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Congleton, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Congleton, Cheshire, United Kingdom

During the first year of my contract, I wrote a new web-based solution that integrated with their existing systems to allow recipes for manufacture and automation to be easily built, versioned and released. This system can be used to provide instructions to engineers or to provide instructions, via a standard PLC, to automate a device, such as Much of the.

Wakefield, United Kingdom

• EnServe is an FTSE 250-listed company with an annual revenue in the region of £312m which provides IT infrastructure and support services to clients in the utilities sector. I was engaged by the company as a.
• Enabled developerment teams to perform work on different layers, introducing Agile practices including Scrum sprints and exclusive locking in Team Foundation Server (TFS).
• Utilised Microsoft testing frameworks and Moq to create 100s of unit tests using Microsoft technologies to perform rigorous testing of new and existing system code.
• Successfully improved object orientation used for casting to and from data tables for a UI which utilised DevXpress, resulting in an application layer which provided an interface between fixed model controls and the.

Chester, United Kingdom

• CoSocius was an IT services company owned by Cheshire West and Chester Council & Cheshire East Councils - an operation which has now been taken in-house. I was engaged as a contractor to work as part of the Software.
• Created and facilitated deployment of a new online system for children's nurseries across the two councils which ensured they operated in line with changes to Ofsted monitoring regulations. The system used JavaScript /.
• Successfully enabled the councils to track staff performance and develop service improvements through the creation of a new CRM - which integrated with the incumbent Lagan CRM - that automatically sent out surveys to.

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

• Royal Wolverhampton is the Trust that runs the New Cross Hospital in the locale, employing 5,000 staff and serving a patient population of 200,000. I was engaged as a contractor initially to develop and implement a new.
• Used a wide range of tools and technologies to create applications, including C# & VB.Net 4.5, MVC 4, jQuery, WCF, ActiveX, HTML 5, CSS, Windows Forms, XML, SSRS, TFS, BDD.
• Successfully created and delivered shared portal which provided GPs with full resolution Radiology scans from an incumbent proprietary Phillips ActiveX API solution.
• Provided significant improvements to BAU through delivery of a new document management solution which operated with rewritten code from the existing system and plugged into the incumbent web service API.

Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent

• Tor is a provider of electronic ticketing systems to a range of the UK's most famous visitor attractions, including Natural History Museum, Imperial War Museum and BBC Tours. I was engaged as a contractor to perform a.
• Successfully developed new website which integrated with payment systems and existing services, embedded into iFrames where appropriate.
• Utilised a range of key tools and techniques including VB.Net 4.5, LESS, CSS 3, HTML 5, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, Mustache Web Services, XML, TFS, BDD.
• Enabled Tor to provide ticketing services across all mobile devices through creation of a new ASP.Net-based solution. Following successful implementation with initial client Snowden Railway, Tor adopted the application.

Telford, United Kingdom

• Intelligent Capture were a provider of scanning and optical character recognition services that operated with an annual revenue of £1.25m prior to acquisition by Proactis. I was engaged by the company as a contractor.
• Drove implementation of enhanced processes through configuration of source control within an incumbent document management system, creating powerful installers designed to assist software installation.
• Utilised a range of key tools and techniques including VB.Net & C# 3.5, T-SQL 2008, HTML 5, CSS 3, jQuery, Web Services, XML, SSRS, TFS, TDD & BDD.
• Successfully completed review and provided key recommendations, resulting in the award of a contract extension to implement suggested improvements, rewriting key pieces of software in C#.

Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

• bet365.com have a 19m global customer base and operates as one of the most successful online gambling groups in the world. I was engaged as a contractor on a 6-month assignment to work on the Gaming & Members.
• Elicited key business and functional requirements through liaison with Business Analysts and other teams for a large number of product improvements.
• Utilised knowledge in a range of tools and techniques including VB.Net 3.5, JavaScript, CSS 2, Accurev, TDD and BDD, XML, XSLT, VB 6, CruiseControl and Jenkins.
• Ensured best365 were able to continue trading in Italy via provision of new features for a members site which ensured operations were conducted in compliance with Italian law.

Cheshire

• MyProtein manufactures sports nutrition goods, selling a range of 1,500 products. I was engaged as a contractor to operate as a sole developer, tasked with improving the existing web platform which was no longer fit.
• Extracted data from the incumbent Maginus system in addition to the legacy ColdFusion platform in order to develop extensions to MyProtein's data warehouse designed to improve BAU.
• Developed an SQL-based Finance and ERP system which enabled the business to accurately calculate their VAT which led to HMRC reimbursing the company with over £200,000 in overpaid taxation.
• Successfully created and implemented improvements to the business' incumbent web platform which allowed MyProtein to deal with increased product demand which led to a 500% rise in sales. The increased success of the.

Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK

The initial brief was to assist in the development of updates to their KFI (Key Facts Indicator) processes so that they comply with current legislation. The main part of this was updating their Mortgage Quote Application to use the same web service that other processes used so quotes were identical and to extend the application to asynchronously quote both.

