Ben Hodgson

Current

• Director, Application Developer at Fantastic
• Web Technologist at Zoboa Ltd.
• Managing Director at Iroxa Creative Technology Ltd.

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Past

• Director at South Eastern Flowers Ltd.
• Vacation Student at Roke Manor Research Ltd.
• Web Developer at Southampton University Students' Union

• ICT Technician at Claverham Community College
• Junior Web Developer at Charles Russell LLP

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Education

• University of Southampton
• The Judd School

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Twitter

Ben Hodgson’s Summary

Ben Hodgson’s Specialties:

Python, Django, LAMP, Web development, Macintosh support, Linux/UNIX, Java, PHP, XHTML/CSS, Python, SQL, network design and administration, web services

Ben Hodgson’s Experience

• Director, Application Developer

  Fantastic

  (Internet industry)

  February 2009 — Present (1 year )

  We build kick–ass web apps. Recently we've worked with Infinity Ward (makers of the Call of Duty video games), Coudal Partners in Chicago and GamerDNA. We're currently building http://greenwriter.org for L.A.–based startup Greenwriter.
  
  I spend most of my time working with Javascript and Python but I'm also charged with looking after our finances.

• Web Technologist

  Zoboa Ltd.

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Mostly working in a LAMP environment to develop and maintain web applications. Most of my work is on the server-side but I'm often asked to help solve Javascript and CSS problems on the front-end. Project-management-esque activity is often required, including estimating timescales, advising on purchases and interviewing technical candidates.

• Managing Director

  Iroxa Creative Technology Ltd.

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 2002 — Present (8 years 1 month)

  Web development, network support and IT consultancy.

• Director

  South Eastern Flowers Ltd.

  (Wholesale industry)

  October 2006 — May 2009 (2 years 8 months)

• Vacation Student

  Roke Manor Research Ltd.

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  July 2008 — August 2008 (2 months)

  Software engineering for Roke, a Siemens company. Lots of Javascript.

• Web Developer

  Southampton University Students' Union

  (Higher Education industry)

  November 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  Working with a team of around eight designers and developers, my role included designing, coding and maintaining internal web applications and the Union’s public website at http://www.susu.org/.

• ICT Technician

  Claverham Community College

  (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  July 2007 — August 2007 (2 months)

  General day-to-day network support for a school.

• Junior Web Developer

  Charles Russell LLP

  (Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  July 2006 — August 2006 (2 months)

  Mainly development and maintainence of web applications for the company's Intranet with some technical support and helpdesk work.

Ben Hodgson’s Education

• University of Southampton

  BSc (2:1) , Computer Science , 2006 — 2009

  Dissertation Title: "Richer Twitter: A Folksonomic Approach to Microblogging". Reports available at http://portfolio.ecs.soton.ac.uk/62/.

  Activities and Societies:

  Treasurer of ECSS, Students' Union Web Team

• The Judd School

  A-Level , Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computing , 2004 — 2006

Additional Information

Ben Hodgson’s Websites:

• Twitter

Ben Hodgson’s Interests:

Skiing, coffee, open source, Web 2.0, golf, cinema, drumming, piano, live music

Ben Hodgson’s Groups:

British Computer Society (BCS)

•    BCS Membership Group

Ben Hodgson’s Honors:

Exhibition and Academic Award - School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton

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