West Coast liaison Consultant for Dotsquares, a leading implementer of Web App Solutions & Application Development Services. Dotsquares use technology to make your vision a reality on web and mobile. With 14+ years experience working with big and small organisations we are successful through our Agile methodology, trust and superior communication skills. Dotsquares are based in Albourne (near Brighton & Hove) , United Kingdom, Australia and Bethesda, Maryland, with three development centres in Jaipur, India. We are now expanding in the U.S. West Coast, starting from Seattle, WA.Dotsquares have a worldwide reputation for delivering innovative websites and mobile applications on time and on budget. Our aim is to combine quality web design and development with offshore benefits, in order to provide online solutions & taking the current economic downturn problems away from customers. Whether you are a small start up company looking to establish yourself in the market, or a large multinational looking for expansion, we can put in place a number of solutions to help you achieve your targets. Remember, we were once a start up company, and are now going through rapid expansion.Having completed in excess of 8,000 projects, including content managed systems, e-commerce stores and social networking apps, the Dotsquares team continues to grow. A unique business model allows Dotsquares to treat its clients as individuals; whether working with multi-nationals, public sector organisations, the small business sector or fellow digital companies.The company continues to grow and can now boast over 600 experienced technical staff, from designers and developers to SEO gurus and project managers and Scrum Masters.Having worked internationally as a Software Developer and Product Manager, I have the technical skills required to understand the IT needs of your company and to set you up for a successful collaboration with Dotsquares.

Remote web development with Visual Studio 2013, C# 5, ASP.NET MVC 5, Entity Framework 6, SQL Server 2012, JavaScript, jQuery, Git, JIRA, Kanban, BitBucket, Scrum.

Designed, developed, tested, built, deployed and supported multiple interactive data-driven ASP.NET web pages and reusable user controls for Conklin & de Decker's website www.conklindd.com, using SQL Server, Visual Studio, C#, AJAX, JavaScript, Visual SourceSafe.Gained contractor experience and independence as a software developer.

Delivered data-driven .NET applications for the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Analyzed, designed, documented, developed, tested, built, deployed and supported these applications in Microsoft Visual Studio, the .NET Framework, VB.NET, IIS & Web Services, SQL Server, T-SQL and XML, within an iterative RUP process approach.Initiated process improvements and adhered to formal work allocation and quality controls. Implemented UML design with Rational Rose. Utilized the Rational Team Suite: RequisitePro for requirements capturing, documentation and use case technical writing, ClearQuest for tracking of development tasks, TestManager for writing and executing test scripts. Used Visual SourceSafe for source control and NUnit for unit testing.Received a Service Excellence award for contribution to Steria within the CAA. Earned performance-related bonuses.Commended by the customer for effective communication skills and building a relationship of trust with them. Managed to tilt the customer’s hesitations about abandoning legacy applications and moving to new improved ones. Gained experience and insight into the software Outsourcing industry. Successfully negotiated features & change requests with the customer. Worked in a large £1,000,000 project with a team of 10 people. Delivered an application that is now used by over 500 CAA users nationwide in the UK.

Achieved a Distinction mark for a paid MS project involving the analysis, design (UML), implementation (C#) and technical documentation (MS dissertation) of an ASP.NET database-driven website aimed at teaching Relational Algebra to undergraduate students via Microsoft SQL Server.

Successfully transitioned to the Java development environment. Designed (with UML, Rational Rose & XML), developed (in Borland Together IDE) and tested Java components plugged in a server application, with a back-end Oracle database. Integrated well in the project team. Applied Graphical User Interface development skills.

Pursued a global career by relocating to Gemplus’s headquarters in France. Combined technical & communication skills in a technical marketing role. Commended for versatility & global integration.In charge of a piece of software developed in C. Published product specifications, promoted and distributed the software internally and provided support to the company’s branches worldwide. Maintained the intranet & extranet of the software (FrontPage). Analyzed the history of its usage, the needs of the market and the steps to take in order to package the software and sell it to external customers. Broadened horizons by working in a new field within the software industry.

Delivered software applications that produced data files which were input to smart card manufacturing machines. Developed mainly in Borland Delphi, also in C++. Used Paradox database tool.Introduced to Object-Oriented software development. Experienced the full life-cycle of projects.