Attestant is an Ethereum staking services provider for financial institutions and accredited investors

Jade Research provides bespoke software development and consultancy to a wide range of industries that wish to integrate various distributed ledger technology solutions (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Corda) into their systems.Jade Research has now been closed.We have a strong commitment to open source and provide development expertise to several initiatives in the Bitcoin space including hardware wallets such as Trezor and KeepKey.In May 2016 we sold our flagship brand… Show more Jade Research provides bespoke software development and consultancy to a wide range of industries that wish to integrate various distributed ledger technology solutions (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Corda) into their systems.Jade Research has now been closed.We have a strong commitment to open source and provide development expertise to several initiatives in the Bitcoin space including hardware wallets such as Trezor and KeepKey.In May 2016 we sold our flagship brand MultiBit to KeepKey so that we could widen our research to other distributed ledger technologies.In September 2018 we renamed from Bitcoin Solutions to Jade Research to reflect our wider view of the ecosystem. Show less

Yokiki have engaged the services of Bitcoin Solutions Ltd (now Jade Research Ltd) to produce a solution using distributed ledger technology. Yokiki is now closed.

As part of their distributed ledger technology (DLT) strategy, HSBC engaged the services of Bitcoin Solutions Ltd (now Jade Research Ltd) to conduct research and development into a wide range of potential solutions.One solution in the public domain is a demonstration of global liquidity (currency swaps) using the R3 Corda technology. This made use of a Corda back end and introduced a websocket DDP interface to work with a Meteor front end so that real time analysis of the settlements… Show more As part of their distributed ledger technology (DLT) strategy, HSBC engaged the services of Bitcoin Solutions Ltd (now Jade Research Ltd) to conduct research and development into a wide range of potential solutions.One solution in the public domain is a demonstration of global liquidity (currency swaps) using the R3 Corda technology. This made use of a Corda back end and introduced a websocket DDP interface to work with a Meteor front end so that real time analysis of the settlements could be presented. The work with HSBC is ongoing and more details may be added as they are announced. Show less

As part of a repeat contract the UK Meteorological Office required me to provide them with a variety of solutions to their IT infrastructure. This has included agile consultancy and the development of a large number of complex web applications that provide mission critical data feeds for both public facing and strategic infrastructure applications.As part of this I was able to assist them in creating efficient product development processes using current best practices (Maven, Jenkins… Show more As part of a repeat contract the UK Meteorological Office required me to provide them with a variety of solutions to their IT infrastructure. This has included agile consultancy and the development of a large number of complex web applications that provide mission critical data feeds for both public facing and strategic infrastructure applications.As part of this I was able to assist them in creating efficient product development processes using current best practices (Maven, Jenkins, git and so on) which have greatly improved the maintainability of their ongoing work. Required SC clearance. Show less

The UK Meteorological Office required me to provide them with a variety of solutions to their IT infrastructure. This has included agile consultancy and the development of a large number of complex web applications that provide mission critical data feeds for both public facing and strategic infrastructure applications.As part of this I was able to assist them in creating efficient product development processes using current best practices (Maven, Jenkins, git and so on) which have… Show more The UK Meteorological Office required me to provide them with a variety of solutions to their IT infrastructure. This has included agile consultancy and the development of a large number of complex web applications that provide mission critical data feeds for both public facing and strategic infrastructure applications.As part of this I was able to assist them in creating efficient product development processes using current best practices (Maven, Jenkins, git and so on) which have greatly improved the maintainability of their ongoing work. Required SC clearance. Show less

The National Trust required a framework to allow rapid feature development for their new portlet-based CMS installation, along with several projects to be based upon it. The projects developed on the framework included the following:1) two Google Maps applications (involving marker placement with internal tabs and increasing detail with different zoom levels, directions integration, route plotting); 2) a generalised search mechanism providing a RESTful interface; 3) a… Show more The National Trust required a framework to allow rapid feature development for their new portlet-based CMS installation, along with several projects to be based upon it. The projects developed on the framework included the following:1) two Google Maps applications (involving marker placement with internal tabs and increasing detail with different zoom levels, directions integration, route plotting); 2) a generalised search mechanism providing a RESTful interface; 3) a replication engine capable of duplicating and merging between arbitrary CMS instances arranged in a cluster - synchronizing both relational content across a variety of RDBMS and external XML held in separate Unix file systems; Show less

