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

  • 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:

  • 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:

  • 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:

  • 2002 - 2007 MPD Consulting Ltd (www.yourschoolweb.co.uk) Director

    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:

  • 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.