Sumo is a design company specialising in the arts and cultural sector. Creating great design which turns heads, grabs hearts and inspires audiences to attend the arts more often.Developer providing bespoke websites for a wide range of clients using the in house CMS “Geisha”.Responsible for implementation from initial flat designs to client handover and training.Skilled in Object Orientated PHP as well as supporting technologies: jQuery, Javascript and JSON. All solutions are managed by a fully secure, administrator moderated CMS.

Developer providing bespoke websites for a wide range of clients using the in house MCV CMS “CakeMix”.Responsible for implementation from initial flat designs to client handover and training.

Web developer providing bespoke websites for a wide range of clients using PHP, MySQL and ASP.NET.• Yearly development of Durham Constabulary “Bikewise” event.• Development of Durham Constabulary online training questionnaire module. • Development of an online event booking and management system.• Redbox design gallery system.• Support and development of Hadrians Wall accommodation API.• Numerous other bespoke website solutions.

Analyst Programmer providing bespoke software solutions to support a suite of business software specially developed for the Office Products Industry.

Senior Analyst Programmer for a major underwear company providing bespoke software solutions to support the delivery of £9m branded underwear within the UK and Europe.Analysis and development of a major suite of programs for £1m warehouse stock control system. Stock from overseas was held in a quarantine area before being relocated into final stock. Developed large amount of programs ranging from user interfaces, reports and supporting update and analysis programs.Accountable for the year two thousand program modifications in entire business system suite of over two thousand programs ensuring business continuity. Created an object orientated style solution enabling the unmovable deadline to be met, and responsible for the project being a major success.Contributed to the design and implementation of the company document management system, enabling past business documents to be stored and archived electronically. Resulted in substantial time savings for business personnel and a cost saving of £5k.Converted manufacturing based system to retail / wholesale distribution system using a variety of analysis, communication and development tools and methods when business restructured.Designed and developed a marketing database on the company website for e-marketing using Microsoft Access.Wrote a number of programs for the company website using PERL which enabled user feedback and registration.Administrated computer networks ensuring systems were secure, data accurate and that operational availability was maximized which resulted in 98.5% system availability.Effectively and efficiently providing support, and training to 50+ internal and remote users across different disciplines across 4+ sites.Analysis of business requirements to improve customer systems and enhanced reporting mechanisms to improve departmental reporting throughout the organisation.