Tony Collings's profile answers

I like being an innovator. I like new ideas, exploring new concepts, making things work !

I also enjoy teaching people. I love sharing knowledge. Knowledge sharing increases your pool of resources and the more affective every member of staff is the more efficiently work processes are completed.

I love working in environments where everyone is on the same team. A strong sense of team is important, that we are all, fundamentally, working towards the same goal. I don't mind offering help wherever possible if a deadline has to be met.

I like working in casual, creative environments where new ideas are actively encouraged, and where employers are genuinely interested in their staff's well being. Happy staff = excellent work....

I am a creative person and someone who loves technology. I enjoy coding with PHP, and love projects that also allow me to offer a creative input. I've recently started playing with Flash Actionscripting, in my opinion, a perfect blend of technology and creativity. It allows me to continue with the technical aspect of coding with Actionscripting, but also allows me to express my creativity on the Flash Stage.

I wish to continue my personal development of PHP, Actionscripting and to explore other technologies....

During eight years I was promoted through 3 departments. Engineering, Desktop/Network Support and finally to Web Systems Engineer.
Responsible for a 10 server web farm which included varying technologies: MSSQL DBA work. IIS and Windows 2k/2003 server administration. Microsoft CMS 2002 setup maintenance and configuration. CMS2001 to 2002 migration. Apache Tomcat setup and configuration, Backup Exec routines. Primarily a support role but also providing in-house web design and development services for clients. Coding W3C compliant XHTML and CSS, writing in C#.NET and PHP 4. Also responsible for the inception and completion of several MCMS 2002 "micro-sites". This included design, coding, domain and hosting acquisition, search engine submission and optimisation.
Micro-sites : www.longtownoec.co.uk, www.nordis-signs.co.uk, and www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/nacpc...

Following my emigration to the USA in May 2007 I have worked as a self employed web designer and developer writing websites for small to medium size businesses in both the UK and US.
Responsibilities:
Acquiring clients, promotional marketing, job estimating, producing website's to client briefs....