Andy Mayer
I'm the CEO and founder of Yoomee - an Agile/lean web agency in the UK that designs and builds social web platforms for social good.
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- SummaryI'm the founder of Yoomee -- a specialist Agile web agency which designs and develops online community platforms and apps for social good.
A Software Engineering graduate with 20 years' experience in the industry, I'm passionate about building social technology that connects people together to make the world a better place -- and have built a business from scratch to do just that.
I'm interested in working social entrepreneurs, non-profits, NGOs, local government and academic clients across the world and generally anybody that shares my passion for making the world a better place.
Check for more info -----> http://www.yoomee.comSpecialties: Agile, Lean, project management, social software design, user engagement, online communities, collaboration and social networking.Experience- Oct 2004 - PresentFounder and Managing Director / Yoomee* Owner/manager of small but growing social software consultancy (7 staff) * Specialising in design and implementation of social network and digital community platforms * Won R&D grant for innovation with support from BBC, Channel 4 and Orange * Winner of UKBI Incubated Business of the Year 2008
- Jan 2002 - Oct 2004Independent Open Source web consultant / Freelance* Freelance web development and consulancy * Open source consultancy using Linux, MySql and PHP * Web 2.0 strategy... back in the day!
- Jun 2000 - Jan 2002Senior Consultant, Denmark / Juize A/S* Java and Oracle development of mobile internet apps * Project manager responsible for managing team of Java developers spread over three continents (USA, Denmark and Egypt) * Riding the first dot com boom :-)
- Feb 1998 - May 2000Senior Systems Consultant / Columbus IT Partner* Presales consultant working with Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP * Responsible for development of proprietary international project implementation method (similar to PRINCE2)
- Aug 1992 - Feb 1998Graduate systems analyst / British Steel
Education-
1988 - 1992The University of SalfordB Eng in Electronics and software engineering
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Honors:Winner of UKBI Incubated Business of the Year 2008
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Interests:Web 2.0, social web, emerging use of new technology, photography, fatherhood, fencing with Épée
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Location
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 2BJ, UK
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Tweets
- Nice blogpost on 'Readmap'. An app made for @Readmill by our @matkins in his spare time: http://t.co/8NozjgUJ
- Haha! If Twitter had been invented in the '80s [video] http://t.co/SjKUOqBh
- Getting the zone with Bulletproof (Just Like A Band Remix) by La Roux #nowplaying http://t.co/Trp6ZnO3
- Financial Times plans to turn off iPad and iPhone apps and move to HTML5 instead. Will others follow? http://t.co/L5fRyDDv
- New report to download from @spring_giving: "How can we take technology-enabled giving to a new level?" http://t.co/8AwzdPZo
- Best advice ever on how to get more likes on Facebook: http://t.co/QokeY03l
- Since the one in the @yoomeehq office broke ages ago, we're considering making our own from wood and twine: http://t.co/9dQcwv7c
- TEDxMogadishu: Rebirth takes place May 17, 2012. Watch the live stream at http://t.co/li3jTlww
- Not so long ago 'Draw Something' used to be the hottest mobile game in the world, but not anymore... http://t.co/vHHcdi9H
- Working lunch. (@ Thyme Cafe) http://t.co/EnAnNkp0
- Why one company is making all its employees learn how to code http://t.co/sbnvQvwY
- Really loving the new LinkedIn iPad app. Amazing to think it's mostly written in HTML5 and Node.js http://t.co/IibajL4w
- Stanford's OScan to enable your smartphone in detecting oral cancer http://t.co/4HT7mw6S
- Interesting concept (and beautiful user interface) for building online courses: @PathwrightApp http://t.co/6x8247rq
- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)'s study on "The Millennial Consumer" describes 6 personas. Which one are you? http://t.co/PS8xd2vD
- Everything you need to know about vInspired Cashpoint [vinspired blog] http://t.co/ndeSlbho
- Interesting timeline of history of revolutionary user interfaces http://t.co/ZkT9YTpu
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