Guy James Staniforth's Resume (Last updated June 5th 2008)

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GUY JAMES STANIFORTH

Roses, Girona 17480 - Spain
http://arciris.com

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WORK EXPERIENCE 

ArcIris, Roses and surrounding areas, Girona, Spain.

02/03/2003 - Present

Freelance Web Designer / Computer Technician
Self discipline, decision-making and great organisation are essential as a freelance. Every project has been an opportunity for innovation and giving the client not only satisfaction with the results but unexpected added value.

Having a large number of different clients from various countries has improved my negotiation and people skills greatly, not to mention my Spanish...

Check out my web design portfolio

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Coverad Ltd., Guildford, Surrey, UK and Liss, Hants., UK.

01/07/1993 - 31/01/2003

IT Adminstrator / Web Designer
Responsible for all IT within the company (small business with about 50 employees), constantly on call both within the office and remotely; set up company network, email system, CRM, website, backup servers and taught new incumbents how to use our IT systems. See 'Skills' section for more details.

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EDUCATION 

University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 10/10/1989 - 12/06/1992

B.A. Hons. in Literature and Philosophy (Combined Degree)

 

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TRAINING 

Courses in Dreamweaver, PC Repairs and Building in the UK; in Spain I have completed the 'Start Your Own Business Course' from the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas (EOI).

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SKILLS 

Currrent:
WordPress
DreamWeaver
Photoshop
CSS 2
HTML
Windows Administration (all versions to expert level)
MS Office
Linux Desktop (Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS)
CRM (vTigerCRM)
PC Repairs and Custom PC Building.
Learning:
Flash
PHP
MySQL
Typo3
Illustrator
Linux Server
Apache Webserver
Asterisk/Trixbox Phone Server
Hosted VPS Admin

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OTHER ATTRIBUTES 

Current clean EU Driving Licence
Languages: English (native speaker), Spanish (advanced level), Catalan (good comprehension), French (basic).
I am a skilled editor and copywriter and am good at writing documentation.

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OBJECTIVE 

Innovation is a driving force for me; I love learning new skills and improving my existing ones; however I never lose sight of the needs of the people around me for whom and with whom I am working.

My goal is to make my living by contributing to something I believe is worthwhile and to increase its inherent vitality by my participation.

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INTERESTS 

Music (I play the guitar, write songs and have a large collection of all types of music), philosophy (Eastern and Western), science and technology, computing, literature, nature and hiking, cool gadgets, film (indie and Hollywood), art (appreciation of and making), photography, etc...



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