Jon Alport

Current

• Technical Director at Jampot Creative
• Founder at iJol.co.za

Past

• Technical Manager at The Walt Disney Company
• Web Architect at Sesalos
• Support Engineer at Prism Payment Technologies

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Education

• University of KwaZulu-Natal
• University of KwaZulu-Natal

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Jon Alport’s Summary

Software developer with 10 years experience building stuff on the internet. Experience with a range of technologies, clients and team sizes.

Jon Alport’s Specialties:

Web development, interface design, backend development, problem-solving, making tea.

Jon Alport’s Experience

• Technical Director

  Jampot Creative

  (Privately Held; Media Production industry)

  November 2009 — Present (3 months)

  At Jampot, we offer fresh, exciting and sticky creative media solutions to guests and clients in the parenting, family and women’s lifestyle sectors.
  
  In a crowded and noisy market place, we get your products and services right under the noses of your consumers. Whether it’s an interactive campaign or a bundle of fantastic editorial content, our creative packages deliver your brand and product messages in innovative and exciting ways.
  
  We offer a number of tailored packages, from idea generation through to a full-service campaign creation, development, delivery and evaluation service and we can deliver solutions online, in print, in store and at events.

• Founder

  iJol.co.za

  (Entertainment industry)

  July 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  iJol is a South African based online events community which I founded and developed in an attempt to promote awareness of local events and artists.

• Technical Manager

  The Walt Disney Company

  (Public Company; DIS; Entertainment industry)

  March 2008 — November 2009 (1 year 9 months)

  Within the Disney Internet and Media Group, based in London (UK), I managed:
  - Technical architecture and development of Disney's UK based Family Group of websites
  - Creative design and direction
  - Technical implementation of tools, widgets and community features
  - Evaluation of new technologies and tools for use within the group
  - Specification and delivery of projects, working with software vendors and internal teams
  - Technical integration and relationships with 3rd party content providers
  - Relationships with ad-sales, legal, marketing and design teams

• Web Architect

  Sesalos

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  May 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 10 months)

  Responsibilities included the design and implementation of web-based software solutions.

• Support Engineer

  Prism Payment Technologies

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2003 — February 2005 (1 year 9 months)

  Responsible for the support of online payment gateway servers and the development of Java web applications.

Jon Alport’s Education

• University of KwaZulu-Natal

  Bsc Hons , Computer Science , 2005 — 2006

• University of KwaZulu-Natal

  BSc , Computer Science , 1999 — 2002

Additional Information

Jon Alport’s Websites:

• My Website

Jon Alport’s Interests:

The Internet, Software, Web Technologies, Gadgets, Startups, Graphic Design, Photography, Surfing, Snowboarding, The Guitar

Jon Alport’s Groups:

Mensa

•    Walt Disney Internet Group Employees and Alumni
•    Java Developers
•    Social TV - next generation media (Web 2.0, mobile, digital video broadcast, DTV, STB, MHEG, IPTV)

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