Also experience with: XML, XSLT, Java (J2ME, J2SE, Android ADK), ASP, XNA, openFrameworks, C++

Professional Experience

Lead Asp.Net Developer: TEQUILA\ London

London, June 2007 - January 2010

ASP.Net 2.0/3.5, ASP.Net MVC 1.0, jQuery, Silverlight, WCF, TFS 2005

Lead developer of a team of 2 permanent and 1-2 contract developers within a 20-strong digital department.

Primary responsibilities include: 

• Planning architecture for development work
• Working with other members of the department to find best-fit solutions
• Writing technical specifications and providing estimates
• Training existing developers

Senior ASP.Net Developer: Chunk Ideas Ltd

Glasgow, May - July 2006 (Contract)

Contracted to develop ASP.Net and AJAX solutions for the Foster's Laidback Legends campaign website. The website is essentially an imitation of YouTube - users can upload video clips through the website or from their mobile phones, which are then voted and ranked in a leaderboard. This was a very exciting application to work on as it brought together some of the more popular aspects of the web and mobile into a single project, as well as the fact that I was required to make use of a variety of skills. The campaign is still running and Chunk continue to employ me on an ad-hoc basis.
http://www.fosters.co.uk/laidbacklegends

Senior ASP.Net Developer: Conscia Ltd

Glasgow, Oct 2006 - May 2007

As lead developer of a small team, I was the technical architect developing an enterprise multi-platform web application for Cardinal Security Ltd for several large national retail chains.
Employed cutting-edge technologies including NHibernate, ASP.Net AJAX 1.0, Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows CE and Agile Development methods. Also provided training for other staff members and consultation on an ad-hoc basis within the company.

Senior ASP.Net Developer: Anne Geddes Ltd

Auckland, New Zealand, July 2005 - May 2006 (Contract)

ASP 2.0,  SQL 2000, ASP.Net, C#, Email campaign management

Anne Geddes is a New Zealand brand recognised worldwide, with an immense market in the United States and Europe, and a flagship store in Disney, Florida. I engineered two e-Commerce websites to support both international markets, http://www.freemail.com/ and http://www.fast2umail.com/ (ASP, COM+, SQL 2000). I also maintained and extended the http://www.annegeddes.com/ website, and provided a variety of day-to-day development services, such as email campaign management and software development.

ASP.Net Developer: Switched-On Solutions Ltd

Auckland, New Zealand, Dec 2004 - Apr 2005 (Contract)

C#, ASP.Net 1.1, SQL 2000, Sharepoint STS, STS Web Part Development, LISP STS Site Customisation, SOAP, .Net Remoting

Switched-On Solutions is a small startup based in New Zealand which provides a variety of IT services to local and international businesses, including ASB Bank and GE Money. I was contracted to investigate the feasibility of developing Sharepoint 2003 web spaces for SoS for the purpose of re-selling to other SME's and professionals.

Lead Web Developer: Jennifer Ann Web Ltd

Auckland, New Zealand, Dec 2003 - Dec 2004

ASP.Net 1.1, SQL 7, IIS Management, Email administration

 

Jennifer Ann Web is a New Zealand-based SME providing marketing services to New Zealand businesses. Alongside my core work of building marketing and e-Commerce websites, I covered nearly all IT-related tasks including email server management and firewall administration.

http://www.totalexperience.co.nz/

Web Developer: Real Developments Ltd/Lion Nathan Ltd

Auckland, New Zealand, Dec 1999 -  Dec 2004

ASP, SQL 7, CFM/Cold Fusion, VB 6.0/Visual Basic, Crystal Reports

I was offered a permanent package by Auckland-based company Real Developments in 1999, where I was using Cold Fusion and Access, and later ASP and MS SQL 7. The flat structure typical of SMEs (RD was 3 years old) allowed me to learn a variety of skills very quickly, and I applied myself to email & domain administration, SQL database design, optimisation, index construction, as well as an introduction to OLAP. In 2002 Real Developments was acquired by Lion Nathan/Lion Breweries and re-branded to 'Real'.

www.golf.co.nz

Professional Development

Currently studying C++ by correspondance.

Facilitator and speaker for the AltNet Beers group and the London Dot Net User Group.

Active hobby programmer currently learning XNA and building a video aggregation application on top of video service APIs such as YouTube, Vimeo, MetaCafe etc.

StackOverflow reputation of more than 500

Fluent in English, some Spanish and French.

Avid cyclist and musician.