As an accomplished and experienced development manager within a consumer marketing agency, I have experience setting up and managing a development team, including recruitment, team management, project management and designing systems and processes.
I have an entrepreneurial attitude to work, having previously founded a company, and I bring a “can do” attitude to all aspects of my work. I am now looking for a senior position within a forward thinking digital company which will offer interesting challenges, scope for progression and a platform for my skills to shine.

Key skills

  • Team management 4 years experience
  • PHP 7 years experience PHP4, PHP5, OO, SVN, Mercurial, Zend Framework
  • HTML & CSS 7 years experience with focus on accessible, standards compliant XHTML and full CSS layouts
  • Javascript 3 years experience AJAX, JQuery
  • Linux 6 years experience Redhat/CentOS system admin
  • Apache 6 years experience Apache, ModRewrite, SSL, performance
  • 3rd party systems including: Magento eCommerce plaform, Zend Framework, Zuvvi CMS
  • Additional experience programming in C++, C, Fortran, ARM Basic
  • Self-starter, having formed own company
  • Competent project manager, with demonstrable flair for organisation and the timely delivery of objectives
  • Friendly, outgoing and ambitious

Employment

  • May 2009 - October 2009 Sonik Media (www.sonikmedia.com) Technical Manager

    Working on a variety of consumer marketing projects for clients that include British Cycling and Sky, my role is to bring my development experience to bear, ensuring projects run smoothly and are completed to a high quality. Responsibilities include writing functional specifications, liaising directly with clients to determine their requirements and present solutions, planning and estimating for projects, managing the agile development process by planning iterations and delivery schedules.

    Key experience:

    • Liaising with clients and managing projects via agile development process.
    • Communicating effectively with the large, distributed development team as well as various project stakeholders to ensure project deliverables are met.
    • Working on a variety of technology platforms including Zuvvi CMS (built on Zend Framework) and Magento eCommerce platform
    • Delivery of client projects within tight deadlines.

    Key projects:

  • 2007 - May 2009 Neoco (www.neoco.com) Head of Development

    Working in a contract role for the initial six months, delivering client projects, I soon progressed to the senior role of Head of Development. Within this role, my primary responsibility was to ensure the company was technically well-placed to meet the challenges and requirements of our International clients. On a practical level, this involved managing the development team (4 to 6 team members depending on the project) and putting in place systems and processes to ensure all projects were completed on-time and to a high standard.

    Key responsibilities:

    • Leading the direction and development of Neoco's in-house CMS and newsletter system.
    • Recruitment and supervision of a small team of employees, including coaching the team and carrying out appraisals.
    • Implementing systems and processes to improve quality of client projects including effective testing procedures.
    • Defining the functionality of technical projects and estimating the time required to deliver.
    • Delivery of client projects within tight deadlines.

    Key projects:

    • Quark: I Love Design Large social network and promotion website build, designed to promote QuarkXPress design software.
    • Neoco CMS Bespoke CMS used to power a wide variety of projects from I Love Design to Flash widgets.
    • Neoco Website Simple website for the agency (Neoco) with focus on attention to detail.
    • 28 Day Experience Word of Mouth website; the same model was used for a number of different clients.
    • Renegade Photo Website Lightweight e-commerce site for photographer Mark Terry-Lush.
  • 2002 - 2007 MPD Consulting Ltd (www.yourschoolweb.co.uk) Director

    I spent five years building a start-up company, developing and selling a web-based content management system designed specifically for schools, "YourSchoolWeb". The product is currently used in a number of secondary schools around London.

    As company director, I have experience in a wide range of disciplines; as well as managing the day to day running of the business I have also been responsible for product development using accessible standards-compliant PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS and Javascript.

    Key responsibilities:

    • Running company operations including product development, testing, installation and support as well as overseeing additional operations such as sales, marketing, finance and administration.
    • Supervision of a small team of employees.
    • Managing relationships with clients and external companies and individuals.
    • Effective time management, including managing a number of complex installation projects for new clients at the same time as ongoing support and product development.
    • Configuring and maintaining a number of Linux based servers running Centos4 (based on RHEL 4), with key packages Apache, MySQL, PHP, Postfix, Courier IMAP, Maildrop, SpamAssassin, OpenSSH.

    Key projects:

  • 2001 - 2002 Marshalls Park School, HaveringWeb developer

    After graduating from university, I created an Intranet framework which considerably improved the use of ICT within the school.

    Key responsibilities:

    • Development of web application using PHP, IIS and MSSQL 2000.
    • Helping to manage and develop the schools’ ICT provision.

Education

  • 1998 - 2001 The University of Birmingham

    2:1 BSc (hons) degree in Physics with Electronics

  • 1996 - 1998 Havering Sixth Form College, Essex

    A-Levels - Maths (A), Physics (A), Computer Science (A)
    AS-Levels - Electronics (A), Further Maths (C)

  • 1991 - 1996 Marshalls Park School, Romford, Essex

    9 GCSE grades A to C including 7 grade A/A*

References

Available on request.