Khashayar Blourfroushan
London, KT*
E-mail: *****.**@*****.*** Website: www.bshan.be
EDUCATION
MSc Information Systems, Kingston University London
(Due to complete in January 2013) 2012 Current
Agile Foundation Certificate, Kingston University London
DSDM Atern 82% - distinction 2012
BSc Software Engineering, University of Greenwich London
BSc (Hons) 2:2 2009 2010
HND Computing, Kingston University London
HND: A 2008 2009
CCAN, Kingston College London
CCAN: A 2008 2009
HNC Computing, Kingston College London
HNC: A+ 2005 2006
EMPLOYMENT
Web Freelancer London - UK
Web Developer and Web Designer Jun 2007 Current
Both front end and back end development of a number of sites for regional and national
organisations and companies.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Tehran- Iran
Software Developer & IT Consultant Feb 2011 Sep 2011
Both front end and back end development of a site for UNHCR of Iran, in English and
Persian.
John Lewis PLC London - UK
General Assistant Mar 2008 Feb 2011
To ensure the smooth running of the shop, and maintaining the shop standards by:
Keeping the shop and displays clean and tidy at all times.
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Operating the till and accurately handling cash and credit/debit cards.
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Assist in changing displays of shop stock.
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Assisting with regular stock checks and annual stock takes
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Looking after all aspects of the shop whilst the Section Manager is away.
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To ensure that excellent customer service is demonstrated at all times by:
Work as part of a team with the other staff, be aware of what is happening in the rest of
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the centre and assist the public wherever possible.
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SKILLS
Computing: competent with a wide range of Microsoft products and have an excellent
knowledge of HTML(5), XML, CSS(3), Visual Basic, SQL, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, PHP,
ASP, Java, Relational Database Design, User Centred Design, Information Architecture,
Responsive Design and have experience with Perl, .NET, ActionScript 3, Flash, Apache, SQL
and MySQL servers.
INVITED TALKS and SEMINARS
Presented An investigation into the use of twitter by lecturers and students to support
UG and PG modules invited talk at HEA MSOR Using social media to engage students in
mathematical sciences.
Presented The use of social media for trend detection, promotion and sharing in localist
activity invited talk at Localism: Widening Horizons for Policy and Practice.
Presented Social Bookmarking, Focusing on your local catchment area and students
expectations of Computer Science and Early warning and outbreak detection using
social networking websites: the potential of Twitter seminars at the University of
Greenwich.
Presented National electronic Library of Infection, 2002 09 Information online
invited talk at eHealth 2010.
Presented Potential uses of user activity on online social networking sites seminar at
Keele University.
Presented Text Visualisation seminars at the Open University and Loughborough
University.
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