anthony galvin

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About

I'm a Technologist at TodayTix Group, Cyclist, Stewkley Cricket player, family man. Lover of digital and analogue technology, scottish islands and snow.

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Employment history

Full details on Linked In

June 2021 - Present
VP Technology at TodayTix Group London

A member of the leadership team, reporting to the CTO. I have responsibility for product and engineering teams across TodayTix Group and Secret Cinema. In particular I focus on B2C web and app properties, retail and customer facing parts of our B2B(2C) platform.

 June 2020 - June 2021
VP Engineering at TodayTix Group London

Responsible for UK engineering teams, with a focus on B2B services and tools.

 May 2018 - May 2020
Technology Director at Huge Inc London, an Interpublic Group company

Part of the global technology team based in London. Working across multiple accounts and projects covering retail, fashion and entertainment.

 Feb 2016 - April 2018
Group Technical Director at AKQA London, a WPP Group company

Technical leadership and team management as well as technical project delivery for clients. A wide range of project work including voice interfaces, app development, web builds, drinks trolley tracking and machine learning.

 July 2014 - Feb 2016
Technical Director at Wolff Olins London, an Omnicom Group company

Evolving the way Wolff Olins uses technology to ensure the entire business delivers the best possible digital experiences. This involved working to grow the global tech capability through client work, delivering anything from working prototypes, code sketches and reference applications through to production ready software and services.

 March 2012 - July 2014
Technical Director at R/GA London, an Interpublic Group company

Scoping, estimation and communicating complex technical ideas to clients, as well as working with creative leads and producers to deliver high quality, innovative work across the agency.

 December 2010 - March 2012
Technology Project Leader and Solutions Architect at R/GA London, an Interpublic Group company

Leading the London development team on a large, agile multi-platform, multi-organisation online publishing and knowledge share project.

 March 2010 - December 2010
Technical Lead at talkSport, a UTVPitch company

Responsible for complete technical solution as well as managing development team and liaising with technical partners for high traffic, content rich website and Drupal based publishing system.

 December 2007 - February 2010
PHP Developer at Altogether Digital, an Engine Group company

Development work, site builds and social applications for clients including Vertu, Artemis, Betfair, Santander, American Express, Yorkshire Bank, Sony Audio.

 June 2001 - November 2007
Web Developer at Banner Corporation, a WPP company

Technology marketing clients included HP, Riso, Freescale, Lexmark, Siebel, Hitachi, Cisco, SES-Astra, ComputaCenter and Ubuntu

 Jan 2001 - June 2001
Freelance Web Developer

Freelancing at a variety of agencies as well as working on applications for Oxford Univesity Press

 April 2000 - Jan 2001
Technical Director at Evoco Internet Solutions

Client work for Rocket, Earl of Sandwich, i-nspired amongst others

 January 1999 ~ March 2000
Web Developer at 64k Web Agency

Clients included Nescafe, Standard Clubs and Bayer Health

 September 1996 ~ June 1999
Rose Bruford College, 2.1 Music Technology BA(Hons)

Recording, Performance, Cultural Studies, Digital Video, Sculpture