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 5 years experience
- PHP 9 years experience (PHP4, PHP5, OOP, SVN, Mercurial, Git)
- HTML & CSS 9 years experience (W3C, accessibility, standards compliance)
- Javascript 5 years experience (AJAX, jQuery)
- Linux & Apache 6 years experience (Redhat/CentOS system admin, Apache, ModRewrite, SSL, performance)
- 3rd party PHP systems (Magento eCommerce plaform, Zend Framework, Zuvvi CMS)
- Advanced tools (Hudson Continuous Integration server, Phing build tool)
- 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
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October 2009 - April 2010 Blue Duck Education Ltd (www.mangahigh.com) Senior Developer
Development of the Mangahigh.com maths games website in parallel with improving development systems and procedures.
Key experience:
- Introducing and coordinating an Agile development process
- Setting up a technical blog to improve documentation of code and ideas
- Introducing a Continuous Integration system including unit testing and code analysis
- Leading a project to introduce a new architecture with the aim of reducing complexity and coupling
- Developing new functionality in line with management requirements
Key projects:
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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.
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:
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2007 - May 2009 Neoco (www.neoco.com) Head of Development
Contract developer for six months followed by a step up to Head of Development. This role included the management of the development team and timely delivery of client projects.
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:
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Founder and driving force behind the YourSchoolWeb startup; a company focussed around creating a web-based content management system and learning environment for schools.
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:
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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
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1998 - 2001 The University of Birmingham
2:1 BSc (hons) degree in Physics with Electronics
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1996 - 1998 Havering Sixth Form College, Essex
A-Levels - Maths (A), Physics (A), Computer Science (A)
AS-Levels - Electronics (A), Further Maths (C)
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1991 - 1996 Marshalls Park School, Romford, Essex
9 GCSE grades A to C including 7 grade A/A*
References
Available on request.