Robert Wray Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

Since joining Halo I've been responsible for:- Successfully re-launching their online trading platform for private customers which led to its use growing by 20x, then enhancing its capabilities to allow its use to be extended to select corporate customers- Migration of in-house LOB trading platform solutions from a self-hosted VMWare infrastructure, to a hosted VMWare solution and more recently into Azure- Integration of the in-house trading platform with Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM to replace the legacy CRM component; this encompassed both data migration into CRM and design of the integration solution- Design and planning for the replacement of the remaining elements of the in-house trading platform with a SaaS solution from a supplier partner in Canada, to allow the new SaaS solution to integrate with our Dynamics 365 CRM solution

Fareham, United Kingdom

Responsible for managing the Development department at Ultracomms, the first cloud contact centre solution provider in the UK, with around 8 million minutes of telephone calls flowing through the system and Ultracomms secure PCI-DSS card payment solution taking upwards of £2.5 million of card payments a month. The development department includes full-stack software developers (working with the Microsoft IIS/ASP.net/C#/SQL Server stack), software testers and DBAs. In this role I was responsible for:- Mentoring and providing guidance to allow people to produce the best they possibly can, along with growing themselves so that they keep "achieving more" as time goes on- Significant influence/decision making for the technical architecture of the product suite and the cloud platform that ultracomms provides- Analysing requirements and specifying integration with 3rd party solutions and services, such as Realex, Barclaycard ePDQ, Worldpay and CallMiner Speech Analytics- Liaising with other departments, primarily Helpdesk and Infrastructure, to resolve service issues expediently- Scheduling and resourcing work-streams that are required to serve customer needs and to target feature gaps when compared to competitors (driven both by direct customer requests for more immediate requirements and internally produced development road maps)- Developing the processes and best practices used within the department to ensure that what's delievered is to the highest possible standards, balancing "code perfection" and technical debt accretion against delivery targets and customer needs- Getting out Visual Studio and getting down to coding when there's a project that needs it, or, when the opportunity arises

Fareham

Senior developer, specialising in Microsoft technologies, working primarily in C# (4.0 - via asp.net/asp.net MVC) and SQL Server 2008 R2. I'm generally technology agnostic and will use the technology best suited to implementing a solution (after all 80% is syntax). As well as being technically skilled, I also bring management skills & experience as well as a strong history of introducing process & structure to Development and QA teams to any role I'm in.Specialties: Deployment planning, Project management, System design, Software Development:C#, ASP.net, ASP.net MVC, Javascript; "vanilla" and ExtJS, SQL Server 2000 through 2008 R2, Classic ASP, VB6, vanilla HTML Responsible for:- Management of the web/product development team (head count 5 out of a department of 13)- Overseeing the design and architecture of customer facing software and services- Implementing process and encouraging best practice across the entire development department- Writing code at any opportunityKey projects/achievements to-date have included:- Architecting a solution for managing the storage and compression of customer call recordings within our network based telephony system- Implementing a full UI refresh of the customer portal used for managing all aspects of their telephony solution- Introducing processes and & best practice that have allowed us to grow from a department of four to thirteen without the "growing pains" that can be encountered

[Alphameric PLC merged its two operating companies, Alphameric Leisure and Alphameric Hospitality in 2007, forming Alphameric Solutions]Developer working with classic ASP/SQL legacy applications, as well as ASP.net/SQL applications which the company in the process of starting to migrate to n-tier solutions to enhance the scalability of our offerings. I have a broad and deep knowledge of TSQL (through SQL Server 2005 and 2000), classic ASP, HTML/CSS/Javascript and .net development (C#), as well as a good working knowledge of SQL Server administration, schema design and replication management.Major projects in this role included:- Producing a solution for the betting industry to allow near-real-time transmission of race information from on course staff to betting shops via a web client.- Architected and lead the implementation of an application integration solution for both internal and third party integration. Implemented in C# 2.0, the solution provided integration services to Navision and 3rd party supply chain providers.- Updated a clients web based Stock Control platform (used at over 400 sites). This involved large scale, cross-team project planning, defect prioritisation and close co-ordination with the client.

Developer working with classic ASP/SQL legacy applications, as well as ASP.net/SQL applications which the company in the process of starting to migrate to n-tier solutions to enhance the scalability of our offerings.I have a broad and deep knowledge of TSQL (through SQL Server 2005 and 2000), classic ASP, HTML/CSS/Javascript and .net development (C#), as well as a good working knowledge of SQL Server administration, schema design and replication management.

Responsible for managing the QA team for Alphamerics Caterwide Stock product, a web based stock control, procurement and reporting system for the hospitality industry.Key elements of the role included; team management (max headcount of six), project management and prioritisation, driving best practice and process into the business and liaising with other QA teams within the company to ensure that the overall product was delivered to the highest quality.