
Contract Developer
United Kingdom

Contract Developer
United Kingdom
Web developer, Linux fetishist, Mac enthusiast, open-source advocate and all-round tech geek.
Web 2.0 development. PHP & the CakePHP framework. Javascript & AJAX techniques with the jQuery, Prototype & MooTools libraries. C#/.Net where absolutely necessary. Currently engrossed with Ruby & it's associated tools & frameworks (Rails, Sinatra etc.)
(Internet industry)
February 2010 — Present (2 months)
(Privately Held; Design industry)
June 2009 — February 2010 (9 months)
Creation of web2.0 experiences with CakePHP, MySQL and jQuery. Administration of Redhat Enterprise Linux servers and task automation with Bash, Perl and Ruby scripts.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2008 — March 2009 (10 months)
I took care of all technical matters from development to deployment of the agency's websites.
(Public Company; C; Financial Services industry)
August 2007 — June 2008 (11 months)
I was the local subject matter expert for the messaging systems used in the trading infrastructure
(Computer Software industry)
October 2007 — May 2008 (8 months)
I set up various services used by the team (source control, communication, issue tracking etc) and coded the company website.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2007 — August 2007 (7 months)
I replaced the existing paper-based repair tracking system with a web application
(Philanthropy industry)
September 2004 — February 2007 (2 years 6 months)
I supported 30+ Windows XP/98/2000 desktop users and 2 Win2k3 servers. I was second in command to the main technician and performed the full range of technical tasks for the agency.
BSc , Computer Science , 1998 — 2004