About Me
Audio Producer, Bookbinder, Broadcaster, Developer, Innovator, Leather Crafter, Perfumier, Radio Presenter, Visionary and Voiceover
The world was much better before that mobile web thing happened and made everyone a zombie.
Sorry about the part I played in that...
INTJ / ENTJ / Autodidactic / On almost as many spectrums as the Sinclair logo
Accomplishments
- Sony Bronze Radio Station of the Year
- Market leading RAJAR listening figures
- Katz International Radio Sales Traffic Newcomer of the Year
- First voice to broadcast live on DAB in the UK
- First merchant and customer to transact live on the mobile web with PayPal
- Presented on the future of mobile for PayPal in London
- Negotiated international mobile payment solutions
- Negotiated giant ringtone and music download libraries
- Played a humble yet significant role in making it easy to publish on the mobile web
- First dotMobi / mTLD certified Mobile Web Developer
- Cited multiple times in books on Mobile Web Development
- Over a quarter of a million people used my software
- Jawdropping client list of globally known brands
- Turned down working with Vogue, the US Military, M.I.T. and the University of Niarobi
- Built an online food delivery service a year before Just Eat launched
- I can craft a fine cologne, thread a needle, stitch wonderful wallets and bind beautiful books
- I've created products so natural they're banned by the New World Order European Division we call the EU
- I've lost count of how many times my "retarded tin foil hat weating conspiracy theories" have been right!
Voiceover Artist
Streaming
- Helped 1,000+ radio stations Stream to Alexa devices, including national and international brand franchises
- Wrote a cloud based radio playout system with Icecast, LiquidSoap and HLS that
- Runs on autopilot mode 24 hours a day
- Dayparts music rotations
- Inserts News and other features
- Supports live presenters
- Backtimes to the hour top better than 95% of presenters in a studio
- Comes with an advanced track cue point editor
- Supports over a million concurrent listeners
Mobile Web Development
"One day everything will work on a mobile phone"
Me, speaknig at PayPal "MUSIC" (Mobile UK Summer Immersion Camp) Event, 2005
- Wrote a mobile content platform for all types of ringtone; graphics, videos, games and music downloads
- Sourced, negotiated and licensed a mobile content library of over 50,000 ringtones
- Sold ringtones to the public: provided mobile content to networks, industry / media partners, and globally known brands
- The first .mobi mTLD Certified Mobile Web Developer
- Entered the music download market: sourced and managed an inventory of 6,500,000+ legal songs from all the big labels
- Wrote a ground-breaking reverse billed / premium SMS powered mobile web billing system with phenomenal repeat sales
- Sourced, negotiated and integrated premium rate payment solutions in 24 countries
Innovation
- Wrote a PHP based 'Mobile Device Detection' system that was used by 100,000+ sites including many global brand names
- Users included DreamWorks entire online portfolio inc Shrek.com, NASA's Earth Observatory, Nintendo and Stanford
- Wrote 'Wordpress Mobile Plugin' which was used on 100,000+ sites
- Presented for PayPal at an event in London about the future of the mobile web
The first merchant and customer to do a live transaction on PayPal Mobile - Books that mention my work include:
Radio
- Head of Station Sound, Head of Music, Programme Controller: Superyacht Radio
- Streaming Services and Presentation: Coast and County Radio
- Airborne Traffic and Travel News Broadcaster: Metro Networks / Traffic Link
BBC WM, Leicester Sound, Beacon FM, Northants 96, Trent FM, RAM FM, Wyvern FM - Traffic Management, Production, Presentation, Presenter Management: 107 Oak FM
Presenter progression: voicetracked overnights, evenings, daytime cover, drivetime
The first voice to broadcast live on DAB in the UK - Live Sport Production: BBC Radio York / BBC North Yorkshire
- Group Traffic Manager: Minster Sound Radio PLC
Commercial Scheduling, Copy Management, Log Consolidation, Demographic Targeting, Post Campaign Analysis and Invoice Running for Minster FM, Yorkshire Coast Radio and CostCutter Satellite Radio
Scheduled and invoiced over £2,000,000 worth of airtime for the group
KATZ International Radio Sales Traffic Newcomer of the Year - Traffic Management, Production and Presentation:Yorkshire Dales Radio
- Traffic and Travel News Broadcaster: North East Travel Network / Metro Networks North East
Minster FM, Stray FM, Viking FM, Magic 828 - Admin / Technical Operation: Yorkshire Coast Radio
Sony Bronze Radio Award: Station of the Year