Delivered tools to help Digital Deputies submit accurate annual reports digitally, and OPG caseworkers to more effectively track and administer those reports, resulting in better safeguarding for our vulnerable clients and a paperless digital experience of our service for the user.Worked on the design, development and implementation of two successful large-scale data migrations, allowing OPG to reduce its exposure to risk by taking ownership of its data from external agencies, eliminating a reliance on end-of-life systems and paving the way for the launch of future services.

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Mergers Alliance focus on international deals up to US$500m in value across a wide range of sectors. Since 2012, partner firms in 30 countries have completed 230 deals worth over US$17bn.Achievements:I built the original web application which facilitated the collaboration between these firms as they reached this landmark goal, and in 2013 was re-engaged to re-develop these systems to support the group’s growth still further.I developed three systems: The central internal collaboration application (dubbed MAIS), a new public site built in Pimcore CMS (Zend Framework) and a RESTful API to power both (and any future) applications.Technologies:• OO PHP/MVC applications• Symfony2 with Doctrine2• RESTful API• Pimcore CMS (Zend Framework)• jQuery• Amazon Web Services (AWS): EC2, Elasticache, etc.• GIT/Composer/Phing scripts• Services: Trello, Balsamiq, Google Analytics

Back for more! This time, with one of Time Inc’s most established and well loved brands Woman’s Weekly.Achievements: Helped to grow one from a legacy Wordpress blog into a dynamic site with closer integration with applications on Facebook, user profiling, live chat, and a single sign-on which allows users to access the three separate WW sites using a single social media sign on (Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc).Helped IPC negotiate contracts with 3rd party suppliers in a technical advisory role.Rebuilt email templates for multiple brands to render correctly with 20+ email clients (used Litmus for this)Technologies:• Wordpress• Single Sign On• Salesforce/Buddy Media• GIGYA customer profiling• Live Chat• Facebook applications integration• SASS, GIT• Agile methodologies• Jenkins CI• Services: NewRelic, Google Analytics, Litmus

As the name suggests, FCB is truly global with offices in more than 50 countries. I worked within small teams to deliver sites for some leading UK brands.Achievements:Major relaunch of Hyundai Cars UK site in 2012. Lead Developer with Lloyds Chemists on an in-store tablet application, which was rolled out in stores across the country.Technologies:• OO PHP/MVC applications• Pimcore CMS (Zend Framework)• MySQL• Amazon Web Services (EC2 Instances)• Cacheing - APC, Memcache• Agile methodologies with Jira• jQuery• Services: Trello, Balsamiq, NewRelic, GoogleAnalytics

IPC Media publish 60+ of the country's best known magazine brands. I worked on many brands during my time there, and several core projects which spanned ALL brands. Major projects included:* Delivered ground-breaking mobile sites across all brands (eg visit marieclaire.co.uk on a phone).* Re-engineered asset storage and delivery service across all brands* Developed all-new version of the IPC Media corporate site* Developed a new version of Decanter Magazine's prestigious World Wine Awards targeted at the Asian market(all as part of small teams)