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Newport, GB

United Kingdom

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Contract QA, working with Citrix' well established framework with an automation-first approach, with some manual regression testing, to assure the hugely scalable XenServer (hardware based virtualisation) product. Linux and Windows automation with Python 3, BitBucket, Jenkins, Jira, SonarQube. Agile environment. 1 year contract with half that time aligned.

Wales, United Kingdom

Bristol, United Kingdom

Consultancy experience gained in QA, Platform (AWS), and Security capabilities, working with several Government Departments, as well as big players in various other industries. Agile, Scrum, Kanban. Python, Ruby, C/C++, and some experience in most other current languages. Strong analytical and communication skills.

Identify and build automated test solutions with an agile mindset. Create an automated regression test pack for a business critical RESTful API on a Gov project. Reverse engineering for input validation. Tooling tasks e.g. building a standalone decryption application for OSX for manual testersProjects include building a ABDD Test Framework using Ruby/RSpec.

Cwmbran, Torfaen, United Kingdom

I worked as a Software Developer in Test for Nagra Media UK (Nagra Kudelski) focussed on testing a PPAPI media plugin which allows the streaming of securely encrypted media (DRM). One of the larger pieces of work was the creation of an automated performance testing and results visualisation tool. This was written in Python using PyQt for the UI. I learnt.

Shepton Mallet/Southampton

Architect and co developer of a test platform with web interface using OOPerl, Apache2 with PHP, AJAX implementation of JavaScript (inc jQuery), DBM using Xen and headless Debian Linux. Test design and automation using a network of servers to carry out and report on outcomes. Testing of set top boxes, 'customer premises equipment' and network behavior.

Somerset, UK

Originally a Community Publisher for Associated Digital (journalist and photographer) now freelance journalist for the MidSomersef Series of newspapers. Areas of knowledge: Local and national politics, astronomy, music, comedy, NHS/Medicine, technology and media.

Various

Teaching various community groups self designed music making skills courses. Charitably funded, I delivered courses in a range of challenging settings to people with assorted physical and mental disabilities as well as one group of people of various ethnic origins who were isolated due to that and mental illness (Mosaic - Bath). I was self managed and.

Radstock

A short fixed-term post working for an arts charity. Responsibilities included coordinating the allocation of charitable resources, collating schemes of work, evaluating educational outcomes for further funding applications and writing a formal end of project report for the board.

Yeovil, Somerset

Creating and delivering courses in professional skills, advanced resuscitation and legal and professional issues in Nursing. Also build an NVQ framework and brought a failing NVQ program and assessment center from a point of near failure to a position where it thrived and was syndicated to other organizations and Trusts. I was an internal verifier and ran.

Yeovil

Short term maternity cover post as a Coronary Care Charge nurse. Responsibilities also included transporting coronary patients for angiogram's and surgery/EPS and teaching students, paramedics, GP trainees and cardiac rehabilitation classes. As an Advanced Life Support (ALS) provider I also carried a cardiac arrest bleep and regularly led crash teams in.

Musgrove Park Hospital

Responsible for day to day management (shift) of a 10 bedded coronary care unit

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba(Hons), Creative Music Technology/Performing Arts, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Live performance using self written software tools (scanning dancers in real time & playing sound objects or.

Diploma, Organizational Leadership, Pass

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc(Hons), Professional Studies In Nursing, Dip(He) Incomplete By 1 Clinical Module After Move Into Education

Post graduate (RGN) modular BSc(Hons) covering Research methods/studies, Health Psychology, Nursing and Midwifery Law, Teaching. I could.

Rgn, Adult General Nursing, Pass