Ben Walpole

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Software Architect at Aviva @ Aviva
london, greater london, united kingdom
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Greater Norwich Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Ben Walpole

As a hands on architect who comes from a multi-discipline engineering background, I apply universal engineering ideals to the task of providing technical solutions to business problems. I am a strong believer in using SOLID OO principles to build systems that are fit for purpose, adaptable to change, testable and built for scale.I have worked at many different levels in the technology stack on many different platforms gaining broad experience in how to build multi-layered systems that achieve goals.Now working as a mobile architect I strive to translate the requirements of the business in to well defined technical solutions, enabling developers to provide effective implementations that exceed expectations.http://twocoffeeproblem.blogspot.co.uk/

Ben Walpole's Current Company Details
Aviva

Aviva

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Software Architect at Aviva
london, greater london, united kingdom
Website:
aviva.com
Employees:
28060
Ben Walpole Work Experience Details
  • Aviva
    Software Architect
    Aviva May 2015 - Present
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    As part of the Software Architecture Team within the UK Digital Engineering Division I fulfil the role of Software Architect. My duties include the definition and promotion of architecture and software development standards and practices for mobile development within Aviva. This governance role requires me to work with mobile development teams to ensure the highest standards of software architecture and development are maintained. This role has allowed me to work in the following areas,Working with mobile development teams to produce an architecture for a mobile platform to promote best practices and facilitate the deployment of multiple apps using Xamarin.Responsible for building a REST API suite of 80+ endpoints to support mobile app functionality using .NET Core and including infrastructure utilising both AWS and Azure. This also included overseeing the migration to a containerised architecture.Responsible for overall solution design for the company’s mobile platform.Developing an internal framework to streamline the adoption of Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) using firstly Xamarin Test Cloud before migrating to Appium.Developing an internal framework to support the running of “headless” app integration tests.Building a highly configurable and extensible Continuous Integration (CI) infrastructure utilising AzureDevOps for a both mobile app and API codebases.
  • Proxama
    Mobile Software Architect
    Proxama 2014 - May 2015
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    As part of the Architecture Team, my duties included the design, documentation and prototyping of architecture to meet the company's long term goals. Working with the development team I had input into all levels of software design, working closely with developers to communicate high level designs and ensure an effective implementation. This role allowed me to develop the following skills,Architecture and software Design using SOLID OO principles, as lead architect on the company's SDK and mobile app products I oversaw the successful delivery of solutions on both iOS and Android to enable a number of different use cases.Excellent communication skills, providing both written and verbal communication to a number of different audiences including internal and external developers, business analysts, directors and sales staff. Working with developers to help find solutions to implementation problems or to help prototype advanced concepts.Taking a proactive approach to using technology to help the business achieve its goals and ambitions.I led the Beacon Strategy Group, an inter-disciplinary group that provided guidance to the company and its partners on the most effective way to deploy and manage Bluetooth Low Energy beacons for proximity marketing solutions. I played a key role in developing the company's custom analytics platform to provide in-depth insights to clients on the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
  • Proxama
    Senior Software Engineer (Ios Technical Lead)
    Proxama 2013 - 2014
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    This senior role gave me responsibility for all iOS development activities within the company providing technical leadership to a development team of up to ten developers and collaborating with other teams to achieve company ambitions.Alongside the delivery of application and SDK products this role also included the management of continuous integration, the definition of coding standards and the definition of platform architecture to ensure consistency in the implementation of company objectives.
  • Proxama
    Software Engineer
    Proxama 2012 - 2013
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    Forming part of the Development Team, my duties included the design, development, test and support of mobile payment, loyalty and marketing solutions. This work gave me experience in the following areas,Blackberry (7 and 10) / Android / iOS / Windows Phone Development.Java / C# / C++ (Qt) / Objective-C.Near Field Communications (NFC).Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).Contactless Payments. Git version control.Jenkins Continuous Integration.Agile (Scrum / Kanban) Development using Jira and Redmine.My duties also involved representing the company on trips to France to attend a GlobalPlatform conference on Smart Card Technology, and to the United States as part of an integration team working with a national contactless payment provider.
  • Serco
    Senior Hardware Engineer
    Serco 2010 - 2012
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    This senior role involved special responsibility for the architecture and development of the company's firmware products as well as liaising with external contractors and suppliers to ensure the smooth delivery of the company's electronic monitoring products.
  • Serco
    Hardware Engineer
    Serco 2005 - 2010
    Norwich, United Kingdom
    Forming part of the ISO 9001 accredited Hardware and Embedded Design team, my duties included product research, design, development, test and legacy support for electronic monitoring and curfew enforcement projects, including work undertaken for the Home Office and other national bodies at home and abroad. This work gave me experience in the following areas,The design of hardware solutions form concept to finished product using the OrCAD design suite.The design and implementation of embedded firmware applications written in C for micro-controllers (PIC\16\18\24, H8, MSP430).GSM and PSTN Communications.GPS Tracking.RF Communications (Short Range Devices).My duties also involved representing the company on trips to Saudi Arabia as a technical consultant on curfew enforcement technology and Poland and Northern Ireland as part of an integration team deploying electronic offender monitoring systems.

Ben Walpole Skills

Agile Methodologies Scrum Software Solution Architecture Software Architectural Design Mobile Application Development Ios Development Java C++ C# C Objective C Android Development Windows Mobile Blackberry Development Solid Oo Design Embedded C Qt Qml Git Continuous Integration Firmware Embedded Software Sql .net Analytics Nfc Digital Marketing Mobile Applications Contactless Payments Asic Gps Electronics Hardware Design Rf Engineering Embedded Systems Gsm Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Technical Writing Architecture Mobile Devices Hardware Development Microcontrollers Digital Circuit Design Board Layout Pstn Short Range Devices Xamarin Groovy Microsoft Azure Vsts

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