At Openshadow, I work primarily as an Android developer. Openshadow has developed high-profile mobile applications and runs R&D projects for some of the world's most famous brands.

With FDM, I worked as a IT consultant for British airways in the Flight Operations Applications Maintenance team.Our primary responsibility is to ensure the 24/7 operation of flight planning & flight crew briefing systems, and the integration of all input/output connectivity to related business areas.Roles and responsibilities: -Support and upgrades to the flight crew bidding system. This was made of a suite of 5 applications that used Visual Basic, Java (Swing and Oracle Middleware)Support of third party application that produced operational flight plans (Lido Flight - Created by Lufthansa). Support of in-house feeds to facilitate flight planning to provide data to Lido Flight, and pass data to other areas of the company. Data was sent via many different methods including Websphere MQ. This was mostly written in Java.Achievements: -Upgraded bidding suite to facilitate an upgrade to flight crew posting feeds, and was responsible for its release

Jack is currently on a Java development course with FDM, and will learn the following skills: - 1. Professional Skills2. Unix3. SQL4. General development skills5. Essential Core Java6. Data Access using JDBC7. Web Programming using Servlets and JSP's with JSTL and EL8. Threading9. Spring Core10. Spring AOP11. Spring MVC12. Agile methodologies

Job responsibilities:• Repairing circuit boards from different catering equipment• Repairing stock to demandAchievements: • Creating test rigs that allowed for fast and efficient testing of PCBs• Creating a network of Linux computers for the workshop that allowed the user to view PDFs and • Creating programs in C++ (with FLTK and Xlib) to make the computers easier to use for less technical peopleSkills gained:• Soldering• Electronic diagnostics• Reading basic circuit diagrams• Working to tight deadlines• Problem solving / diagnostic skills• Prioritising work• Time management• Additional C++ and Unix knowledge

Job responsibilities:• Allocating spare parts to engineers who are on site• Answering queries from engineers• Finding suppliers for spare partsAchievements • Jack was promoted from the warehouse to work in the main office as a result of hard work and being motivatedSkills learnt:• Working as part of a team• Organisational skills• Working to tight deadlines• Prioritising work• Interpersonal communication