Nick Cousins Email & Phone Number

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Lurgan, United Kingdom

We started small, and now we're growing! Relative specialises in building high quality mobile and web applications to enable Digital Transformation. We use agile practices and develop using the latest serverless and cross-platform technology to deliver on your vision of the future for your product or service.

Saintfield, Northern Ireland

- Recruited and built a team of engineers- Helped craft the product from the ground up- Imposed industry standard code review, project management, testing and CI/CD processes- Liaised with clients and suppliers to draft requirements and build integrations with standards-based and proprietary APIs- Created a bespoke ETL pipeline utilising on-premise software and Amazon Web Services for batch-loading of third-party data- Implemented a serverless microservices-based approach to… Show more - Recruited and built a team of engineers- Helped craft the product from the ground up- Imposed industry standard code review, project management, testing and CI/CD processes- Liaised with clients and suppliers to draft requirements and build integrations with standards-based and proprietary APIs- Created a bespoke ETL pipeline utilising on-premise software and Amazon Web Services for batch-loading of third-party data- Implemented a serverless microservices-based approach to integrating with third-party APIs to access realtime data- Designed the internal IT infrastructure, which was completely cloud-centered including VOIP, Office 365, Google Hangouts, Slack, Multi-factor Authentication and cloud-based holiday tracking- Hands-on software development as 80% of my day-job including Laravel (PHP), NodeJS, Python, MySQL, NoSQL and a lot of AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, SQS, SES, Elasticache, RDS, DynamoDB, Route53)- Reported directly to the board, representing the technological interests of the company Show less

Lurgan

- Project Management- Business Analysis- Software Development

Brs Golf, Belfast, United Kingdom

Mallusk

Responsibilities:- Manage the eBusiness department, consisting of five full-time staff- Project-manage up to 30 open projects, liaising with clients and managing production- Developing products and strategies to ensure the continued profitability and growth of the department- Architecting cloud-based applications to address client needs, primarily in the mobile B2B arena.- Coaching members of the team to develop their skills and experience, and maintain a constant cycle… Show more Responsibilities:- Manage the eBusiness department, consisting of five full-time staff- Project-manage up to 30 open projects, liaising with clients and managing production- Developing products and strategies to ensure the continued profitability and growth of the department- Architecting cloud-based applications to address client needs, primarily in the mobile B2B arena.- Coaching members of the team to develop their skills and experience, and maintain a constant cycle of improvement within the whole department- Facilitate regular team meetings and brainstorms- Attend pre-sales meetings with potential clients and work with the Business Development team to develop proposals for all prospective projects- Design and manage the department's cloud-based server architecture, and work with providers to implement continuous improvements.- Liaising with freelancers, suppliers, and other internal departments to keep production on target- Provide training and technical assistance to clients- Research, development and planning of all new technologies implemented within the department Show less

1. Introduced Knowledge base and Source-Code Management systems for Development team.2. Standardised web development using Wordpress, jQuery, and HTML5.3. Initiated a programme of mobile development including web-based apps utilising the latest offline availability techniques, as well as a responsive mobile-first approach to mobile websites.4. Developed a bespoke Wordpress plugin enabling eCommerce websites to be developed rapidly, and with a high degree of customisation… Show more 1. Introduced Knowledge base and Source-Code Management systems for Development team.2. Standardised web development using Wordpress, jQuery, and HTML5.3. Initiated a programme of mobile development including web-based apps utilising the latest offline availability techniques, as well as a responsive mobile-first approach to mobile websites.4. Developed a bespoke Wordpress plugin enabling eCommerce websites to be developed rapidly, and with a high degree of customisation and technical performance. Show less

Provided web development services to Web Design agencies.Developed a cloud-based SaaS Two-Factor Authentication platform which uses a pay-as-you-go model to provide industry leading security for web apps.

1. Developed a SaaS website solution for pharmacies, allowing creation of templatable websites from minimal information.2. Introduced cloud infrastructure including Google Mail and Amazon Web Services.3. Developed an bespoke integrated Customer Relationship Management platform linked to a VoIP phone system, and the SaaS website platform to provide a fully integrated cloud-based business software stack.

Developing PHP-based websites for global clients.

Worked on a government IT project training programme delivering change management training to Civil Service staff, and designing eLearning packages.

Belfast, United Kingdom

Designed course material for Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Act training for Civil Service HR contact centre staff within Capita's shared service centre.Delivered soft-skills and IT systems training to contact centre staff.

Belfast, United Kingdom

Delivering training on an Electronic Document & Records Management system to NI Civil Service staff.Providing desk-side support for the roll-out of the software across all government departments.

Armagh Contact Centre

Portadown Dqcc

Handling Directory Enquiries calls for the UK on BT's 118 500 service.

Thepowermba, Mba, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Innovation & Digital Transformation

Avce Ict

Gcse, English Lang, English Lit, Maths, Science, German, Economics, Art, Technology & Design