Curriculum Vitae

Daniel Karran
Geo & Web Developer in London, UK
Passionate about open source technologies like Drupal and services like OpenStreetMap which can empower their users and help democratise the sharing of information

Skills

Achievements

  • Designing architecture and configuring Ubercart and Drupal Commerce websites
  • Developing mobile-friendly CSS for Drupal websites, enhancing existing sites for mobile form factors
  • Customising Drupal themes to meet branding guidelines and specifications
  • Developing custom modules using the Drupal core API and other contributed modules
  • Integration with the Google Maps API for location search and map display in a store locator module
  • Developing a bespoke e-commerce solution for a Drupal site including payment gateway integration
  • Developing cross-platform mobile applications for clients, using Phonegap framework
  • Developing and maintaining Drupal sites handling up to ~90,000 visitors per month
  • Developing a Drupal module providing availability calendars for > 600 sites worldwide

Career History

  1. Jan 2012 - present
    Geo & Web Developer
    Geobits Ltd (founder), London
    Working with Drupal, geospatial and mobile projects as a freelance developer. Larger projects are listed below, and smaller projects have included a number of Drupal Commerce setups, debugging and improving existing Drupal sites, and building sites for small clients.
  2. Sep 2012 - Dec 2012
    Mobile App Developer
    Bomb Sight (contractor), London
    Developing a geographically oriented Android mobile app using the PhoneGap framework and Wikitude Augmented Reality library to display historic information about WWII bomb damage in London.
  3. Jan 2012 - Apr 2012
    Drupal Site Builder
    Esri UK Ltd (contractor), Aylesbury
    Building a Drupal 7 website on IIS/SQL Server, including theming and design work, Drupal Commerce setup for event-based bookings, development of WorldPay integration, training team members in content editing, site building and site maintenance.
  4. Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
    Lead Programmer
    Inteeka Ltd, London
    Building Drupal sites including Ubercart e-commerce projects, developing modules for data migration, simplified content management, estate agency related features and other bespoke projects, as well as customising themes for desktop and mobile use, and developing mobile sites and app prototypes. Also responsible for the setup and administration of Linux servers.
  5. Dec 2008 - Dec 2011
    Drupal Developer
    Freelance, London
    Developing a number of Drupal sites including ones for small tourism-related businesses and a charity, a WordPress site for a political blogger, a store locator module for a client with stores UK-wide, and launching themap.im with OpenStreetMap data.
  6. Dec 2008 - Dec 2009
    Drupal Consultant
    M.C. Dean, Inc (contractor), London
    Consultancy for projects including large multi-site installations, working on internationalisation of the Drupal interface, data exchange between multiple sites, and mobile platform integration.
  7. Nov 2007 - Dec 2008
    Solution Architect / Senior Software Engineer
    M.C. Dean Europe GmbH, London
    Responsible for technical aspects related to the planning of development activities on the Drupal platform, working closely with customers and colleagues in an international development team to plan and implement projects, and assist with estimating their durations, risks, and resource requirements.
  8. Oct 2005 - Nov 2007
    Software Engineer
    M.C. Dean Europe GmbH, Stuttgart
    Integrating geographic information tools with Drupal, development, testing and bug fixing of both internal and community modules, as well as site configuration and technical support for a network of sites for government sponsored educational institutions and organisations, e.g. pims.org, rio-net.org.
  9. Jan 2003 - Oct 2005
    Web Developer
    Freelance
    Website consultancy, custom PHP/MySQL store front development, search engine optimisation and related reporting.
  10. Jun 2002 - Aug 2003
    Web Developer
    Reuters Ltd, London
    Maintenance and development of recruitment marketing websites and HR databases.
  11. Summer & Dec 2001
    Web Developer
    Duke Marketing Ltd, Isle of Man
    Website development, building HTML templates, converting graphic designs into layouts.
  12. Summer 2000
    Junior Web Developer
    PDMS Ltd, Isle of Man
    Building HTML pages, content management and updating HTML templates for government clients.

Voluntary Work & Projects

  1. Jul 2010 - present
    Creator, mapper, marketer & developer
    themap.im
    Building a Drupal site dedicated to furthering the OpenStreetMap project in the Isle of Man
  2. Nov 2005 - present
    Mapper & code contributor
    OpenStreetMap
    Enhancing open map data, assisting with the release of Isle of Man Government map data, and developing enhancements for the project's Ruby on Rails website
  3. 2004 - 2005
    Webmaster
    Photo Society, UCL
    Building a website with online photo gallery for the members of the society
  4. 2001-2 & 2003-4
    Comms Officer
    A Student Society, UMIST
    Building a database driven website to provide event information.

Education

  1. 2004 - 2005
    MSc Geographic Information Science
    University College London
    Graduated with Distinction
    Dissertation: Spatial analysis and representation of usage patterns for a web-based service locator system
  2. 2000 - 2004
    BSc Computing and Geography
    University of Manchester / UMIST
    Graduated with 2:i
    Final project: Housing locator website built in PHP using a MySQL database with a geographic search tool
  3. 1993 - 2000
    GCSEs and A-Levels
    Castle Rushen High School
    GCSEs: 3 A (Information Tech, Geography, Maths), 6 B (inc. English) and a C
    A-levels: 2 B (Computing, General Studies), 1 C (Geography), 1 E (Maths Mechanics)

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