Michael Whelan Email & Phone Number

As ode2code’s Founder and Director, I direct day-to-day operations, involving business planning, risk mitigation, and staff, stakeholder, and project management. I manage a team of 2 staff and deliver continual support and mentorship, promoting professional growth. Part of my role also includes conducting business analysis, identifying gaps, and mitigating financial risk. Some key highlights to note include:o Recruiting and training 2 university graduates in .Net and agile practiceso Being awarded $27K in start-up funding from MSD in NZ after presenting a strong business plan with Price Waterhouse Cooper’s approval o Securing 10 weeks of salary payments for one team member as start-up funding from Callaghan Innovation NZo Executing 3 key technical projects for UK clients including Stoneygate International, Planlogic, and Hillcroft House

TestStack was formed by myself and a colleague in 2012 to provide free, .Net open source projects designed to enable automated testing for agile development teams.• Assist the continual development of the BDDfy Behaviour Driven Development framework which is the simplest BDD framework to use, customize and extend.• Created the Seleno framework for automating web applications using Selenium for browser automation, implementing Page Objects and Page Components for reading and writing web page data using strongly typed view models.• Assist the continual development of the TestStack test data builder library offering, Dossier.

As the CIO of this start-up, I direct the development of software, alongside 3 other non-technical directors. This includes defining and administering project management processes and championing ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement Agile best practices, while strengthening exceptional stakeholder relationships. Some key highlights to note include:o Leading the remote development of the itse® commercial software based on the peer-reviewed IBA Framework, involving an Azure-based web application with a Blazor front-end, an ASP .Net Core API back-end, and an Azure SQL database and launched in December 2021o Being awarded access to the exclusive Microsoft for Start-ups program for one year and secured a second-year extension valued at $115K p.a. o Securing a partnership with Parallo (NZ firm) to build and maintain development, test, and production environments and continuous delivery infrastructure o Training the 3 non-technical directors in agile, planning and reviewing sprints, and refining backlogs via Microsoft Teams

Napier, Hawke'S Bay, Nz

To help and direct ABC Software in:• Agile software development and requirements specification• Automated testing• Develop automated testing framework that can be applied to existing and new projects• CI/CD feasibility, design and implementation

London, Gb

EDF Trading (EDFT): GasHub Storage Manager: EDFT needed microservices to manage nominations of gas flows from storage facilities to meet complex contract rules. Engaged as developer to build microservices. Created secure ASP.Net Core API with DDD/CQRS for Angular front end; created .Net Core windows service with TopShelf/Quartz to handle up/downstream messages; built continuous delivery system with Azure DevOps/uDeploy to deliver to IIS; introduced permanent staff to test-driven BDD approach to agile. Succeeded in delivering API with over 80% code coverage.BP: Facilitating the migration from monolith to microservices at BP by writing and executing automated tests

London, Uk, Gb

Campaigns Web API: SDET (7 months)JG replaced monolith API with Docker microservices in AWS. Engaged to provide architecture, testing frameworks and leadership on the BDD approach. Created CQRS architecture with Mediatr, ASP.Net Core 2.0 API, SNS/SQS. Participated in development. Piloted a more formal approach to Scrum, integrating with UX team for specification workshops, leading to executable specifications with my open source projects. Successful pilot significantly improved developer understanding of requirements and delivery of features and was to be model for other teams.Amex Pay with Points: Developer (6 months)JG introduced donation payments with Amex Points using Amex API. Engaged to provide microservices testing and development with ASP.Net Core 2.1. Created JMeter performance tests; created active monitoring to test workflows in production and alert errors; monitoring with Serilog, App.Metrics, Prometheus, Kibana and Grafana; and participated in development and creation of unit, component, and deployed tests. Successfully integrated new payment method into existing OneCheckout product.

Leeds, West Yorkshire, Gb

 BJSS engaged to develop web app for shareholders to reclaim tax on international dividend payments. Engaged as Technical Lead to lead initial development and train team in BJSS Enterprise Agile. Architected ASP.Net Core MVC application with CQRS in AWS and trained developers in its implementation; established agile process and continuous delivery pipeline in VSTS; and facilitated specification workshops and documenting their outcome with executable specifications. Succeeded in training team in effective implementation of BJSS Enterprise Agile.

