Chris Bell Email & Phone Number

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Launched ShuttleID, a platform to modernise home to school transport. We help transport operators:
• Save parents the frequent cost of replacement bus passes
• Wave goodbye to lost/forgotten bus passes
• Save hundreds of hours in admin managing payments and PVC ID cards each year
• Stamp out ticket fraud and ensure safety of passengers
• Open new commercial opportunities with flexible access bus passes

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Self employed for over ten years, working directly with a range of small businesses and individuals across the world (remote).
• Responsible for the complete SDLC and client relations. Recent projects include a Docker based continuous delivery pipeline, deployed in Google Cloud Platform with Kubernetes.
• Founded a financial web application, becoming one of the most popular tools in its niche. Reached top 50 finance apps on Google Play Store. Currently servicing a global tech company; reselling to UK banks through SaaS.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Tech lead on Sky Betting & Gaming - Free To Play account, looking after Super 6, Super 6 International, Group Bet and ITV7.
• Launched ITV7 and supported platform during busiest periods of racing calendar (Cheltenham/Grand National), reaching a record number of entries.
• Lead two Opta migrations across Super 6 and Super 6 International.
• Experience with AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, SNS, SQS, RDS, ElastiCache, CloudFront, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Route53, WAF, VPC).* Full stack development primarily working with JavaScript (node.js), PHP, Redis, MySQL.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Technical lead of a team of 12 for Sky Sport Deutschland (PHP 7/Symfony 2/Docker). Recognised as one of the most successful major deliveries in recent years.
• Revolutionised delivery by introducing containerisation (Docker) and cloud technology (Cloud Foundry). Principles now applied to all projects in tribe. Paved way by becoming first product to achieve environment parity.
• Extensive experience developing high profile hybrid mobile apps with AngularJS and Node.js.
• Key contributor to developer led initiative that has introduced an internal open source model,delivering significant code reuse between Sky News, Sky Sports and now international products.
• Familiarity with message queuing systems. Assisted development of Premier League clips project (Python).
• Evangelised and influenced best practices in the tribe including TDD, clean code, dependency management, design patterns, SOLID principles.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Part of a team introducing and developing a bespoke PHP MVC framework
• Developed the football Live Blog on skysports.com
• Developed the Live Cricket Score Centre app for Android and iOS
• Introduced software to help monitor business critical applications

Harrogate, United Kingdom

• Produced framework for rapid deployment of mobile websites
• Consulted and developed on a number of mobile projects for the likes of Eddisons and Bradford Theatres
• Developed and documented best practices for mobile site development
• Developed a bulk reporting tool using the Google Analytics API to identify mobile opportunities for clients
• Continued to work on a wide range of web projects using Zend Framework (PHP)

Harrogate, United Kingdom

• Role primarily using Zend framework
• Lead developer for Hi-Tec
• Continued to develop websites for big brands such as Total Gas & Power

Harrogate, United Kingdom

• Lead developer on projects for brands such as Marks & Spencer, QHotels, Ping Europe.
• Responsible for support desk. Debugged issues and developed new functionality for 50+ clients.
• Templated email campaigns for range of clients including Hi-Tec.
• Developed Facebook applications for clients including Harrogate Spa Water.
• Role primarily utilised PHP, HTML, CSS, JS skills.

Cardiff

• Lead PHP developer on greenfield systems including British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) and Restaurant and Bar Design Awards.
• Internationalisation experience.
• Data migration (MSSQL to MySQL) for an automotive industry publication.
• Developed solutions to export reports into PDF formats.
• Developed rich client side including deep integration with Google Maps API for Welsh Tourism body.
• Experience working with web services from insurance brokers (SOAP).