Rob Bryan Email & Phone Number

London

instiHub provides Market Intelligence and actionable Business Insights to the worldwide institutional asset management industry.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

www.teamlayer.com connects a user’s web applications on a central team interface, creating a straightforward collaboration platform. This system incorporates multiple API’s including Dropbox, Google Apps, Onedrive to provide a professional interface blending data from multiple sources.Key roles include· Developing basic and advanced features for roll out to revenue generating clients· Developing technical roadmaps to enhance overall company strategy· Representing company at a number of international and domestic investor and trade events· Identifying and creating processes to ensure best practices met for releases and general technical administration· Recruiting and managing new technical staff and contractorsTechnologies applied regularly during this role: CakePHP, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, JQuery, REST, CURL, Postfix and Dovecot, Rackspace Cloud Servers.

www.relephance.com advises students what course material is actually relevant and where it can be bought cheapest. This site enables students to exchange information around their universities and course readinglists. This includes peer reviews of reading list material, price comparisons, group buying, and integration with multiple suppliers.Technologies applied during this role: CakePHP, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, PayPal, Amazon Product Advertising API, Amazon AWS

rbCore is my own technical development consultancy that has a wide variety of clients ranging from early stage startups to large international corporations. My activities include web development, software development, MVP design and development, consultation projects with clients as interim CTO, full project lifecycle management, server management, systems administration, recruitment and management of external contractors as well as internal development teams. Some of the recent projects include:Zing - Events Management System- Development of entire product lifecycleThe events management system manages the companies workflow. The functionality served by this system include: Budget management, DMS, Event lifecyle, Event Reporting, Client booking, Ecommerce.Chilford Hall - Integrate Booking System - Development of entire product lifecycleThis system enables clients to place tour bookings using 3rd party experience vouchers and manage all bookings and attendees through the system. WhoChart - Social Networking - Total MVP development and architectureThis system connects and rewards social networking with physical rewards. I was involved in developing the rewards algorithm and utilising such API’s as Facebook Graph API and the Twitter REST API. Dow Jones - M&A systems integration - Enabling technical handover processPost-M&A, Dow Jones utilised rbCore for transitioning and consulting on architecture matchTechnologies applied regularly during this role: CakePHP, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, JQuery, HTML5, CSS3, Server Management, Systems Administration (including email support), REST, CURL, OAUTH, Ecommerce (WorldPay, SecureTrading, PayPal), Amazon Product Advertising API, Amazon AWS.

VentureNavigator was a government funded online business support service offering business information. VentureNavigator provided assistance for start-ups via a community of entrepreneurs sharing start up advice, information resources and business assessments for creating and growing a new business.As the Lead Developer and Architect for VentureNavigator I was responsible for:· Writing detailed technical specifications from high-level business specifications· Managing the software lifecycle and versioning for all project releases· Producing test scripts for new products· Administration for servers on all environments· Implemented disaster recovery procedures and in-depth server optimisation· Localisation of VentureNavigator for the Nigerian Government· Localisation procedures for global markets including language translation and government policy content update. Technologies applied on a daily basis: LAMP, Agavi, GIT, Scriptaculous, Jquery, CDN

Library House was a leading business information and consulting company focussed on the global venture capital ecosystem that were utilised by a number of MNC’s and governing bodies. As the Senior LAMP developer my daily tasks included:· Maintaining the online subscription database and developing new enhancements to the system· Re-factoring old code and systems· Balancing long term strategic solutions against 'quick wins'· Scheduling full code and component releases· System administration – SVN, backups, monitoring, standardisation, testing· Internal IT support for team Technologies applied during this role: BASH scripting, Agavi, PHP, MySQL, Subversion, Mootools, AJAX and JavaScript.

London

Managed services and software development companyAs the assistant development manager my core tasks included:· Maintaining the online subscription database and developing new enhancements to the system· Recruitment, mentoring, training and day to day management of junior programmers· Secondary client contact and systems/technical specification architect· Refactor old code and systems - balancing long term strategic solutions against 'quick wins'· Schedule full code and component releases· System administration – SVN, backups, monitoring, testing· Provide internal IT support for team Technologies applied during this role: BASH scripting, PHP, MySQL, Zend, Subversion, Mootools , AJAX and JavaScript.