree in Computer Related Design |
Aug-85 |
University of Reading |
Reading, UK |
Bachelor's Degree |
First Class Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Typography and Graphic Communication |
Apr-03 |
TEFL International |
Ban Phe, Thailand |
TESOL Certificate |
Highly recommended. Four-week intensive programme in EFL teaching theory, practice and techniques.
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Personal details |
British National / UK passport holder. Date of birth 1962.
Lived in Thailand for over 10 years and can speak Thai at a reasonable level.
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