Siobhan Platten BSc MSc

Address	2 Penda House 22 Saxon Close Surbiton Surrey KT6 6BP
Date of Birth	21/04/1977
Nationality	British
Contact numbers	0208 2550836 / 07963 750438
Email address
Personal Profile I have a strong aptitude for innovative problem solving. I build excellent working relationships with colleagues and enjoy working in a team environment. I achieved a first class honours degree in Information Technology and computing with the Open University whilst working full-time as a programmer. I then went on to achieve an MSc in Computer Animation with merit at Bournemouth University. My aim is to work in technical 3D role.
Abilities	Software and Programming Skills
Communication	C++
Teamwork	Maya
Taking Direction	MEL Scripting
Problem Solving	OpenGL
Working to deadline	Renderman
	Shake
	Houdini
	Premiere
	Photoshop
	Java
	Linux
	MS Office applications

Education

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	MSc Computer Animation with Merit	2005
The taught part of the course gave exposure to C++, Maya (including MEL and the Maya API), OpenGL, Houdini and Shake. For my projects, I specialised in writing Maya tools. I also drew on my knowledge of business application programming to to develop a technique to enable the exploitation of network resources from within Maya.

Modules

Masters Project
Visual Theory and Practice
Programming for Graphics
Computer Graphics Fundamentals
Computer Animation Principles and Practice
Personal Research
Group Project
Computer Animation Project

Programming Languages & Software
Maya including MEL & Maya API
Renderman (RIB and RSL)
C++
OpenGL
Houdini

Bournemouth University Media School

	BSc Information Technology and Computing with First Class Honours	2004
Many of the courses I chose had a strong bias towards Object-Oriented programming techniques. For my third-level project, I developed a networked diary system using Java and RMI. I also completed a third-level module in Artificial Intelligence.

Modules

T209: Information and Communication Technologies: People and Interactions
T396: Artificial Intelligence for Technology
TM421: The M301 Project
M301: Software Systems and their Development
M206: Computing: An Object-Oriented Approach
T171: You, Your Computer and the Net
MT262: Putting Computer Systems to Work
Transferred Credit

Programming Languages & Software
C++
Java
Smalltalk

The Open University

A Levels

1995

2 Bs 1 C

English Literature
History
Theatre Studies

City College Norwich

GCSEs 1993 8 As 1 B
- Mathematics
- English Language
- English Literature
- Double Award Science
- French
- History
- Art
- Drama
  
  Wayland High School
Employment History

Data Operator

Cinesite Europe

January 2006 - present

Duties

I help manage the preparation and flow of data within Cinesite and to and from clients.

Cinesite Europe

Software Change Management Technician

Norwich Union Central Services

Sept 1998 - March 2001 & Feb 2002 - Sept 2004

Duties

Supported mainframe change management tool
Enhanced mainframe change management tool
Participated in 24x7 support rota
Facilitated dialogue with user community
Maintained departmental website

Programming Languages
CoBOL
Rexx
JCL
PCL
HTML

Norwich Union Central Services (Part of Aviva PLC)

Software Developer (C++)

Thales Geosolutions Ltd.

August 2001 - Feb 2002

Duties

Documented existing proprietary C++ base classes
Developed new proprietary C++ base classes

Programming Languages
C++

Thales Geosolutions (Since bought by Fugro World Wide)

Software Developer (Delphi)

Kewill Systems PLC

April 2001 - August 2001

Duties

Supported e-commerce system
Enhanced e-commerce system

Programming Languages
Delphi
HTML

Kewill Systems PLC

Various Administration Positions

Various Employers

1995-1998

Duties

Typing
Filing
Purchasing
Photocopying

References

Jon Macey
MSc Computer Animation Course Leader
Bournemouth University
Fern Barrow
Poole
Dorset
BH12 5BB

01202 524111
jmacey@bournemouth.ac.uk

HR Reward Services
Norwich Union Central Services Ltd
PO Box 4
Surrey Street
Norwich
NR1 3NG

Interests

Cinema
Football
Reading

Personal Profile

Education

Employment History

References

Interests