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London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Consulted as a QA Technical Analyst at the Rail Delivery Group:• Performed rigorous manual regression testing for every product release.• Developed an automated testing framework in Python using Robot Framework. This reduced the regression testing time by 75%, allowing for greater time allocation to other releases.• Created detailed Test Suites and Tasks for each product release and managed these through ALM, providing a clear audit trail.

London, England, United Kingdom

Consulted as a C# Software Development Engineer in Test for Schroders:• Acted as Project Coordinator and .NET Engineer in the construction of a tool that tracks and visualises the metrics of teams engaged in the Shift-Left initiative.• Provided Shift-Left consultancy to teams providing benefits such as: increased product delivery time, cost saving, sustainable testing, and allowed teams the time to innovate and improve in other areas, directly affecting company growth.• Developed a modular automated API testing framework in C# improving a team's manual regression testing from a matter of hours to under 10 minutes.• As an embedded SDET I created a general automated testing framework for a HTTP Trigger Azure Function in C# and Python for company-wide use.• Improved monetary value of a team through the development of a robust Azure Function to convert XML and JSON files to CSV in C#, replacing an expensive, outdated method of file conversion.Gained an Azure Fundamentals AZ900 accreditation.

Three month C# SDET crash course that covered:• C# Fundamentals, OOP principles and Software Development practices• Agile Methodology• SQL querying and creating databasesGained a Foundation ISTQB accreditation.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

• Motivated team members to deliver the best possible service.• Drive sales by making staff aware of all promotions and incentives.• Managed and ordered stock to meet the demands of future customers.• Ensured superior customer experience by addressing customer concerns, demonstrating empathy and resolving problems on the spot.• Described product to customers and accurately explained details and care of merchandise.• Earned management trust by being a serving key holder, with opening and closing responsibility of the site.• Trained and served as a peer coach for new members of staff.

Didcot, England, United Kingdom

• Checking in guests.• Organising bookings.• Dealing with customer queries and problems.• Providing a friendly and efficient service.• Handling cash and debit transactions.

Oxford, United Kingdom

• Team leader overseeing the UK automotive media research analyst team• Media monitoring and content analysis of the automotive sector• Assisting project managers in the creation of client reports, providing qualitative insights to KPIs• Training and mentoring new team members in addition to target setting, monitoring and maintaining team’s performance, morale and efficiency• Internal team organisation, prioritisation and distribution of workload to meet deadlines

Master Of Science - Msc, Computing Science

Activities and Societies: Football, Rock Climbing, E-Sports Society President, CSGO Team Captain, Valorant Team CaptainObject-Oriented.

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc (Hons), Biomedical Sciences, General

Activities and Societies: Football, Rock Climbing, E-Sports Society, CSGO Team Captain, Overwatch Team CaptainDissertation: Identified.

A-Levels, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths

Activities and Societies: Football, Rugby, Chess, Electronics