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Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Developer on passenger messaging systems for leading airlines such as British Airways, Lufthansa, Ryanair, and Etihad.Created gateways for WhatsApp and Swrve messaging APIs.Mentored junior programmers and gave companywide presentations on programming techniques.

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Built the system that updates mobile devices with the latest betting odds and propositions, all within tolerances measured in milliseconds.Developed live updates for sea vessels over high packet‐loss satellite links for a major cruise ship operator, adding mobile gaming as an option for shipboard guests.Integrated 5 separate gambling APIs—including realtime in‐play wagering, racing, sports and fantasy sports—into a single API.Code passed auditing by the Gaming Control Board of Nevada.

Bohemia, New York, United States

Solved a communications bottleneck issue with a WCF‐based product for tracking passenger movement, activity and authorisation in commercial airports. This took the system's performance from 2 requests‐per‐second to over 110 per second on a single server.Fixed a major problem at Cancun International Airport (CUN, Mexico) over the phone with a remote technician by creating a new product function.Diagnosed and fixed a memory‐leak problem with a third‐party component at Hanover‐Langenhagen Airport (HAJ, Germany) over the phone, saving a valuable contract in the process.Integrated two of SITA's major products: a FIDS (Flight Information Data System) database and a passenger tracking system.Implemented fingerprint authentication for passengers with biometric scanners installed at e‐Gates within the airport terminal.

Hauppauge, New York, United States

Increased sales up to 50% by redesigning the price discovery system, using XML to deliver a tool that was intuitive and flexible for Business Development.Enabled new business partnerships by designing and building a reliable EDI messaging system, saving the company over $96,000 in software costs and $20,000 per year in annual support costs.Diagnosed an extremely elusive problem that was causing the retail web site to malfunction on one of the busiest days of the year (three Mondays before Christmas).Led a team that "Saved Christmas" the following year by matching several thousand UPS tracking numbers with their original orders, reprinting packing slips and re‐shipping thousands of orders that had been lost due to a train derailment on December 23rd.Eliminated bottlenecks and tripled fulfilment speed by optimising warehouse layout with machine‐learning algorithms.Solved scaling problems by leading the decision to base new software development on enterprise queue services and scalable database models.Improved developer productivity and cut defect rates by introducing modern development tools and techniques, including case tracking, source control, unit testing and Service Oriented Architecture with WCFStreamlined the IT department by interviewing, selecting and organising a staff of 12 developers into project centred teams.