Applegate contracted my services to provide them with an application development platform (both architecture and methodology) on which to base all their new products. The new platform was built upon open source frameworks to ensure that a ready market of developers familiar with the fundamentals of their development process would always be available. The methodology was Agile so that continuous integration, comprehensive automated testing and rapid development could take place. Maven… Show more Applegate contracted my services to provide them with an application development platform (both architecture and methodology) on which to base all their new products. The new platform was built upon open source frameworks to ensure that a ready market of developers familiar with the fundamentals of their development process would always be available. The methodology was Agile so that continuous integration, comprehensive automated testing and rapid development could take place. Maven was chosen as the build system, with Spring and Hibernate providing most of the heavy lifting in regards to persistence, security, and web presentation. Applegate also wanted the flexibility to partition work among several teams of developers each with different areas of expertise, and this was achieved through coding structures that made standardised development based on design patterns simple and commonplace. Show less

After winning the contract to support both the residential and non-domestic energy certificate registers (HIPs and EPCs), Landmark required the development of a web front end to their application. Using a combination of SpringMVC and SSL/X509 and working within the constraints of a fully stateless and multi-language environment, I was able to deliver a secure solution that met their requirements well within the required timeframe.

FlyBe, as part of a repeat contract, required me to complete a live flight information service for their website. This was based on Ajax using the popular DWR framework with data accessed using web services both within the FlyBe network and external dedicated information services over secure links. The application was up and running within a month and I went on to provide two additional modules to their existing on-line booking system – one regulatory regarding display of fares, the other to… Show more FlyBe, as part of a repeat contract, required me to complete a live flight information service for their website. This was based on Ajax using the popular DWR framework with data accessed using web services both within the FlyBe network and external dedicated information services over secure links. The application was up and running within a month and I went on to provide two additional modules to their existing on-line booking system – one regulatory regarding display of fares, the other to support multiple credit cards. Show less

UCAS, the University and College Admissions Service, based in Cheltenham, required urgent optimisation of some of their database queries in preparation for their next clearing cycle. Using the principles of agile development, this was approached first through the creation of an automated query profiler (Java5) and then extensive detailed analysis of a wide variety of PL/SQL queries. Upon completion of the work an overall performance improvement of 300% was seen resulting in a vastly reduced… Show more UCAS, the University and College Admissions Service, based in Cheltenham, required urgent optimisation of some of their database queries in preparation for their next clearing cycle. Using the principles of agile development, this was approached first through the creation of an automated query profiler (Java5) and then extensive detailed analysis of a wide variety of PL/SQL queries. Upon completion of the work an overall performance improvement of 300% was seen resulting in a vastly reduced load on their Oracle 9i database server. As a result of this project, UCAS were made aware of the benefits of open source technology and the agile development methodology. Show less

Secure Practice required a complete subscription based website and application designed, built and tested in order to provide secure sharing of confidential information. The system was constructed using a server cluster based on Linux, Apache2, Tomcat5 and Subversion to provide a WebDAV enabled environment. Administration facilities for subscribed users was provided by means of an Ajax enabled J2EE web application using the Echo2 user interface toolkit (very similar to the Google Web Toolkit… Show more Secure Practice required a complete subscription based website and application designed, built and tested in order to provide secure sharing of confidential information. The system was constructed using a server cluster based on Linux, Apache2, Tomcat5 and Subversion to provide a WebDAV enabled environment. Administration facilities for subscribed users was provided by means of an Ajax enabled J2EE web application using the Echo2 user interface toolkit (very similar to the Google Web Toolkit GWT), and backed by a Spring/Hibernate service layer. The entire system was required to be nearly fully automated, requiring very little administration from the Secure Practice staff and provide a high level of security for client data. Naturally full code coverage during unit testing was provided, including a comprehensive suite of functional tests covering all the user interface components. Show less

Development of new software to increase sales of additional services offered by Flybe. Improvement of existing systems to improve reliability and reduce complexity.

As part of their expansion programme to improve their catalogue management support services for the automotive industry, Clifford Thames engaged my services to develop their new catalogue authoring application. Working within a small, highly skilled Java development team to a tight deadline meant that Agile development techniques (continuous integration, pair programming, inversion of control patterns, aspect oriented programming and extensive unit testing at all stages) were the best approach… Show more As part of their expansion programme to improve their catalogue management support services for the automotive industry, Clifford Thames engaged my services to develop their new catalogue authoring application. Working within a small, highly skilled Java development team to a tight deadline meant that Agile development techniques (continuous integration, pair programming, inversion of control patterns, aspect oriented programming and extensive unit testing at all stages) were the best approach to get the application developed for the users. The application followed the standard n-tiered architectural model, with a service based interface to the domain model, thus reducing the learning curve for developers maintaining the system later, and the adoption of the new Agile development infrastructure lead to a huge increase in productivity from all members of the team. Show less

Cable and Wireless required additional features to be fitted to one of the applications within their central billing system. Working within a complex n-tier J2EE application model, using JBoss as the application server, several new features were introduced in a relatively short space of time. The overall application used Struts/JSPs to orchestrate the presentation layer, EJBs to provide distributed business logic and Hibernate to control the data access.

