David Owens

Current

• Technical Consultant at Transmedia Gateway (tmg) Ltd

Past

• Web Producer at Current Medicine Group
• Ward and Clinic Clerk at Guy's and Saint Thomas's NHS Trust
• Customer Support Agent at Aqua Online

Education

• Goldsmiths College, U. of London

Connections

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Industry

Online Media

David Owens’s Summary

Web producer focusing on user experience, usability and accessibility. Thorough knowledge of client-side technologies and languages. Strong interest in future developments including microformats, WCAG 2.0 and HTML5.

David Owens’s Specialties:

HTML, XML, XHTML, CSS, XSL, JavaScript, ActionScript, microformats, usability, accessibility, WCAG

David Owens’s Experience

• Technical Consultant

  Transmedia Gateway (tmg) Ltd

  (Internet industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  Advise clients on the benefits of using modern, standards compliant web techniques. Provide support to the business development team so that we can explain clearly the benefits our approach brings to web projects.
  
  Work on accessibility for various tmg client projects including the continued development of an accessible video player. This provides timed captions to synchronise with the video and can be controlled using the keyboard. (Exampe on CQC website: http://bit.ly/OjJlP)
  
  Worked on Healthcare Commission website for the 2007/2008 Annual Health Check. The site was acredited by the Shaw Trust and given the "Accessible +" award.
  
  Worked on Care Quality Commisison website following the merging of the Healthcare Commission, the Mental Health Act Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection. (http://www.cqc.org.uk)

David Owens’s Education

• Goldsmiths College, U. of London

  BA (Hons) , Fine Art and Critical Theory , 1999 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Wired Radio - producer, researcher and presenter, Smiths Magazine - Design and production manager