About Me

Brett Alton

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Buy/sell community for

Canadian university students.

Incorporated Jan 2012

Spiritual successor to TrentBookSwap

TrentBookSwap

Textbook swapping network for
Trent University students.

2,100+ users

(830 were active in the last month)

16,500+ books
147,000+ book matches

trentbookswap.com

Statistics I: Records

Greatest number of <event> in one day...

New user registrations: 57 (Sept 09, 2011)

Books added: 276 (Sept 12, 2011 & Sept 06, 2012)

Books removed: 157 (Sept 11, 2012 & Jan 07, 2013)

Book matches found: 3668 (Sept 10, 2012)

Greatest number of books registered in one...

Field of study: 2796 (Psychology)

Course: 471 (PSYC-1020)

Statistics II: Recency

Aug 1 to Sept 31, 2013

370 new users / 830 unique user logins
3190+ books added / 2060+ books removed
All word-of-mouth advertising

BrandHealth - Summary I

Digital Technology Manager

Oversaw the development of consumer and B2B iPad apps, websites & touchscreen displays, acting as a liaison between design & programming departments, including client relations.

brandhealth.ca

BrandHealth - Summary II

Clientele

Allergan, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, GlaskoSmithKline, Pfizer and others

Accomplishments

Built foundations of new department, generating revenue of $2 million
Oversaw the release of 50+ iPad apps using HTML5 & PhoneGap

Alton Labs - Summary I

Contractor & Consultant

Work as a UX expert, PHP/MySQL engineer, front-end developer, linux server administrator and
computer technician.

brett@altonlabs.com

AltonLabs - Summary II

Clientele

Cossette Toronto (Air Transat, Marlin Travel, Canada Post), YourOnlineAgents, eCentre Research, Peterborough Catholic School Board and others

AltonLabs - Summary III

Accomplishments

Completed leading-edge HTML5 projects for large Canadian corporations
Oversaw thousands of queries a second for YourOnlineAgents (Apache and MySQL)
Re-wrote profitable proprietary software with extensive testing
Worked as a computer technician diagnosing networking, server and computer issues

Whatever Media

Senior Web Developer

HTML5/JS app front-end developer
PHP/MySQL back-end developer
Linux server administrator

Worked with Mazda, Toyota and others

whatevermedia.ca

Volunteer Experience & Awards I

National Advertising Awards
BrandHealth
Merit Award for Print (Spring 2013)

Community Council
Ubuntu (Operating System)

Elected (2010-2012)

Volunteer Experience & Awards II

Chief Communications Officer & Members Officer

Green Party of Canada

Volunteer (2010-2012)

Chair of Web Development & Design Advisory Committee, Durham College
Elected (2007-2008)

Camera Man & Instant Replay Operator, TVCogeco

Volunteer (2003-2005)

Fine art photographer

All of the images used on this website are
Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Brett Alton Photography

brettaltonphotography.com