Email: mitch@lightvoid.com
Mobile: 07830414798
Last Updated: 31-Oct-2008

Dave Mitchell

I live in the town of Abingdon, Oxfordshire and I've been programming since before I left school.

I have been a software developer for over 4 years, working on a wide range of technologies including Java, C++, Obj-C, Python and Ruby. I am also experienced with other technologies like AMQP, SQL and Linux server administration.

I have recently started experimenting with the iPhone SDK to develop some games and applications of my own, which I can hopefully publish on the App Store.

I am a very flexible programmer, and a quick learner. I enjoy learning new languages and technologies, and I think its important to be able to recognize the right tools for the job.

Greenius Limited

Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Aug 2007 - Present

Development Manager / Lead Programmer

My main roles include being the Lead Programmer on some of the projects, managing the other programmer, negotiating contracts, pitching ideas to potential clients, estimating schedules, as well as coming up with ideas & designs for new projects.

Medical application back end

Client required a server which could be easily scaled, quickly developed, and made use of their existing C library. Along with advice from the Director, we chose to use the AMQP protocol, implemented in Erlang (the RabbitMQ project). This provided a robust core to the server and the logic of the server was then written in Python. This was my first time using Python or AMQP, and I had no problems getting started with it very quickly.

NearMe mobile service

NearMe is a mobile sevice which allows users to find places of interest like Pubs & Restaurants. The application was written in J2ME, and the server was written in Ruby. I was the Lead Programmer for the majority of this project, and I also played a heavy role in the design of the application. I managed the junior programmer on this project.

HP IPv6 conversion application

I was the lead programmer on this project. The client needed an application to convert an IPv6 address, which could be called from an existing Flash application. The application was written in C++.

HP Backup Utility User Interface

I was the lead programmer on this project. We were given an existing application which needed a user interface created for it. The application was written in Java.

Prototype of a Facebook Application

I did some short work in prototyping a facebook application. This required learning the framework of facebook applications, and was writted in Ruby.

Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Aug 2005 - July 2007

Programmer

We developed a number of mobile games in partnership with QBranchWireless (http://www.qbranchwireless.com ). A number of these games got onto the top 10 downloads on several network operator portals.

Blockbusters: Mobile Edition

http://www.qbranchwireless.com/bb.htm
Same as Family Fortunes, I did the majority of programming on this game. Again I also contributed to some of the design aspects.

Family Fortunes: Mobile Edition

http://www.qbranchwireless.com/ff.htm
I was the main programmer on this game. By the end of finishing Price is Right, I was confident to work on most of this game alone. I contributed to the design, and my name was used as one of the names of the starting families.

Price is Right: Mobile Edition

http://www.qbranchwireless.com/tpir.htm
I was the junior programmer on this game. The game consists of several mini-games, which the player plays through in a random order. I developed most of the mini-games, while the Lead Programmer developed the framework to build the games for different mobile phones.
This project required me to learn very quickly the anatomy of a game, as well as programming in J2ME.

Oxford, Oxfordshire
Aug 2004 - July 2005

Junior Programmer

Docmoto

Docmoto is a Document Management Application for Windows, developed in C++. It makes heavy use of the Boost library, especially the Boost pointers.
I started this project with little experience of C++, but quickly became confident in using C++, including templates. I began with fixing small bugs/tasks in the application, but by the end of the project I was confidently developing new features on my own.

Own projects

Games

iPhone

I am currently working on a couple of games for the iPhone, which I hope to publish in the near future. These games make use of Objective-C and OpenGL ES.

Websites

Personal Blog

I have my own blog at http://blog.lightvoid.net where I usually talk about things related to programming, games, or mobile.

The Rigante gaming guild

The Rigante is a small gaming guild that I run with some friends. I develop and run the website at http://www.therigante.com. I recently redesigned the website to fit in with the theme of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, which we have started playing.

Worcester Physio

This was a very quick and simple website I designed & created for a friend of mine, to advertise his wife's Physiotherapist business. Its hosted on my server. http://worcesterphysio.lightvoid.net

Professional Details

Skills

Languages: C++ (including using the Boost library), Objective-C, Java, J2ME, Python, Ruby, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, HTML, CSS.
Run my own Debian Linux virtual machine (so I'm confident with Linux/Unix, and server software like Apache, MySQL etc).
Confident with Adobe Photoshop.

Education

Abingdon & Witney College, AVCE Advanced IT Grade B. I completed the first year of this course but didn't stay for the second because it was a lot more basic than I first realised.
St. Birinus School, 10 GCSEs: Maths A, Double Science B, English Language and English Literature C, GNVQ Engineering at Distinction level (equivalent to 2 grade A GCSE).

Interests

Learning Japanese: I have been learning Japanese for a few years, although this has been postponed at the moment because I want to focus on making some iPhone games. I still plan on picking it back up again in the future.