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Who's Who

Freelance Associates and Alumni ~


Dan Nixon
Business Development Co-ordinator
Dan's role as New Business Development Co-ordinator spanned marketing, promotion and liaising with potential clients. Working closely with Cogapp's management group, Dan focussed on generating new opportunities by expanding the range of sectors the company operates in.

He joined Cogapp in May 2007, and worked on the promotional presence for Cogapp at several events, including dConstruct and Hack Day, as well as successfully launching Cogapp's external blog.

Dan Nixon graduated with a first class degree in Film and Television from the University of Westminster in 2002. After University he worked for the Data Infrastructure department of EDF's Networks division before returning to Brighton in 2004 to work as a producer at the small feature film company Pull Back Camera. His work there culminated in the selection of one of his films for the Cannes Film Festival '05.

He returned to the film industry in May 2008 after a productive time at Cogapp.
Stuart Lamour
Assistant Producer
Stuart has a broad-ranging role, which includes facilitating technical aspects of Production department work, user research, statistical analysis, project management, and the technical implementation of graphic design, wireframes and Information Architecture. He is also a well-practiced advisor on web 2.0 media distribution such as blogs, content aggregators, and social networking sites.

He joined Cogapp in late 2006, and worked on a multitude of projects. For the British Museum website re-design he modelled a prototype with interactive PHP and AJAX, as well as building initial site component templates with XHTML and CSS. For the Home Office's Immigration and Nationality Directorate he helped undertake extensive user research which included user interviews and reports, card sorting, building wireframes for testing, documenting findings and report writing. He converted Cogapp's pro bono Artguide site from Pearl to PHP and SQL, helped write a research report for the Jewish Museum in New York on museums and web 2.0, and has worked on projects for the National Portrait Gallery, Science Museum, Naked Eye amongst many others. Stuart also customised our own blog, reworking the Wordpress templates with PHP, XHTML and CSS.

Stuart has a BSc in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science from the University of Sussex.

He moved on to the University of Sussex to work on a national project developing web 2.0 e-learning tools for students, teachers and employers in April 2008.
Jason Ryan
Production Director
After gaining an MSc in Archaeology at University College London, Jason completed his PhD on conservation techniques at Imperial College working with the Victoria and Albert Museum. He then taught at the Royal College of Art on the RCA/V&A Museum Joint Conservation Course. Jason has lectured at conferences and meetings in England and America, and has published a number of academic papers.

Jason has been involved with new media since 1995 and has contributed to over 50 digital projects in the fields of art, science, education, music and film. Outside the interactive field he was assistant director and technical consultant on the short film 'Colin's Wings' about the ceramicist Colin Pearson.

His work with Cogapp included consultancy and information architecture projects for The Home Office, the Houses of Parliament, the British Library, V&A and the British Museum; and interactive projects for the Museum of Modern Art, BBC, Science Museum, National Maritime Museum and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Jason also led the technical and production work on 'The Magical Worlds of Joseph Cornell', a BAFTA-nominated and AAM Muse gold award winning DVD-ROM project produced for the Voyager Foundation, Washington DC.

Jason became Cogapp’s Production Director in mid-2001 following a string of successful project deliveries.

Jason is a certified Prince 2 project manager.
Professor Malcolm Garrett
Design Consultant
Malcolm Garrett is Creative Director at AIG (Applied Information Group, London).

Malcolm is a true pioneer of digital design, technology and thinking. His career has spanned pop music and popular culture, the arts, broadcast, publishing and digital media, including award-winning projects for clients such as Carlton, Trinity College Dublin and the Science Museum. Malcolm was appointed Visiting Professor of Interaction Design at London's Royal College of Art in 2000 and is also Visiting Professor at Central St Martins. In 2000 he was made a Royal Designer for Industry by the Royal Society of Arts, the first interactive media designer to be honoured in this way. Recently, Malcolm has worked with Cogapp as Creative Director of the ICONS project and as consultant for our own re-branding project.
Rory Matthews
Design Consultant
Rory Matthews is a designer and design consultant. He was Cogapp’s Design Director from 1991-2000, and he continues to art direct selected projects for us, notably our work on the Magical Worlds of Joseph Cornell project and the Cleveland Museum of Art website.

After graduating from London’s Camberwell School of Art and Crafts in 1978 Rory practised and lectured in graphic design, specialising in interactive media design since 1989. Rory is a member of the Chartered Society of Designers.

