Development Developer

Nick Adams

Technologist Entrepreneur

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Profile After a four year EEE Masters from Imperial College London, spent the five years of

career in the two powerhouses of Asia; India then China, helping build technology

businesses while learning about locals, language, and life. In moving to the US, the

goal is simple: to help create smart solutions that make modern life sustainable and

affordable. Creative, passionate and professional, love photography and a sucker

for challenging and multicultural environments. Dual Citizenship (UK / USA).

Education Master of Electronic Engineering MEng 2.1 (69) 2002 - 2007

Imperial College London. Reference available [Head of Dept]

AAAAABBB Scottish Higher & Advanced Higher Grades 1996 - 2002

George Watson s School, Edinburgh

Career Director for International Business Development Nov 2010 - Present

Cloud Valley, Beijing [China]. Reference available [Chairman]

Overall responsible for BD in a fast growing Chinese startup in the cloud computing &

Big Data space, lead by Edward Tian [Asia Info, CNC]. Developed partnerships with

eight key foreign and domestic partners, helping build new product lines and services.

Responsible for strategic partnership with a well known Californian startup which

successfully landed its business in China.

Founder and CTO Jan 2009 - Oct 2009

SapnaSolutions, Pune [India]. Reference available [Founder]

Co-founded SapnaSolutions, a leading Ruby on Rails (RoR) web & iPhone development

company in Pune, India. As CTO was responsible for the technology team and product

development. Built and hired a team of 15+ developers. SapnaSolutions now has over

50 employees (Q2 2012).

Founder and Director Nov 2007 - Jan 2009

EnTrip, London [UK] & Pune [India]. Reference available [Founder]

Co-founded the map based travel tool, EnTrip. Personally developed the web app, and

was responsible for design and technical development. Sourced, trained and

managed the core development team of four.

Freelance Developer & Consultant Aug 2006 - Present

Factotum Technical, Edinburgh [UK]. Reference available [Director]

Part time lead developer and consultant leveraging RoR and other web technologies

for this Edinburgh based IT shop. Architected and built many functional web apps,

including a multifunctional CRM system, and VoIP self service portal.

Papers The Inspection of Very Large Images by Eye-gaze Control (AVI) 2008

Awarded HCI Award for Excellence to best UK publication in AVI, Napoli

Gaze Controlled Navigation (Cogain, Leicester) 2007

Tech Communication Other

Skills

HTML, CSS, JS Highly proficient spoken Project Management

and written English.

Ruby & RoR Product Design

Fluent Spoken Chinese,

PHP, SQL Business Development

intermediate written.

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