Cushy is a startup due for launch in late 2024, specialising in business automation through an intuitive drag-and-drop, no-code interface.

Supporting the My Accounts & Dealings Team to further develop and maintain the Hargreaves Lansdown online trading platform, including work on their middleware applications, internal tooling and incident resolution. Key accomplishments include:- Migrated mobile API to Symfony framework, handling millions of monthly interactions- Migrated the team from Bitbucket to GitLab, adding Veracode SAST/SCA scans and integration with GitLab CI- Developed release management tool, automating a significant portion of the weekly release process with API integration into ServiceNow, GitLab, Confluence, and Jira- Collaborated with external stakeholders to ensure adherence to strict FCA-regulated policies, liaising with QA, Security, and Performance Teams.

Development of GovPort - a portal to parse airline DCS messages and submit to relevant government agencies for PNRGOV compliance. Integration into various APIs both on import and export. Managed the entire lifecycle of the application, including requirements, spec, development, testing, release to production and ongoing maintenance.

Migrated various platforms to Symfony 4.4. Including their location based data management platform called WLDS, the Comcast web finder and their ConnectionAssist platform.Involved in the entire lifecycle of the applications, from spec, to development, testing, ops, release to production and ongoing maintenance.

Return contract for continued development of their user management application. Full details below in the period 05/06/2010 - 31/10/2015.

Creation of a wireless access portal for airlines. The platform granted a limited period of Wi-Fi access in return for watching a video advert, completing a survey, viewing a slideshow or visiting a microsite.

Sole developer on a bespoke user management platform which centralised management of all OSS accounts for distribution across multiple servers. Enforcing password policies, account verification, strict core security principles (2-2-4), audit trail and other business process. The platform manages access for over 1,600 members of staff and is regularly pen tested by a third party.

- PHP5 MVC, Symfony, Agile, MySQL, Linux- MediaWiki, Trac, JS, SVN, Unit Testing, JMeterDevelopment of their LBS applications in PHP/Symfony including EmergencyWise, an application for a large international MNO.Management of deployment process and shell scripts for applications.Performance and load testing using JMeter, XDebug.

- PHP5, MySQL, Linux, AJAX, JSON, JS- jQuery, YUI, CSS, ORM, Dia, CVS, MantismagicSite CMS - A PHP/MySQL based content management system (CMS).Development of an ajax/json based form builder. Creation of user management, roles and permissions module. Notification module.

- PHP5, MySQL, Linux, AJAX, XML- DOMXML, Modrewrite, JS, jQuery, CSS, Zend- ORM/Factory design method, Dia, SVN, TracFurther development of their online media platform.Using MVC architecture to aid in the completion of the current project phase. Software an extension of the PHP Zend framework.Integration to payment gateways such as MetaCharge and PayPal.

- PHP5, MySQL, Linux, Mod-rewrite, CakePHP, JS, CSS, SVN, Trac