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Hobbies & Interests
Gadget geek or sporty socialite?

Computing was a massive degree aspect, and still plays part in my working life. But gadgets and technology are also key hobbies of mine.

However, I think there's probably more to me than just the geeky stuff; although that stuff is still pretty cool.

What floats your boat?

There's a huge variety of hobbies such as good sport, great music and amazing nights out!

Fitness, food and festivals are just a few of my other non-nerdy interests, and there's lots more, too.
Professional Portfolio
Blood, Sweat and Tears!
Educational Assignments

From my my first C++ project at Nottingham Trent University to my mobile marketing final year dissertation, my time in education provided me with a variety of challanges in the form of assignments.

Career Projects

On the other hand, in my career, real-world problems have been overcome with rational responces. Projects such as Science World 2010 have encouraged business orientated skills such as project analysis to be expanded and built upon.
Personal Profile
Its all about Me, Me, Me!
Who is John Alexander Rowley?

I'm a computer specialist and IT Professional with a passion for design, development and marketing and a genuine interest for computing and technology.

After A-Levels I moved to Nottingham Trent University to study Software Engineering BSc.

A third year industrial placement in Fisher Scientific's marketing team helped further focus my aspirations.

After completing my final year 'Mobile Marketing' dissertation and graduating from NTU I am now constantly developing my online marketing career.

Technical Abilities

Did you know? For student’s starting on a 4 year technical course, half of what they learn in their first year will be outdated by their third year!

A strong and diverse computing background has provided solid foundations to build upon and enhance specific abilities with more complex skill sets.

When something arises which I don’t know how to do, I genuinely enjoy researching the area to find a solution. Blogging about the issues faced and the resulting outcome further helps me to reflect and understand the area, as well as give helpful advice to other (similarly stuck) computer enthusiasts.

Below is just a few of the technical abilities I have developed during my time in education, year-long industrial placement and spare time;

Software packages

Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
Adobe Dreamweaver and Flash
WordPress (Content Management System)
CPanel (Windows) and PLESK (Linux)
PHPMyAdmin (Database management)
FileZilla (FTP software) and Notepad++
Microsoft Project & Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, etc)
Advanced in Microsoft Excel 2003+
Microsoft Outlook 2003+

Computing concepts

Website design, development and maintenance
Graphic production and image manipulation
Database development and administration
Software design, development and configuration
Content management both on- and offline
Operating system design (Windows 7, Ubuntu, OSX)
Computer hardware design & integration

Computing languages

HTML (Optimised for web and email)
CSS (inline and external style sheets)
PHP / MySQL
C++ / Objective-C
JavaScript
ActionScript

Marketing concepts

Pay per click search advertising (Google AdWords)
Display advertising & remarketing (Google Display Network)
Search Engine Optimisation (Organic result positioning)
Website optimisation & landing page design
Advanced in online analysis (Google Analytics)
Inbound & outbound marketing, link building & lead generation
Email design, development and distribution
Other online marketing techniques (Affiliate / Mobile / Social)
Traditional ‘offline’ marketing (Direct Mail, Events, PR, etc)

Business and Management

Key Process Indicators
E-Commerce
Project Evaluation
Financial Management
Risk Analysis
Critical Success Factors
Managerial Dashboards
7 Tools of Quality (QFD)

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