Steven Ray Email & Phone Number

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Derby, United Kingdom

Derbyshire

• Design, write, test, support, maintain and document multiple applications within the business including but not limited to:-• Warehouse management system using Windows Phone 8.1, SQL Server database interfacing into the Business SAP system using Web Services to pass information to and from hand held barcode scan guns to the business database.• Warehouse Management System administration interface to manage scan guns and user workload to increase efficiency of the warehouse processes.• A web based system to assist off-site engineers with management of open jobs / tickets including parts ordering, holiday booking and subsequent customer sign off for the job.• Developing a web based eCommerce application to allow customers to place orders directly with us.• Writing reports to allow trends to be identified and acted upon.• Create a graphical wallboard to display realtime workloads and progress.• Writing user guides for the above.

Sutton In Ashfield

• Develop and improve multiple applications relating to Warehousing, Stock Management, Invoicing and Reprocessing.• Create user interfaces to present, validate and manipulate data entered by users.• Write SQL Server stored procedures to access, manipulate and store data.• Liaise with internal customers to further enhance existing applications to their needs.• Create and deploy SQL Server Reporting Services reports for internal customers of all levels.• Work as part of a team of developers to successfully maintain, update and release applications.• Create and maintain an interface between current legacy systems and Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP application.• Use Agile development project management techniques.• Ensure multiple SQL databases are replicated without error every day.• Document application user guides, processes and flowcharts.• Liaise with external IT developers to create and test a multi application interface.

Ripley, Derbyshire

• Managed & updated four multi region websites using ASP.net, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, .net framework 2.0.• Provided 24 hour out of hours call out.• Answered directly to the IT Director.• Maintained a central repository of source code between developers.• Resolved issues arriving in the customer facing departmental email account.• Supported our sales department with order related queries.• Created a VB application to automatically retrieve customer data, manipulate the results, then upload the resulting file to an FTP account of our email campaign provider.

• Successfully designed and created a VB application which automatically maintained updates for an application used by over 350 employees around the company, saving them all time and effort, while reducing the possibility of installation issues.• Developed, enhanced and maintained ASP Intranet applications i.e. a fault management system, allowing faults to be reported and managed in a much more efficient manner.• Extracted application requirements from users, developed working prototypes, enabled the user to test and feedback refinements.• Designed, developed and maintained relational databases for Intranet and stand-alone VB applications, enabling easy and efficient storage of information and increasing the performance of the tools.• Automated key tasks for technical sales engineers with the development of VB tools, which give a graphical representation of a complex set of rules.• Specified work carried out by off shore software contractors, tested and approved the functionality / code returned.• Automated the download process for many tools, enabling user information to be captured and stored allowing feedback to be gathered in the future.• Specified and maintained multiple interfaces between applications to allow automated tasks to be performed reducing manual input from the user and saving time.• Training departmental staff in the use of intranet development software, monitored progress and advised accordingly.• Mentored an under graduate while on work placement, by providing technical support and direction as required.• Successfully improved, updated and maintained three intranet websites, leading to the development and improvement of company standards and guidelines.

Successfully provided 1st line server support to staff in Boots Opticians stores around the UK, maximising uptime and keeping disruption to staff and customers to a minimum.

Read water meters around the Nottinghamshire district to aid in leak detection and analysis.

Digital Photography, Btec Level 3

Completed a BTEC Level 3 in Digital Photography.

Programming - Visual Basic, Level 2

Customer Services, Nvq Level 3

Information Technology, City & Guilds (7261)

8 Gcse'S

Activities and Societies: Computer Studies, Design, Maths, English, Science, Humanities.