Steve Purkiss [steve@stevepurkiss.com]

Current

Director at Purkiss Ltd.

Past

Proprietor at Purkiss Consulting
Consultant at Arishi Technologies Ltd.
Marketing Manager at RemoteApps

Consultant at RemoteApps (Ovate Group)

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Education

Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
University of Bradford

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Steve Purkiss [steve@stevepurkiss.com]’s Summary

I enjoy building communities, both on and offline. I use Free/Libre Open Source Software to do this online, mostly utilising the 'community plumbing' Content Management System Drupal.

Based in the City of Brighton and Hove on the South Coast of the UK, I partner with a number of other leaders in their respective fields in order to provide a one-stop-shop, with services ranging from User Experience Design to building properties in the Virtual World SecondLife.

My core process is 'fostering connections' and my Wealth Dynamics profile is Creator. I've many more personality test results I could share with you, however these are the two which resonate with me the most. Put simply, I create by fostering connections, both human and technical.

In addition to building communities for clients, I also create and build my own, for example the Hove Social Media Cafe and the Drupal South East UK group.

Throughout the last 20 years I have helped numerous businesses make the most of the very latest advancements in technology, including:

* Mazda
* UK Govt. (National Strategies Online)
* ATI Technologies
* British Telecom
* Volkswagen
* B&Q (Kingfisher Group PLC)
* Foreign & Commonwealth Office
* Royal Commonwealth Society

Steve Purkiss [steve@stevepurkiss.com]’s Specialties:

open source, drupal, consultancy, development, social networks, virtual enterprise networks, web2.0, persuasion, persistence, business networking, consultants

Steve Purkiss [steve@stevepurkiss.com]’s Experience

Director

Purkiss Ltd.

(Internet industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Set up as Open Source Consultancy specialising in Drupal development.
Proprietor

Purkiss Consulting

(Internet industry)

July 2003 — September 2008 (5 years 3 months)

Web Application Development (PHP, Drupal, MySQL) and Open Source Consultancy
Consultant

Arishi Technologies Ltd.

(Internet industry)

March 2003 — June 2003 (4 months)

Arishi is a small tech start-up, formed late 2002 by a few of my ex-work colleagues from my previous employers Ovate. As consultant, I worked with their client The Royal Commonwealth Society to make sure that all their needs were taken care of.
Marketing Manager

RemoteApps

(Internet industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )

Marketing Manager, responsible for on-and-offline marketing efforts of this J2EE CMS Software House
Consultant

RemoteApps (Ovate Group)

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 3 months)

Started at IMM Studios (later Ovate group) as seventh employee and helped through to sixty in three years until 'dotbomb' and funders pulled out of all tech stocks. Was mainly involved in managing blue-chip clients in order to provide good internet insight and make sure projects completed. Client projects included Volkswagen UK Cars website, Kingfisher Group PLC's B&Q diy.com, 2Bet online gambling site, etc.

Steve Purkiss [steve@stevepurkiss.com]’s Education

Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd

CS , Computing , 2004 — 2006

After working in the IT industry and going to Uni as a mature student, I received exemplary marks (tutor gave me 'alpha' mark as better than A+!) in my 1st yr of Computer Science.

For some reason I decided it was not enough of a challenge and decided to learn something new so changed to Journalism, Film & Broadcasting. I soon realised my mistake and that computers were my thing, hence restarting in Bradford University in 96 on a Computing with Management Degree course...

Activities and Societies:

Joined in many things with Gair Rhydd, the 2nd top Uni newspaper in the UK, from stand-up comedy reviews to a centre-page spread for night club reviews.

Worked in the Student Union bars, involved in events, and DJ'd at the dance music nights.
University of Bradford

DipHE , Computing with Management , 1996 — 1999

Completed two years of a three-year degree as was offered place in London startup, so decided to pursue that.

Activities and Societies:

Involved again with the Students Union services, working in the student bars, organising 70s nights, and a variety of other activities.