Salford, England, Gb

blinkbox was a video-on-demand streaming service that now runs as Talk Talk TV Store. I was engaged as a contractor (initially by blinkbox and subsequently retained) and tasked with leading the development and implementation of faster automated UI tests for monthly upgrade releases of video streaming software, which I achieved through the application of enhancements to Selenium automation and the introduction of BDDfy. Following the completion of this work I was promoted from Developer In Test to Developer in Test Architect, applying expertise in agile to coach team members in both agile and BDD as part of Talk Talk’s initiative to implement a Scrum delivery approach across the business. This approach was then applied to an initiative to break up monolithic ASP.Net MVC applications into microservices.• Successfully coached staff in agile, implementing BDD, utilising Given When Then formats and running specification workshops with developers, testers and product owners (the three amigos).• Introduced TestStack’s BDDfy testing framework for QA and Development teams to allow HTML reports to be run which gave test information using the ubiquitous language of the business, resulting in tests being validated by the business.• Reduced overall test effort through further adoption of BDDfy within the IT function, using processes which utilise normal C# constructs without imposing framework requirements.• Replaced SpecFlow with the TestStack alternative BDDfy-based framework, which allowed introduction of an Automated Test Strategy for ASP.Net MVC applications. This created additional developer buy-in via implementation of a GitHub framework which was ultimately adopted by a number of teams, with the project published to NuGet.• Defined and executed a test strategy which enabled the migration of the business from a 120-project monolithic solution to a microservices approach hosted on Microsoft Azure Service Fabric.

Redmond, Washington, Us

I was engaged by the Microsoft as a contractor at Lionhead Studios and tasked with driving the development of Azure-based Web API services for a new AAA games title for Xbox One (Fable Legends) through BDD.• Provided guidance and expertise in BDD & TDD, with additional associated approaches including SOLID and Pair Programming, in order to successfully implement the adoption of the agile delivery approach. • Utilised a number of techniques including Unit / Integration /Acceptance Testing and conducting Load Tests on different test cycles as a mandatory step as part of an overall Continuous Deployment cycle, designed to maximise automation across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).• Led successful introduction of BDD development approach to the Azure Services agile team which led to the creation of a Web API testing framework that followed a “host anywhere, test anywhere” methodology and ensured development of a robust product.

PICT is an IT services operation which provides information technology to Members of Parliament, Lords, parliamentary and administrative staff across both the upper and lower Parliamentary houses. I was engaged as a contractor to work within the Procedural Data Programme, bringing expertise in agile to work as part of a Scrum / Kanban team and tasked with leading development and implementation of automated testing across a number of enterprise applications.• Successfully created and introduced an Acceptance Test Driven Development (aka BDD) based development strategy for agile teams.• Created Selenium UI test code to improve incumbent UI tests which were fragile and unreliable, allowing developers to use the same view models used to create the application page for the corresponding page objects in the Selenium tests. Open sourced this project as TestStack.Seleno.• Led the architecting and building of an ASP.Net MVC-based transcript application to replace the world-famous Hansard Reporting system. The solution was designed to reduce costs through eradication of manual processes regarding the recording of daily Parliamentary business.• Successfully implemented an Acceptance Test Driven Development / BDD strategy for a project to deploy a Select Committee Events system, resulting in creation of a system designed to improve Parliamentary BAU. The positive reaction to this approach led to its further adoption across the wider PICT organisation.

• 06 2009 to 10 2009: S.Com / HM Treasury Asset Protection Agency: Development Lead• 12 2007 to 10 2009: Web Technology Group (WTG): Technical Lead• 12 2008 to 11 2008: Global Data Centre Management (GDCM): Senior .Net Developer• 09 2007 to 11 2007: Haymarket Publishing: Web Developer• 08 2007 to 09 2007: HM Revenue & Customs: eRoom / .Net Consultant• 12 2006 to 08 2007: Vinci: Senior .Net Developer• 08 2006 to 11 2006: Food Standards Agency: .Net / Crystal Reports Developer• 04 2006 to 11 2006: Boden: Programmer• 04 2005 to 11 2005: Pershing / Bank of New York: Senior Analyst / Programmer (permanent)• 11 2002 to 07 2005: Datapulse Professional Services: Microsoft Developer (permanent)• 03 2002 to 09 2002: Buddle Findlay: Analyst / Programmer (permanent)• 04 2001 to 09 2001: Simpl Group Software Consultancy: VB Analyst / Programmer (permanent)• 09 2000 to 01 2001: J.P. Morgan Chase Investment Bank (London)• 11 1998 to 06 2000: NATO: Access / Visual Basic Analyst / Programmer

Bachelor Of Commerce And Administration, Systems Analysis And Design

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