Resume
updated 24 October 2008
Cllr Jason Kitcat BSc(Hons) MSc MBCS
phone: +44 (0) 7956 886 508
email: jason@jasonkitcat.com
snail: 89 Hangleton Road, Hove BN3 7GH
Work History
I was elected in a by-election on December 13th 2007 to Brighton & Hove City Council to serve until May 2011.
| 2008 |
Head of Technology Netmums Ltd. [ongoing] |
DPhil University of Sussex [discontinued] |
Advisory Council Member Open Rights Group |
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| 2007 |
Managing Director Swing Digital Ltd. Brighton Sussex |
e-voting co-ordinator Open Rights Group |
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| 2006 | Editorial Contributor & Columnist LinuxUser |
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MSc Technology & Innovation Management University of Sussex |
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| 2000 |
Freelance Internet Consultant Clients included: Roger Steare Consulting, University of Warwick, RHUK, LINE Skis |
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| 1999 |
CEO & Founder Snuffler.com Surrey |
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| 1998 |
Database Designer Logica Space Division Cobham, Surrey [1.5 months] |
Webmaster Worth School Marketing Department, Crawley, W.Sussex |
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| 1997 |
IT Support Lloyds Bank Securities Services, City of London [1 month] |
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| 1996 |
Programmer/Technician Logica, Maritime Defense Division, Cobham Park, Surrey [1 month] |
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| 1995 |
IT Support/Programmer Lloyds Bank Securities Services, Haywards Heath, W.Sussex [1 month] |
Sailing Instructor Taylor Statten Camps, Ontario, Canada [1 month] |
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| 1994 |
IT Support Lloyds Bank Corporate Treasury Division, City of London [1 week] |
Key to web project lifespans
| the couch | j-dom Magazine | the free e-democracy project |
I founded the free e-democracy project. This project evangelised the use of Free Software in government, warns of the dangers of technology in voting and also produced the GNU.FREE Internet Voting system.
I'm a co-founder and maestro of a hibernating story-telling site the couch which has won critical acclaim for the stories and their presentation.
Education
I've been formally educated in the United Kingdom all my life...
Belmont School > Worth School > University of Warwick > University of Sussex
Scholarship: I was awarded 50% off the school fees for my Secondary school education.
General Certificates of Secondary Education: I achieved 7 A*s and 3 As in my GCSEs.
Advanced Levels: I took modular A-Levels and achieved an A in Physics, an A in Chemistry, a B in Maths and a B for French for
Professional Use A/S (half an A-Level).
I also studied but did not sit modules from A-Level Biology and Computing as well as GCSE Electronics.
Degrees: BSc(Hons), MSc
Graduated from the University of Warwick with a 2:1 Bsc(Hons) in Computer &
Business Studies (50% Computer Science and 50% Management Science). I was also awarded a prize for producing the best project of the year
which resulted in the free e-democracy project being started.
I completed the Technology & Innovation Management MSc at the Science & Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex in 2003. In 2008, after five years at SPRU I decided to discontinue a DPhil I had been pursuing there.
Personal Details
dob: 14-09-1978
nationality: Canadian/British
marital status: Married
driving: Full License
languages: fluent English & French, basic Spanish and Polish
memberships/affiliations: Association for Computing Machinery, British Computer Society, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Electoral Reform Society, GNU project (Free Software Foundation), Open Rights Group, The Green Party/Brighton & Hove Green Party, Soil Association.
I am a Foundation Governor at St Mary's RC Primary School, Portslade
