Last updated September 2005: I am currently in employment and will be unavailable for work for the forseeable future.
Dan Hon
[address on request]
[phone on request]
danhon@gmail.com
Born 29 November 1979
British Citizen
Full, clean British driving licence
2002 - 2003: MSc. Software
Engineering
[Distinction]
Department of Computer
Science, University of Liverpool
2001 - 2002: Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice
(Commendation)
College of Law, Chester
1998 - 2001: B.A.
(Hons) Law
(2.ii)
Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge
Civil (Roman) law,
constitutional, criminal, tort, contract, land, international,
family,
legal history, EU, commercial and conflict of laws, and final year medical ethics
dissertation.
1996 - 1998: A-Level
History (A), English Language (A), Chemistry (A), General Studies (A)
Calday Grange Grammar School
1994 - 1996: GCSE
Physics (B), Chemistry (A), Biology (B), Maths (A), Information Systems (A*), English
Language (A*), English Literature (A), French (A), German (A), History (A), Music (A)
Calday Grange Grammar School
09/2007 - current: CEO, Six to Start
Chief Executive Officer of Six to Start.
09/2005 - 08/2007: COO, Mind Candy
Chief Operating Officer for Mind Candy.
09/2003 - 09/2005: Trainee Solicitor, Hewitsons
Two year fixed-term training contract consisting of four six month seats.
Completed six month seats in employment law and agricultural law, one nine-month seat in the technology and
commercial group and three months in the commercial property group.
11/2002 - 12/2002: Independent Contractor, IMechE
Contracted with the IMechE to
update the Microsystems Manufacturing
Organisation website.
12/2001 - 05/2002: Independent Contractor, Microsoft
Contracted with the HIVE group at Microsoft to develop specifications
and designs for structured online communities in the emerging field
of highly interactive viral entertainment.
08/2000 - 09/2000: Policy Researcher, Lord Chancellor's Department
Prepared a Partial Regulatory Impact Asssessment report on Representative Claims
published as part of a Government consultation
paper. Prepared a policy briefing on
distress for rent in light of the Human Rights Act 1998.
07/2000 - 09/2000: Independent Contractor, University of Liverpool
Produced specifications for a prototype web-based marking system, liaised with academic
staff, evaluated technologies and platforms, designed and built user interfaces and
mySQL database.
1997 - 1999: Independent Contractor, Calday Grange Grammar School
Implemented a Windows platform intranet,
installed and administered mailservers and
proxy systems, rolled-out TCP/IP over 150 seats and troubleshot software and
hardware.
10/2003 - current: Publicity Officer, Cambridge Trainee Solicitors
Group
Responsible for publicising CTSG events: flyer designs, email list
maintenance, submitting articles and advertisements to The Law Society
Gazette.
04/2001 - current: Online Community Leader, A.I. Web Game
Co-founded a 7,500 strong online
community surrounding the Microsoft A.I.
web game, created online resources and tools for players and moderator
staff, appeared in print and television media coverage.
1998 - current: Personal Website
Personal website danhon.com utilising
XHTML, CSS, CMS and PHP.
09/2000 - 06/2001: Publicity Officer, Cambridge RAG
Ran publicity campaigns, designed website and online community resources, produced print
advertisements, handled media relations and acted as an active member of an executive
committee raising over £90,000.