Entrepreneur
Zürich Area, Switzerland
- Current
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- Self-employed at Russell Quinn
- Partner at CJQ Group ApS
- Past
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- Founder, Technical Director at Spoiled Milk ApS Zweigniederlassung
- Founder, Technical Director at Spoiled Milk ApS
- Software Engineer at Craftwork
- Volunteer / Organiser at Here Shop & Gallery
- Software Engineer at SN Systems (part of Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Education
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- Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
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Russell Quinn’s Summary
After graduating with a first class degree in computer science from Cardiff University, UK, I spent five years working for a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. producing games console development tools.
In August 2005 I relocated to Copenhagen to start Spoiled Milk, a media company concentrating on web development, usability, print design and branding. In the summer of 2008 we opened a foreign branch in Zürich and quickly grew to over ten people.
During my time at the company, I was involved with running the business at all levels. As we grew and stabilised, I settled into a Technical Director role where I was responsible for coaching, research and development, project management and software development on the principal projects.
In mid 2009 I stepped down from full-time employment duties to work on other projects.
Russell Quinn’s Specialties:
[Managerial] Small business development, project management, event organisation, coaching, SCRUM, brand strategy, new media consultancy, copywriting, futurism.
[Technology] Ruby on Rails, iPhone development (Objective C/Cocoa), ActionScript, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, C++, Java, UML, Object Orientated methodologies.
[Creative] Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, art direction, doodles.
Russell Quinn’s Experience
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Self-employed
Russell Quinn
(Media Production industry)
May 2009 — Present (8 months)
I work on projects that involve consulting, social ventures, human-centric technology, handcrafts, computer science, art and wildly speculating about the future.
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Partner
CJQ Group ApS
(Investment Management industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
CJQ Group is a strategic investment team that supports and grows ambitious companies in the new media, software and art industries.
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Founder, Technical Director
Spoiled Milk ApS Zweigniederlassung
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
May 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 6 months)
I established and developed a foreign branch of the Danish parent company detailed below. I ceased full-time employment in mid 2009, but remain a Technical Consultant and member of the board.
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Founder, Technical Director
Spoiled Milk ApS
(Media Production industry)
June 2005 — May 2008 (3 years )
“Spoiled Milk is a skilled team of creative, technical and strategic talents working together to create engaging online experiences. Founded in 2005, they currently operate from studios in Copenhagen and Zürich.”
Spoiled Milk is a media company that I founded along with a Danish friend. They cover a wide range of disciplines, but focus on web application development, usability, print design and branding. The aim is to hit the sweet spot between art and technology.
My role covered all aspects of the business including: software development, project and team management, client liaison and development of internal technologies. -
Software Engineer
Craftwork
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2006 — November 2006 (7 months)
Craftwork is a team of experts exploring and pushing the limits of the iTV platforms. During my six months here I wrote several modules in JAVA for a new SKY TV middleware platform.
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Volunteer / Organiser
Here Shop & Gallery
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)
August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)
’Here’ is a shop stocking a wide range of independent, small-press and underground art. It also has a gallery that hosts exhibitions of both local and international importance. Both of these are run entirely by volunteers. I worked in the shop on Sundays and was also involved in the organisation of a range of events in the gallery.
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Software Engineer
SN Systems (part of Sony Computer Entertainment)
(Computer Software industry)
July 2000 — July 2005 (5 years 1 month)
“SN Systems is a Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) owned software company based in Bristol, UK, that produces the industry standard development tools used by console programmers worldwide”.
I spent five years at SN Systems and worked on everything from command- line build tools (such as compilers, assemblers and linkers) to graphical performance analysers and the next version of the company’s lead debugger product.
I also spent a week on the road in California visiting customers, helped to run a stand at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Jose and undertook several short trips to UK/Europe-based customers to beta test new products.
Russell Quinn’s Education
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Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
Bsc (1st class with honours) , Computer Science , 1997 — 2000
Final grade: 72% (First Class Honours)
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Russell Quinn’s Interests:
I enjoy problem solving, social projects, human-centric technology, handcrafts, computer science, art, entrepreneurship and wildly speculating about the future.
Russell Quinn’s Honors:
I been interviewed by YCN, the Young Creative’s Network (UK), on the subject of evolving a creative enterprise and The Tamarind (Italy) reflecting on the success of Spoiled Milk. My record cover designs and artwork have been featured in magazines such as Creative Review (UK), XFUNS (Taiwan), Bitchslap (Denmark) and First Point (UK), as well as the books 1000 Supreme CDs and Around Europe.
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