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Brownhills, England, United Kingdom

Looked after a team of four developers, The test manager and two test analysts.Responsible for all development work that goes live.Built and own the Design, Development and Test process.Responsibility for test environments including design and maintenance of integration.Interface between Solutions Team, PM’s and Dev and Test teams..Net Development (C# and VB.net)Migrated from TFS to Azure Dev-Ops with GIT repositories.

Bilston, England, United Kingdom

Asked back to restore some of the controls that were removed in my absence.Replaced .Net developer who had left the business leaving little documentation.Sole C#, VB.net, ASP.net and Omnis developer.Supported BI Developer / DBA with SQL and Crystal Reports work.Introduced design documentation and test reporting.Introduced Azure Dev-Ops version control.Worked with IT manager and finance director to decide on next ERP solution to replace aging bespoke system.

Walsall, United Kingdom

Replaced .Net developer who had left the business leaving little documentation.Implemented process around deployment and testing or software release.Responsible for Designing, developing and testing all .net systems used by the business.Took over development of a 3rd party integration system (Cleo) used to supplement SSIS.Key role in integration with new epos system using Cleo and the subsequent design of the SSIS replacement.Developed multiple “Tools Kits” for SSIS to enable easier integration with IBM MQs and Json API’s.Took over team lead position when my manager left the business, managing a Team of 3 Developers.Worked closely with the new test team manager to build integration between the newly formed team.Developed replacement for WinCE based Markdown system using Xamarin for android.

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Joining a team of 3 SME developers, working on a large data warehouse backed application, I had a steep learning curve to tackle in a short time. I worked hard to build my knowledge and quickly integrate myself in to the team to become a useful part of the next release cycle. Now working with the team, I engage with the business to analyze requirements, design and develop solutions and test and implement systems within agreed frameworks. I’ve taken the development lead role for a 2 year £12mm project to implement IFRS9 and isolate the impairment models from the RIFT application that we support. RIFT is a large data processing application spread across 10 application servers, 2 IIS servers and an Oracle database. It is coded in VB.net and designed making extensive use of the MEF framework and .net generics. My role requires that I work as an assistant team lead, taking charge of delivery timelines and working closely with the business to coordinate user acceptance testing. My presence with the business and my ability to explain technical issues in a non-technical way has placed me as the go to person for RIFT queries. Outside of my day to day role, I participate in numerous projects to improve the department as a whole. These include my personal drive to introduce a much needed version control system to the data warehouse development team and work as a departmental technical contact for the planned upgrade of the banks aging window XP infrastructure to windows 7. I am also one of only three none management colleagues that sit on a senior management steering group designed to bring the BI department to the forefront in terms of technology and customer support.

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Utopia Bathroom Group is one of the leading bathroom furniture manufactures in the UK with two sites based in Wolverhampton and a site recently closed in Glasgow. Taking responsibility over a small team of developers I worked on projects spread over the three sites, ranging from small input validation screens, to full productions control, accounting and work in progress systems. Previous projects have included automated invoice generation from dispatched goods and a stock take control system using windows mobile devices, cutting the time taken to stock take from two days to one.

Wolverhampton

Hired to help around the department I quickly took charge of replacing and upgrading older IT systems around the company. Working with the IT manager to gain his trust and prove my skills as an IT technician. I took on the challenge of teaching myself VB.net and Omnis 7 eventually taking first my MCAD, then my MCSD the following year.