Rory’s work can be seen on his website at www.rorym.com.
Alastair Martindale
Senior Programmer
Alastair Martindale graduated with a degree in Physical Sciences from UCL, London after completing a Foundation in Fine Art at Hastings College. He then went on to obtain an MSc (Distinction) in Information Systems at the University of Brighton.

Alastair joined Cognitive Applications in 1998 as a programmer. He has since worked on a variety of projects including exhibits for the Science Museum and production of database archives and dynamic web sites for Cable & Wireless and the National Portrait Gallery.
Eric Bates
Designer/Producer
Eric Bates works as freelance producer/designer and lecturer. He graduated from Maidstone College of Art, where he studied Fine Art, followed by an MA in Printmaking at Brighton University, and later an MSc in Computer Graphics at Middlesex University.

Eric worked for Cogapp as a senior designer/project manager between 1997 and 2003. Whilst still working freelance for Cogapp, he now spreads his time between producing, design & digital video and lecturing at Brighton University. Eric still creates content for many of Cogapp's projects, amongst them recent work for the BBC, Manchester United, ICONS - A Portrait of England.
Thomas Kennett
Flash Developer
Tom has worked as a professional developer since 2000, when he graduated from Sussex University with a degree in Artificial Intelligence. Always having had a passion for programming, in 2003 Tom became particularly fascinated with the possibilities offered by the rapidly evolving Flash platform, and began to specialise in Actionscript development - to this discipline he brings his knowledge of software design, and experience with C#, Java and server side tech.

Tom started at Cogapp in 2006 where he is currently working on e-learning projects for the BBC. He devotes much of his spare time to R&D.
John Davison
Illustrator and Animator
John has been freelancing for over 7 years, during which time he has produced a diverse collection of original and outstanding animation for broadcast, interactive media and mobile phones.

Industry acclaim has come locally, from work shown at several of Brighton's D-Scape events as well as providing visuals for Melting Vinyl and ESP club nights.

Nationally, John's work was selected for the 2005 OneDotZero festival, showcasing the best global talent in cutting-edge experimental moving image. Beginning at the ICA London, the tour continued to over 50 countries worldwide.

International accolades have come from as far a field as:
  • Singapore (Design Warriors Art Project)
  • Hamburg (Bit Film Festival)
  • California (The Animation Show - personally programmed by Mike Judge)

His clients include BBC,MTV, Channel4, E4, Orange, Sony, Nintendo and Penguin Books.
Jules Langran
Illustrator and Animator
Jules started freelancing just over two years ago as an illustrator and animator after eight years as a designer and art director. She has worked individually and as part of a team on animation, character development, games, websites, online branding and viral marketing projects for the youth, entertainment, and lifestyle markets as well as creating new, and updating existing licensed products.

Previous clients include the BBC, Campbells, publishers Die Gestalten Verlag, Hewlett Packard, The Licensing Company, The Post Office and Vogue.
Lucia Brida
Bookkeeper
Lucia started her accounts training in West Wales many years ago. She eventually moved to London and worked for an audio visual company as a junior and ended up as a director. She left in 1993 just after her daughter was born and started up her own book-keeping company here in Brighton. Lucia joined Cogapp as a bookkeeper on a freelance basis in 2004.
Cathryn Sweid
Accounts Consultant
Cathryn Sweid joined the company in August 2002 as bookkeeper. Cathryn took a diploma in business studies in Sweden where she lived for 12 years, followed later by one year's AAT studies in Brighton. She started her accounting career working in the hotel business, and has lived and worked abroad in a variety of different organisations before returning to her hometown of Brighton. Cathryn has recently taken up a new role but continues to provide consultancy support for our accounts department.
Stuart Jackson
Senior Producer
Stuart was awarded a doctorate in neural networks and the philosophy of meaning from the University of Exeter in the summer of 1992. He taught and conducted post-doctoral research in the computer science departments of both Exeter and Sheffield universities until 1995, and his work appears in Connectionism and Meaning.

Stuart has worked on interactive and enhanced TV, CD, web and software application projects in a variety of roles for a variety of different organisations, including as programme manager, account manager, producer, project manager and copywriter.

He was previously Production Director at Getfrank, where he ran the delivery effort company-wide, and before that Senior Producer at Victoria Real where he coordinated projects teams across web, DTV and wireless offerings.

Stuart has worked with a wide range of public and private sector clients including the BBC, Channel 4, Culture Online, Interface Europe, Ladbrokes, Norwich Union, Ofcom, Rail Passengers Council, Strategic Rail Authority and Westway Development Trust.
Amo Bassan
Designer
Amo has worked for a range of design agencies in the UK, France and the USA. He has worked with on- and offline media, and frequently manages design teams as well as delivering outstanding creative work himself.

