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Curriculum Vitae: Bevan Rudge, web developer

I am a drupal developer with extensive experience developing on drupal as a platform. I am very involved with the drupal project and community.

  • I have 3 years experience in professional web development, the last year and half with drupal
  • I am a very talented themer. I have advanced skills in PHP, CSS and usability.
  • I am active in the drupal community.
  • I am an A+ computer science student at the University of Canterbury.
  • I am an advocate of web standards, free and open source software and the open source methodology.
  • Google me!

Personal details


  • Bevan Rudge

  • 26/09/1983

  • New Zealander

  • engaged

  • none

Contact Details

Skills

Technical Skills


  • php, xml/html, css, sql, jQuery, javascript, C, C++, C#

  • Drupal, Joomla!, PHPlist, Apache, MySQL, Linux/Unix and CL tools, Subversion, CVS

Other Skills & experience

  • very advanced in xhtml, css, accessibility, usability, and standards-compliancy
  • solid programming skills
  • strong interest in usability and UI design
  • active member of the drupal community and project

Spoken Languages


  • first language

  • fluent
  • Basic use and understanding of

    and

Work Experience

Engineer and Themer - CivicActions LLC
August 2007 to current, (CivicActions is a Virtual company)
I themed aclu.tv. I themed JustCauseIt.com and a private intranet. I worked on the GIS (Geographic Information Systems) for the Witness Hub with the Hub Map being a central overview of site activity. Work on the Hub map included extensive integration with Google Maps and development of a full-screen mode switch for google maps (not yet released). I also continue to maintain and develop JustCauseIt.com and work on a number of intranets and projects in development.
Referees available
Web developer - Calmer NZ ltd
August 2006 to July 2007, Christchurch, NZ
I developed and maintained somuchworld.com in collaboration with outsorcees, and managed outsourced development and other projects such as standbyyourtown.com and myscrappa.com.
Referee available
Contract Web Developer and Support Technician - tincan ltd
February 2006 to July 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina
My responsibilities were to maintain and support the open-source community that uses phplist.
Referee available
Freelance web developer and designer
May 2005 to July 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina
See portfolio.
References and referees available
Teacher of ESOL
April 2004 to July 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina
I taught English in corporations, institutes, language camps, and private classes. I stopped teaching full time in July 2005 to focus on my web development and design career. I still have some private classes. I taught throughout the 'interior' of Argentina in 2004 with Colonias de Inmersión al Idioma, and independently in Buenos Aires city in 2005 and 2006.
See reference letter (also in Spanish)
Referees available
"Gap year"
January 2003 to February 2004, Europe, North America
I traveled and worked in Austria, Europe, Morocco, USA, Mexico and New Zealand.
See reference letter from employment in Colorado, USA
Technical Support and Tutor - Capital E
February to December 2002, Wellington, NZ
System and network administration, technical support, video studio technician, technology tutor, web master, in-house graphic and web design.
See reference letter

Portfolio

aclu.tv
ACLU's "Freedom Files" TV series -- Season 2. Engineer and Lead Themer.
hub.witness.org
A large human rights hub for sharing news and media that other media hosts can not or will not host. I worked on GIS aspects of the site where the Hub Map is central to this work.
justcauseit.com
A social network for people who care, and subscribers of the print magazine Just Cause. I themed the site and continue to develop and maintain it.
somuchworld.com and newsletter.somuchworld.com
A complex drupal site that integrates with myscrappa.com and standbyyourtown.com to share users, and database of places. Design was outsourced. Collaboration with Egressive on places information architecture and multisite configuration.
www.bwmsnow.co.nz
A drupal ecommerce site.  Logo, branding, template design, customization, configuration, training.
www.phplist.com and sub domains
A site with 5 main components running on the webbler (proprietary CMS), phpbb, mantis issue tracker, a wiki, and phplist (demo).
www.connectingschools.net
Logo design, corporate branding, template design, drupal customization and configuration, and training.
www.sites4bikes.com
An Open-Realty site. Template design, Dreamweaver templates for static content, Open-Realty templates. Open-Realty customization, configuration and training.

Studies

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science -- not yet complete
Currently studying low-level programming papers, HCI and other Computer Science papers at the University of Canterbury
Cambridge CELTA - pass B
March 2004 - Rotorua English Language Academy
See the certificate or the reference letter from RELA
NZQA University Entrance, Bursaries and Scholarships
2001 - Hillcrest High School

  • C - 55%

  • B 65%

  • A - 69%

  • A - 74%

  • B - 62%
See the bursary certificate or the reference letter from HHS
See also University Entrance, Higher School Certificate, Sixth Form Certificate, and School Certificate

Personally

  • I am a keen snowboarder.
  • I am a proud geek.
  • I love outdoor adventure activities, especially mountain biking, hiking, kayaking, sailing, and camping.
  • In my spare time I enjoy photography and travel, even if it's just to the mountains in our backyard.

References

References are available from employers and clients. Please contact me for details.