At-a-Glance

• A 23 year career focused on the delivery of leading edge technologies for industry leaders such as GEC, Marconi, Siemens-Plessey, Smiths Industries, Philips and Symbian.

• A PHP Web Solutions Developer, with 6 years LAMP based front and back-end experience. An ability to lead and manage both teams and projects

• A solid grounding in software development within the online services and defence electronics sectors.

• Experienced software development via a wide variety of roles including Technical Director, Software Team Leader, Integration Manager, Configuration Manager or Senior Developer.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work with suppliers, customers and team members, both locally and globally.

• Broad knowledge base: Web Applications, eCommerce, Server Administration, Avionics, Consumer Electronics, VoIP, Wireless Broadband, Networking, Software Development

• Willingness to share knowledge and experience with others and work collaboratively.

• A “Can-do” approach, which implicitly leads to a solution orientated way of working.

• Ability to apply existing Web Development skills to all aspects and types of web applications, including front and back end, data exchange/interchange, desktop widgets and mobile phone apps.

• Never afraid to learn and utilise new technologies and skills where appropriate. An innate ability to pick up new skills in a short amount of time.

• Full lifecycle skills: Requirements capture and analysis, development, integration and testing, acceptance testing, delivery and trials, customer support.

Career Overview

Recent Solutions

Mobile Broadband eCommerce

http://www.mybroadbandshop.co.uk

Developed a consumer-facing eCommerce solution selling laptops and handsets with mobile broadband and voice contracts. Built front-end using PHP5, MySQL, Smarty, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery and AJAX. Front-end interfaced with 3 Mobile's Sprint service using SOAP and XML, and SagePay. Back-office performed order processing functions supporting a customer service team. Back-office was built using PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS and jQuery. This also interfaced to 3 Mobile's Sprint service and SagePay. Bulk order imports were supported using the PHPExcel library and PHP XML and XSLT. Entire system also supported over 2000 reseller/affiliate accounts with an account management and reporting portal. Supported in the region of 600 orders per day.

Currently developing a Web Service solution to allow resellers to incorporate features of this shop into their own eCommerce solutions. Clients include Dell, eBuyer and Comet. Also developing web gadgets to provide desktop, web and mobile based realtime stock availability checks.

Hosted on in-house multi-server LAMP platforms. Significant experience of Apache configuration, Linux command line and Subversion version control.

“Jolicloud”

http://shop.vyepc.com

A bespoke eCommerce solution to support the launch of a netbook running the Jolicloud OS, integrating with Jolicloud's own site but hosted entirely on our servers.

Based on Concrete5, which is an MVC based CMS. Required several under the bonnet modifications to the core code, by overriding various MVC components. Created re-usable Concrete5 'blocks'.

Salary Sacrifice Scheme

http://www.employeemobilescheme.co.uk/micro-p

http://www.employecomputerscheme.co.uk/konecta

PHP5 based but mostly front-end. Heavy use of Javascript, jQuery and AJAX.

Ecommerce solution leading to an application form and with a “Formtools” PHP open source form processing back-end. This was modified to output applications as XML which can be imported into the Mobile Broadband solution above. Integrated with an external mobile network billing system.

Other

Also assisted in-house ASP developer with a 'nectar card' style service which entailed some ASP Classic coding, VB and SSIS scripting as well as overall mentoring with regards to solution architecture.

Defined and implemented version control processes using Subversion. Company previously had never operated a formal version control process.

Rolled out a team project collaboration tool based on an open source solution, and introduced some basic Agile project management techniques.

Key member of the Solution Architecture Definition Team for the replacement mission critical Sales System, required to facilitate company growth over the next 5 years.

Career Highlights

• Micro-P: Designing and implementing front & back end web solutions to achieve a projected £1m+ gross profit in 2011.

• Rabbitpoint: Successfully launched VoIP service at the 2006 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. Introduced a key potential investor worth £1m+.

• Feeed Professional: Developed "CMUPS" billing system, used in more than 25 mesh networks around the world (UK, US, Canada, Spain, Germany, Australia, New Zealand), providing billing services to more than 2000 end users.

• Philips: Implemented new Configuration Management processes and tools cited as a key contributor to the success of achieving CMM Level 2 accreditation. Developed a suite of Visual Basic tools to implement the CM processes.

• Computing Devices: Lead acceptance test and trials on-site at RAF bases and aircraft production sites.

Technology Skills / Knowledge Areas

In the Online Press:

FeeedPro Mesh Billing System in Use World-Wide

http://www.locustworld.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=94

Remember Rabbit phones? Now they're WiFi, mesh-enabled

http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/2618

Education

• BTEC HND Software Engineering - June 1987

• EITB Certificate in Engineering Appreciation (EA1), June 1987

• 4 'A' Levels - Pure Maths, Applied Maths, Pure/Applied, and Physics, July 1985

• 13 'O' Levels - All A and B grades

• German (Intermediate/Rusty)

• Dutch/Flemish (Tourist)

• Team Building Programme (52 Weeks, marked 2nd out of 16 teams)

Personal Achievements / Interests

• Passed IAM Advanced Motorcyclist test.

• Founded a successful and growing community wireless broadband not-for-profit organisation "Feeed Mesh Network Club"

• Organised three school reunions. Tracking down over 150 ex-pupils.

• Motorcycling, Salsa Dancing (Intermediate/Advanced) & Horse Riding