Devon Primary Care Trust (previously Exeter NHS Primary Care Trust) required a secure method of distributing patient data from their GPs practices throughout the South West region. After consulting with end users, I opted for a design involving two applications: one to manage the encoding of the data at the practices, the other to manage decoding the data at Exeter PCT Head Office. All data had to be archived securely, with full retrieval should an error occur during any phase of the… Show more Devon Primary Care Trust (previously Exeter NHS Primary Care Trust) required a secure method of distributing patient data from their GPs practices throughout the South West region. After consulting with end users, I opted for a design involving two applications: one to manage the encoding of the data at the practices, the other to manage decoding the data at Exeter PCT Head Office. All data had to be archived securely, with full retrieval should an error occur during any phase of the submission. The project was delivered in two phases and was approved and implemented within a month. Show less

As part of their overall company strategy, Amtech Power Software required their flagship FastTest product to work in a multi-user environment. To meet this goal I had to convert their existing code base from a standalone design into a client-server model. In addition, a concurrent licensing scheme had to be designed which would allow Amtech customers to duplicate the client software as often as they liked; check out sections of the database to offline workers and limit access to the database to… Show more As part of their overall company strategy, Amtech Power Software required their flagship FastTest product to work in a multi-user environment. To meet this goal I had to convert their existing code base from a standalone design into a client-server model. In addition, a concurrent licensing scheme had to be designed which would allow Amtech customers to duplicate the client software as often as they liked; check out sections of the database to offline workers and limit access to the database to the total number of purchased licenses. Show less

GlaxoSmithKline required a series of Visual Basic applications to be made compatible with Windows XP. Each of the 16 highly specialised pharmaceutical applications required a detailed test plan; a series of carefully co-ordinated code changes and an InstallShield package. Using Rapid Development techniques, I was able to complete this work within 2 months.

CDP required a client-server database application to assist building contractors with their business administration - including invoicing, pricing, work allocation, and job estimates. I worked in both a team leader and developer role during the duration of the project, which was written in Visual Basic, and employed Rapid Development techniques to ensure that the application was robust and completed according to the planned timeline.

I was required to develop time management software from home, on a full time basis. This was a major new software product for the company and required an extensive amount of research work to take place. My research included developing a full working prototype using the Embedded Java KVM from Sun Microsystems on a Palm device, a second, more simplistic, prototype on Windows CE using C++, and a third desktop prototype using Visual Basic and DCOM. The project requirements included tight… Show more I was required to develop time management software from home, on a full time basis. This was a major new software product for the company and required an extensive amount of research work to take place. My research included developing a full working prototype using the Embedded Java KVM from Sun Microsystems on a Palm device, a second, more simplistic, prototype on Windows CE using C++, and a third desktop prototype using Visual Basic and DCOM. The project requirements included tight database integration with SQL Server (7 and 2000), Sybase and Oracle 8i, which was managed through the use of a combination of ADO and ODBC. It was also necessary to provide integration with a wide variety of call centre telephony switches through both CSTA and Intel’s NetMerge technology which required development of some custom COM controls. Distribution of the software was conducted by my development of a suitable InstallShield package which required extensive customised scripts. Show less

During this period I was employed by HSBC Plc as a Senior Analyst Programmer in the HUB Systems team. I completed designing a Java thin-client that delivered secure financial data taken from an AS/400 to a Europe-wide network. The project required use of the Java techniques of Remote Method Invocation, dynamic binding of classes at runtime, CORBA (to provide object transfer) and employed aspects of the Java security classes. Other projects during my employment with the bank included a… Show more During this period I was employed by HSBC Plc as a Senior Analyst Programmer in the HUB Systems team. I completed designing a Java thin-client that delivered secure financial data taken from an AS/400 to a Europe-wide network. The project required use of the Java techniques of Remote Method Invocation, dynamic binding of classes at runtime, CORBA (to provide object transfer) and employed aspects of the Java security classes. Other projects during my employment with the bank included a cheque reconciliation package and a Euro-compliant withholding tax management system for multi-currency loans. Both of these system were green-field developments in Visual Basic, and extensive customer interaction at the design and subsequent review stages ensured that the systems delivered the right solution within budget. Show less

Assisted with the test and development of the BT Home Highway ISDN project. I worked on the V5 protocol verification. Wrote test programs for SPEA MDAs and automated much of that workflow.

Managed the software controlling the testing of the circuit boards coming out of the surface mount machines. Handled the process of bringing a new product from development to the production lines.

Worked on a revolutionary photographic enlarger technology.