Updating one of their products for managing stock at FIAT to make it more generic so it can be applied to any car manufacturer in any (or any multiple of) country.

Cheadle Heath, Manchester, UK

• Engaged as a C# / ASP.NET contractor; Writing a complete system for improving the management of the Central Line for LuL.
• Develpoed web front-end in addition to writing various services and other applications to read, interpret and process the automatic messages sent by the trains and other part of the system; as well as creating a system.
• Wrote developer and end-user documentation. The tools used included Visual Studio 2008, LINQ, CruiseControl (continuous integration) and Subversion (via TortoiseSVN and Ankh).
• Wrote and implemented unit tests and writing and implementing test scripts before release.VB.NET / ASP.NET Contractor

Derby, United Kingdom

Writing a website, designing a database and coding the data import to allow for GPs to claim for certain services from the authority through the intranet, and for the finance team to approve/reject them. I also wrote full technical documentation to accompany it.C#.NET/ASP.NET Contractor

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Engaged as a contractor to assist with the rewrite of their website (www.superbreak.com) in.NET. I was based in the sub-contractor's office - Reading Room, in Manchester.
• Created a framework to allow session-less web pages that don't over-consume the view state (or impact the database).
• Rewrote many of the other pages/controls and assisted in the integration of these controls into the Tridion content management system.
• Used AJAX and custom validation controls to make the site more dynamic.

Bath, United Kingdom

• Responsible for assisting the client in producing ASP.NET web applications for investment banks based in the city.
• Languages used: VB.NET, C#, JavaScript (and JSON), CSS, XSLT, T-SQL 2000/2005, XSLT with extensive use of asynchronous programming models.
• Developed a code generation solution which enables an entire data model to be created and changed easily. This solution generates SQL that defines the database and its tables and stored procedures for accessing them.

• Responsible for updating the back office tools according to new business requirements using VB.NET 2.0. and C#. Also to advise other C++ and VB6 developers in the migration to.NET.
• Used the Model-View-Controller patterns in object-oriented design to provide event driven UIs to manage the betting sports markets.
• Utilised the newer features of.NET, such as generics and predicates, to achieve this end through a multi-object component design that also interacts with COM.
• Used the Enterprise Library to separate and configure the various components while being backwards compatible with existing systems.
• Built database object that was configured using INI files and that used a database remoting architecture to allow horizontal segregation of the databases and stored procedures.

• I was contacted to assist with the rebranding of their web site - both with the UI (HTML/JavaScript/CSS) and with new features.
• Rewrote the greyhound and horse splash and coupon pages to provide a new design consistent across many different languages and browsers.
• Used XSLT transformations with the data provided from VB6 COM business logic, XML files, and SQL Server 2000 stored procedures
• Rewrote stored procedures to provide fast access to gigabytes of data relating to each fixture.
• Rewrote many other pages: including member's pages and the Contact Us page so that they could provide varied contact details based on the language and country of customer with minimal server processing, as well as.
• Created easily re-skinnable pages for different club sites.

• My primary responsibility was to rewrite and maintain the company's different branded web sites using ASP.NET/VB.NET 1.1 and an SQL Server 2000 data store. This also involved writing JavaScrpt and C# code as necessary..
• Rewrote sites from scratch to provide credit card authorisation, custom membership features and interaction between custom flash games and web service APIs. I am now very familiar with SOAP and web service/remoting APIs
• Wrote custom rendered controls that the designers could drop in and restyle according to brand.
• Developed branded web sites working off the same backbone code and data source and helped write a single sign-in process across all sites. The sites can be found at www.collectibleworld.com.
• Helped administer the Windows 2003 servers that host the sites - updating code, configuration, and purchasing and installing SSL certificates.

• My primary responsibilities were to rewrite the company intranet in ASP.NET/C# as well as assist in the migration of their pricing tool (through coding and general tutelage) to an ASP.NET Web platform from a Java-based.
• Wrote a complete task/change management system from scratch to manage the workloads of all the developers. This involved interaction with an SQL Server 2000 database and Active Directory.
• Wrote many useful controls and features for their pricing tools including an asynchronous transactional database scheduler as a Windows Service that could run arbitrary code (specified in the database) at intervals or.

B.Sc. (Hons), Maths And Philosophy, 2:2

Activities and Societies: Folk, Rambling and moreBSc. Maths and Philosophy

Hnc, Computing

HNC Computing

A-Level, Maths, Computing, General Studies, Psychology, B,C,B,E

Activities and Societies: Also GCSE Physics, Grade A

Gcse & Rsa, Maths, English Lang, English Lit, H+S Biology, Chemistry, Religious Studies, French, Music, B,B,B,A,A,B,C,B

Activities and Societies: Also RSA Computer Literacy & IT - Distinction

Education record

Institution Year ISEB/BCS Business Analysis Essentials Tudor Computer Consultancy 2005 NVQ Level 2 Warehouse Operations and Administration.