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▪ Leadership and mentoring of a team of 3 permanent developers and 1 contractor building .Net solutions▪ Management of team workload and projects▪ Requirements analysis and gathering▪ System architecture and design▪ Transitioned development methodology from ad-hoc to agile▪ Introduced automated builds and deployments▪ Implemented a web-based purchase requisition system for 2K+ users with 65k orders and $160m of spend per annum resulting in ~$4m of annual savings▪ Provided a localised implementation of the above solution for Tyco Germany▪ Redeveloped the company credit control system adding in new functionality for credit request and statement generation, Dunning processes and automated invoice chasing

Manchester, United Kingdom

▪ Developed a custom contract forecasting tool for engineers to replace the existing paper-based system▪ Developed and maintained a custom multilingual credit control solution consolidating 4 systems into one web-based solution resulting in improved controller efficiency and staff reduction▪ Mentor junior staff▪ Travelled both nationally and internationally for training and requirements gathering exercises▪ Developed and maintained various utility applications to support the company ERP system

Sydney, Australia

▪ Principal developer for the redevelopment of QBE’s corporate website and internal intranet sites using Oracle Content Server, working alongside third-parties such as Oracle▪ Adherence to CMMI process and SLAs for both development and documentation and the timely preparation of technical solution documents, including accurate estimates for development duration and cost in response to stakeholder requirements▪ Approval and review of third-party technical solutions

Manchester, United Kingdom

▪ Enhancement of large e-commerce sites for JD Sports and Simply Games and its various white-label affiliate sites including Sky Sports and Games Radar▪ Maintenance and enhancement of the company’s flagship CMS and Email Marketing products

▪ Responsible for the continuous development and improvement of TheFirstResort.com travel website and all third-party partner websites and co-brand portals including SkyTravel.com, Latedeals.com, eBookers.com and Freeserve.com▪ Responsible for the management of the fortnightly generation of deal pages for Sky Interactive TV

French, Spanish & Visual Programming

A-Level Spanish, French, English Language

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