He has significant experience of designing user interfaces for screen-based media including Internet, kiosk and CD-ROM platforms. Amo has worked on the design and development of numerous corporate identities and has also led major identity and interface design projects for Culture Online / 24 Hour Museum, Interface Europe, Local Government Leadership Centre and St Bede's School.

Amo is also an experienced typographer, illustrator, video editor, artist, DJ and photographer.
Clifford Barton
Designer
Clifford Barton has an honours degree in Fine Art from West Surrey College of Art and Design. He joined Cogapp in March 1995 after working in advertising as an art director and package designer for clients including American Express, Nescafe, L'Oreal, and Coca Cola. Clifford was one of our key staff on the Washington Micro Gallery project and our leading 3D specialist. Clifford continues to work with us as a consultant.
Jeremy Mabbitt
Programmer
Jeremy Mabbitt joined Cogapp in January 2000 as a programmer. After a short period at Oxford University, Jeremy studied at Exeter University and gained a degree in Engineering Science. He then went on to Sussex University to read an MSc in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems and graduated with distinction. He is a specialist in Java software development.

Jeremy has now gone on to develop his own business, see www.codefarm.com for details.
Joss Munro
Producer
Until recently, Joss Munro was one of Cogapp producers. She managed web and kiosk based projects for some of Cogapp's museum-sector clients including the Royal Pavilions Libraries and Museums, Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Prior to joining us in 1999, Joss completed an Honours Degree in Fine Art at the University of Brighton, and a Certificate in Multimedia from the University of Sussex. Previously she also worked as a technical volunteer at Lighthouse, a digital arts organisation.

Joss is now combining family life with various other commitments including freelance assignments with Cogapp.
Kevan Davis
Programmer
Kevan has been working as a programmer for over seven years following a BSc in Computer Science from De Montfort University. Kevan specialises in database-related development work, using PHP, ASP and MySQL.

At Cogapp, Kevan has worked on various web sites for the Home Office and the Coffyn Collection, the Art Explorer for Chicago Institute of Art and a press release facility for the National Portrait Gallery.
Matt Pearson
Programmer
Matt previously worked as a film-maker and writer/editor back in his native Midlands but for Cogapp he adopted the guise of Multimedia Engineer and Programmer. Somewhere along the line he picked up a couple of degrees, one in Media & Communications and one in Computing, studied at a variety of inauspicious institutions around the country. He also knows a lot about comics.
Nik Honeysett
Producer
Nik Honeysett worked with Cogapp for more than ten years. A graduate of Brighton University, Nik holds a BSc and an MSc in microprocessors. Before joining Cogapp in March 1989, Nik worked at the BBC Interactive Television Unit. Nik worked on all our art museum-related projects, including the original Micro Gallery project in London. Nik now works at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Piran Montford
Programmer
A Windows and internet expert and also an exceptionally good Macintosh programmer, Piran joined the company in September 1995. He is now working on e-commerce applications. Very occasionally he turns up in Brighton for an hour or two of consultancy or a meal.
Sophia Robertson
New Business Director
Sophia holds a BA in Ancient History and Archaeology and an MA in Museum and Gallery Management, and has worked for a number of museums including the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the National Maritime Museum, where she project managed content and production of the Search Station project and museum website.

Sophia was previously Arts and Culture Director at Big Picture Interactive. She has a special interest in museums and online learning, and has given seminars on the subject for various organisations including the Museums Association, New Opportunities Fund and Society of Archivists. Previously our New Business Director, as of September 2003 Sophia is taking time out to enjoy life with her son Dylan.
Tim Frost
Tim Frost is currently pursuing his calling as an animator. You can see his work on his home page at www.animoke.com.
Vici Hemming
Office Manager
Vici ran Cogapp's offices from 1990 to 2001. She contributed to almost almost all the projects we worked on during the period. She has now moved from Brighton to Devon and is staying in touch by doing freelance work editing our Art Guide project.
Selena Ulrich (1976-2004)
Programmer
Selena worked with the company as a programmer until July 2003, having joined in January 2001 and previously spent a year and a half studying for an MSc in Information Systems at the University of Brighton. Before that she studied for a BA in Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, which is where she also acquired her deep love of Brighton. She died suddenly in June 2004. She is sorely missed by those who knew her.

Last updated: Wed, May 14, 2008 Copyright © 2008. Cogapp.