Mike Harris MBCS: professional IT specialist based in Oxford, UK

Phone: +44 (0) 7811 671 893 - Email: mike at this domain - Me at LinkedIn

I am an experienced information technology professional living in Oxford. Having graduated with a degree in Computing for Real Time Systems from the University of the West of England in 1993, I have worked in the industry more or less consistently since then. In 1996, I co-founded Psand.net, a company that had as its primary goal the promotion and use of free software, primarily focussing on GNU/Linux. Day-to-day I have worked as a web developer; designing and implementing bespoke web-based content management systems and databases using popular technology (such as PHP, Perl, mySQL and Apache) and more recently a project manager for online digital projects.

As well as the web, since 2002 I have also been involved in providing technology services at events in the form of internet connectivity and IT facilities at outdoor events. Through this I have also arrived at conceiving and planning several live events, including a live streaming event utilising Second Life and a successful weekend of technology workshops for NGO workers and grass-roots activists. For a complete list of events I have been involved in, refer to this page.

I have had experience working both in the commercial and third sectors, with recent work as a project manager for Bristol Wireless, whose work includes the refurbishment and provision of computers to help eliminate digital exclusion in the city of Bristol, for People & Planet, who work with UK students to campaign for social justice and fair trade, and for Circle Interactive, providing project management for CiviCRM solutions for Community Network for Manchester and Groundwork UK.

I am currently in full time employment for TimberWindows.com in the role of IT Help Desk & Project Manager as well as a Drupal 7 developer (read about my progress in this respect here).  I support several not-for-profit and social enterprises, including Bristol Hackspace, Oxford Indymedia, Network23, North Oxford Community Association and HacktionLab.  I also help organise monthly film screenings and debates at OARC, East Oxford Community Centre.  I am also a member of the British Computing Society.