David Cochrane

Experience

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  Creative Ace/Acesetters

  Jan 1988 - Jun 1992

  Night Systems Manager

  First employed as a Typesetter and was later promoted to Night System Manager.System Maintenance for both Berthold systems (Standalone units and mainframe units), maintenance as well as typesetting duties

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  Burrups Limited

  Apr 1994 - May 1995

  Typesetter

  Typeset Financial documents, Annual Reports and producing/touching up graphics using Quoin typesetting software, Quark Express and Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator respectively

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  AFPS Co Ltd

  Jun 1995 - Apr 1999

  General Manager

  Managed all typesetting staff and procedures including shift rotas for 18 staff. Training of staff on new procedures and software. Installation and administration of server and networks. Checking quality of printing during the printing process at the suppliers factories. Liasing directly with clients concerning documentation and timing. Organising hand distribution of documentation required in Thailand

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  Roman Financial Press Ltd

  May 1999 - Nov 2001

  General Manager

  Set up a Thailand representative office which was capable of distributing documents made available by the company website within 90 minutes of release.Implementation and improvement of internal systems, both paper and computer based using a variety of different software solutions and programming solutions. Updating/enhancing and administration of the company website. Purchasing of equipment, cash flow, budgeting, staff recruitment, staff training and staff management.

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  Ley-lines.com

  Nov 2001 - Feb 2005

  General Manager

  Oversaw all aspects of design, programming and implementation of system enabling employees to easily manage any number of project specific websites. Creation of the in-house system using MS Access, Visual Basic, MS Word, Adobe Acrobat. Creation of web based file upload system, calendar, comments and space utilisation programme using PHP and MySQL database. Negotiated charge for and coordinated with programmers during the production of the secure messaging system and the logging programme. Purchasing of equipment, cash flow, budgeting, staff recruitment, staff training and staff management. Analysing new software to ascertain its usability/benefits within the company. Show less

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  Newsademic

  Feb 2005 - Mar 2015

  Production/IT Director

  Newsademic is a wholly owned subsidiary of ley-lines.com Limited. It produces, sells and distributes a digital newspaper for children/Language students of any age. Stories are based on current international news. All articles are written and edited in a simple-to-read and easy-to-understand educational format.Oversaw all aspects of design, programming and implementation of an ever evolving website (v1 – v3). Purchasing of equipment, cash flow, budgeting, staff recruitment, staff training and staff management. Analysing new software to ascertain its usability/benefits within the company.v3 of the website was a total redesign with full control for keeping content updated and distributed as well as many different tools to enable sales through agents and distributors. Show less

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  Easykart.net

  Aug 2015 - now

  General Manager