- Monitor the team members’ participation to ensure the optimal use of project resources.- Define the scope of the project in collaboration with senior management- Create a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project- Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc.) required to complete the project- Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities- Review the project schedule with senior management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities; revise the schedule as required- Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion- Set up files to ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured- Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project- Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project- Write reports on the project for management and for funders- Cooperate with web designers to match visual design intent- Managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities- Specifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by on-going visits to customers and non-customers.- Driving a solution set across development teams (primarily Development and Marketing Communications) through market requirements, product contract, and positioning.- Developing and implementing a company-wide go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute.- To set the long-term vision and strategy for your company’s products.- To communicate this strategy to all of the relevant participants and stakeholders.- Be responsible for maintaining, expanding, and scaling our site

- Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.- Define the scope of the project in collaboration with senior management.- Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities.- Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project.- Monitor the team members’ participation to ensure the optimal use of project resources.- Provide information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues.- Responsible for maintaining,expanding, and scaling company websites- Update job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations; on CTO requests or/and advices.

Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, as the Head of IT I oversee the effective and efficient operation of the IT Department and ensure departmental alignment with the organisation’s business operations. - Responsible for all IT and IS systems including, but not exclusively, in-house software and hardware, networks, outsourced operations, bought in services and portable devices.- Design, plan, direct and co-ordinate all operational activities of the department, together with the provision of IT and IS based solutions that support business processes.- Determine the most appropriate design of infrastructure to support the business, taking into account prevailing best practices and technologies as well as budget contraints.- Work closely with my colleagues on the management team to derive, implement and manage the strategy for IT and IS developments that provide on-going cost-effective solutions for all aspects of the organisation’s business activity and development and ensure IT capacity to adequately support current and projected business volumes.- Control the operational costs of the IT department, including the preparation, submission and monitoring of operational budgets that meet prevailing objectives.- Oversee negotiation and administration of vendor, outsourced suppliers and consultant service agreements and contracts.- Manage department staffing, including resource planning, recruitment, professional development, appraisal and disciplinary actions to provide a resilient and responsive support team that provides the specified service levels and the required skills for the technical support of the solutions in use.- Oversee provision of end-user support services, including associated technical support services.- Perform any other duties as may reasonably be requested by the Chief Executive, MD or the Board.

As a Software Developer I was mainly responsible for supporting the existing internal web-platform as well as developing new technologies while I worked in a varied, fast paced environment. An important part of my role was to understand the business needs and translate those into functional modules that delivered benefits to our user base thus making daily processes more efficient and user friendly.- Worked closely with management and end-users to both create detailed specifications with clear project deliverables and timelines, and to ensure timely completion of deliverables.- Determined appropriate architecture and other technical solutions and made relevant recommendations to management.- Communicated to the management with efficiency and accuracy any progress and/or delays. Engaged in outside-the-box thinking to provide high value-of-service to end-users.- Alerted colleagues to emerging technologies or applications and the opportunities to integrate them into operations and activities.Skills & Technologies used: - LAMP stack- PHP/CakePHP 1.3 framework- MySQL- HTML, CSS/Bootstrap- JS/JQuery, AJAX, JSON, XML- SVN, Bazaar- Project management- Problem solving and attention to detail

Worked as part of the Development team, I was responsible for writing unit tests for the main web-based platform used for our clients. The platform was built on cakePHP 1.3 and the unit tests were written on SimpleTest, a PHP unit test and web test framework.A few months later I was given the opportunity to maintain and develop mobile applications for forex trading. While this was a new programming area for me, I worked hard and within a few weeks I was able to design, develop, and support both iPhone and Blackberry trading applications of the company.Skills & Technologies used: - LAMP stack- PHP/CakePHP 1.3 framework- SimpleTest framework- MySQL- Objective-C for iPhone Development- Java for Blackberry Development- Subversion- Project management

Being the only programmer of a small company, I was responsible for developing and maintaining an advanced online system intended for schools. I was also responsible for the technical training of our clients both regionally and overseas.Skills & Technologies used:- PHP5- MySQL- HTML, CSS- JS/JQuery, AJAX, JSON, XML- Project management

Developed and maintained database systems, extracted, cleansed, transformed, loaded and maintained credit data. Developed and maintained batch data products, database persistence layer (stored procedures views, functions) for hosted web applications and ensured all database systems met business and performance requirements.

My main objectives were to develop and support departmental software and processes for the department to meet its stated objectives and continually improve on its service and delivery offering.

During my work placement I worked within the IT Unit in providing first and second‐line technical support and advice for Skills for Care staff, including support for PCs and peripherals, and standard software in use at Skills for Care.