2019-Present
Voluntary Career Break Sabbatical
React Web Developer
Assorted personal projects and pursuits including most recently reseach and development into Front-end React JS components.
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The New York Times
and
The Guardian
Examples of consuming Third-party API's and summerising their JSON outputs in real-time with a Section search and links to the origional articles.
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Analogue
and
Digital clocks
Examples of re-useing a simple Timer component to display multiple live Stock Exchange opening times.
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World Stadiums
Example of utilising Functional Component's useState and useEffect Hooks to search and display World Stadiums with corresponding links to Google Maps, Google Earth and Wikipedia.
2018-2019
Wagtail UK
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NASDU
Drug Detection Dog Handler
Qualified and achieved the skills, knowledge and understanding required of a NASDU certified Level 3 Passive or Proactive Drug Detection Dog Handler. Trained under Wagtail International School of Excellence (WISE) and accompanied the Welsh Police Force on searches of Pubs and Colleges during apprenticeship. Download both NASDU Certificates here
2015-2017
Tracker UK
Full-Stack Web Developer
Maintained and improved the three Tracker corporate websites and webservices
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Stolen Vehical Recovery
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Fleet Management
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Insurance Telematics
Worked closely with the
Metropolitan Police Liaison Officer and
Secure Operating Centre personnel when
applying performance upgrades to the
Stolen Vehicle Recovery application responsible for reuniting owners with
their prized possessions worth over
£1million every month.
Upgraded the
Fleet Management system and supporting windows and webservices to run in the
Amazon Web Service cloud to facilitate the
£multi-million sale of the application to a third-party and subsequent smooth migration of 20,000 user vehicles.
2013-2015
The Fork
Back-End Web Developer
Back-end developer within a productive Agile Scrum delivery team within a Continuous Integration environment working closely with Front-end developers and Product, Marketing, SEO, UX, DB, QA and Mobile teams to estimate, prioritise and develop Bookatable's fully responsive cloud-based corporate website responsible for generating over £2million restaurant cover reservations every month.
Investigated and integrated technical solutions surrounding Restaurant Campaign subscriptions and Offer promotions, Dynamic Url routing, Affiliate referral payments, Page Caching, Multilingual content Database Design and sychronisation, Image transformation, Breadcrumb trail, Email feedback and Google Map locations.
2010-2013
Giant Group
Full-Stack Web Developer - Secondments
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Virgin Atlantic Airways
Back-End Web Developer
Developed security updates to the on-line booking system following Payment Card Industry data security standards.
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IGD
Full-Stack Web Developer
Translated detailed technical specifications and screen designs into functional ASPX / AJAX pages within a continuous integration development environment as part of a rapid new build of a subscription based website called Shopper Tracker providing cloud based reporting and analysis tools to the grocery sales and supply chain industry.
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Jaywing
&
Salesforce
Full-Stack Web Developer
Integrated the in-house Digital Marketing system with Salesforce operated by General Motors in the US.
Involving the real-time synchronisation of sales appointments between both applications using .NET and Salesforce API webservices.
2009-2010
GeoVation Awards
Front-End Web Developer
Designed and developed an innovative website called Plaque Guide which provided biographical portraits of commemorative blue plaques erected across London over the centuries.
Incorporating Google Maps and Street View API and Ordnance Survey OpenSpace Maps API. Received seed funding from Ordnance Survey after winning 3rd place in the 2010 GeoVation Awards.
2005-2009
UK Research and Innovation
Back-end Web Developer
Tasked with designing, developing and supporting a range of XML document exchange Webservices between the on-line Joint Electronic Submission (JeS) system and the seven UK Research Councils
responsible for processing research grant funding proposals from the 50,000 strong academic community worth over £1billion every year.
Involved in a number of significant cost-cutting initiatives netting combined efficiency gains estimated in the £100millions including
Grant Maintenance, Award Deliverables and Peer Review to mention just a few including the merging of PPARC and CCLRC into STFC. Worked closely on a daily basis with all of the following Research Councils:-
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Research Council |
EPSRC
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Engineering and Physical Sciences
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BBSRC
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
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NERC
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Natural Environment
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ESRC
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Economic and Social
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MRC
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Medical
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AHRC
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Arts and Humanities
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STFC
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Science and Technology
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1981-2004
Giant Group
Full-Stack Web Developer - Secondments