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Capstory is an early stage, funded startup based in Columbus, Ohio that aims to bring privacy back to sharing with a private group photo/video sharing web app.The Capstory product is a highly scalable web application that utilises on-demand services to process user created content submitted via (including by not limited to) MMS, emails, Facebook, Dropbox and direct upload.Working closely with the product owners in Columbus, I implemented their early vision and iterated their design as they honed the concept to become a polished experience.Castory has a Rails backend with a jQuery Mobile front end for mobile devices and makes heavy use of javascript and AJAX to provide a rich UX from within the desktop browser.Read more at http://jamespmcgrath.com/projects

As a "full stack" Rails developer I enjoy working with clients on new and existing web applications. The technologies I work with on a daily basis are: • Ruby• Ruby on Rails 3+• Javascript (including jQuery & CoffeeScript) and CSS• HAML, SASS & Markdown• Databases like Postgres & MySQL• Heroku• Amazon Web Services including EC2, S3 & ECS• Rackspace Cloud• Memcached / Redis• MongoDB• Apache / Nginx• Debian (including Ubuntu and Mint) & Fedora Linux• Countless other Ruby Gems (libraries)For a list of projects I have been involved with go to http://jamespmcgrath.com/projectsTo learn more about me go to http://jamespmcgrath.com

As the most senior Analyst at CMT (a company of 30+ software professionals) provided an opportunity to work on projects that spanned CMT's entire client base.Acting as a key liaison between key stakeholders including business users, business support staff and CMT technical staff, these projects have involved:• Performing structured requirements analysis to produce business cases, functional specifications and other business technical material;• Conducting systems analysis and document systems requirements for interfaces between systems, including definition of source and destination data requirements, data mappings, timings and associated business rules;• Facilitating design workshops and interviews with business and project representatives to determine how to implement functional requirements, documenting as logical designs;• Providing expert advice, tools and methods to the project staff relating business process designs,business rules, policy and procedural changes that may be required to support any new or modified business processes;• Definition of key test scenarios required to demonstrate that the developed system satisfies documented requirements, defined functionality and system interfaces;• Project management activities including planning, risk management, resource allocation, tracking / reporting progress, and issues management;

As a Software Engineer for The University of Melbourne I was engaged across a broad range of projects in support of academic research studies. These projects involved significant liaison between clients and technical staff, a large amount of responsibility, a heavy reliance on analytical skills and the ability to manage numerous and competing priorities.My responsibilities included structured requirements analysis, developing functional and technicalspecifications, implementation of software systems and coordinating team members across multiple projects.Projects of significance and relevance:Music Download Study - A Java (J2EE) digital music web application used to study the effects that personalised offers and variations in user interfaces have on the behaviour of users.Business Simulation System - Configuration of Oracle's EnterpriseOne Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to provide accounting students hands-on experience with ERP systems as used in large corporations. This role gave me an opportunity to act as a consultant to Hardy Wines Australia.

As a Software Engineer at Colorbus Australia I was part of a team designing, developing and testing software for the printing industry. During my time at Colorbus I was involved in every stage of the Software Development Life cycle.Responsibilities:• Design and maintenance of the Colorbus software with Java, C/C++ and Perl• Implementation of modules from detailed specification documents• Participation in design and product direction meetings• Module integration and testing• Responsible for suitability analysis of new technologies

As a Technical Analyst in the Information Division of University of Melbourne I played an active role inall IT operations including system development, deployment, procurement, IT governance, websitedevelopment, user training and support within the University of Melbourne.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science

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