Thomas Norton

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32 Pitlochry Close, Bristol, BS7 0TU

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Professional Profile
Current Masters Student studying Human Computer Interaction at the university of bath who has undertaken leadership roles
at university and in industry. Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail individual looking for career with substantial
learning opportunities and progression.

Key Skills
Leadership

Led computer science teams, business teams and cross discipline teams at university and in industry.
Led projects with conflicting goals, geo-dispersed teams and when impacted by illness.
Teamwork
Worked in a team of volunteers at Click Sargent adapting to roles for a common goal.
Self motivated Gaining additional skills independently through personal projects such as mobile application development
and website development in addition to online courses.
Presentation
Presented coursework assignments to audiences ranging between 20 and 70 people.
Won several house debating competitions during secondary school.
Commercial awareness
Participated in the IFS Student Investor, young enterprise competitions and invested my own funds
in the market.

Education
MSc Human Computer Interaction With Placement

September 2014 - Present

University Of Bath
Modules Undertaken: Academic Integrity Training & Test, Internet technology, Formal methods & programing, Safety critical
systems, Mobile and pervasive systems, Entrepreneurship, Interactive communication design, Research project preparation,
Project management.
BSc (Hons) Computer Science With Business (2.1)

September 2010 - July 2013

University Of Bath
Year one: Systems Requirements and Design, Principles of Programming 1 & 2, Discrete Mathematics for Computation,
Analytical Mathematics for Applications, Organisational Behaviour, Introduction to Accounting
Year two: Academic Integrity Training & Test, Advanced Programming Principles, Software Systems Development, Designing
Interactive Systems, Computer Systems Architecture 1 & 2, Managing Human Resources, IT & its Business Context
Year three: Individual Project, Safety-Critical Computer Systems, Networking, E-business, Privacy, Trust and Security in
Information Systems, Logic and Semantics of Programming Languages, Business Strategy, Virtual Organising
Individual Project:
What are effective ways to share travel stories online and is there a better way
Researched, designed and developed alternative ways of presenting travel stories online through a user centered
development approach exploring and evaluating these new systems against current approaches. This included looking at
social networking interaction to enhance the story, enhancing the story through connecting it to locations using Google maps
and different mediums that the stories can be presented in.
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Bristol

September 2003 - June 2010

A levels: Information And Communication Technology, Mathematics, Economics, Chemistry

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GCSEs: Mathematics, Science, Additional Science, Business Studies, D & T: Resistant Materials Technology, English, English
Literature, French

Additional Skills, Awards and Memberships

Technical
Software:

Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, Visio, Word), Gantt Project, SeleniumIDE

Languages:

Java, Visual Basic, Python, C, Objective-C.

Independent development of iOS applications (June 2011 September 2011) which provided location specific information
such as news, travel and weather.
Independent development of a website (October 2013 Present) which takes in and analyzes horse racing data in order to
make comparisons between horses (nortonindex.com)
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (September 2014)
Student Member of the Chartered Institute For IT.
Business
Level 2 Certificate in Principles of Business and Administration From Havering collage (Online) November 2013
Statement of Accomplishment with Distinction in Model Thinking From University Of Michigan (Online via Coursera)
September 2014
School Young Enterprise competition
IFA Student Investor Challenge
General
Admitted into the National Academy for gifted and talented youth
UK Mathematical Challenge Bronze and Silver awards
Certificate of commendation in the 43rd International Chemistry Olympiad
V-fifty vInspired award for voluntary work
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award

Work experience and voluntary

Program manager for trakm8

September 2013 February 2014

Responsible for planning, tracking and reporting the technical portfolio of anywhere between 20 and 30 active projects
at different stages of development across both the Shaftesbury and Prague offices to the board of directors. In
addition to overseeing projects in their planning stages.

Helped develop new process for the automation of the core sales and commissioning business

Reviewed and improved iso 9001 compliant internal processes and got external auditing compliance.

Wrote and was the process owner for several development activities including tracking projects, gaining approval for
projects and changing of resource allocation to projects.

Created the test plans and managed development activities for a trial of telematics devices in a new market with Direct
Line Group which ultimately led to Trakm8 being the sole supplier of telematics devices.

eBay volunteer for Click Sargent

June 2010 - September 2010

Listed corporate donations on eBay, Helped with distribution of products and Participated in process and procedure
reviews.

Bristol City Council IT Department

Week work experience in 2009
Shadowed staff members in different sections of the department which included Security, Payroll, Database
Management, Technical Support and Server Management

Extracurricular Activities
I am currently learning to horse ride and am an active member of several societies including TEDx, Football & Futsal and
Computer Science. In addition to this I am an academic rep for my faculty. I have also been involved in American football,
Basketball, Baseball, Debating, Figure skating, five a side football and Ice-Hockey.
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References are available on request.