EC2 IT, Central London
PHP/MySQL Developer (SEP 10 - OCT 11)

EC2 IT provide a comprehensive range of IT services to small to medium sized companies primarily in the EC2 postcode area and have had requests from clients to provide services related to their web presence.

EC2 IT contracted me to work on various web projects on behalf of their clients, ranging from online brochures to large stock ordering systems and intranets.

Beetroot, Central London
PHP/MySQL Developer (JUN 11 - JULY 11)

Beetroot is a full-service corporate communications agency producing work for a diverse range of stakeholder audiences. I was hired for a short term contract working on the redevelopment of a CMS driven extranet for a large well known bank.

H18, Essex
PHP/MySQL Developer (APR 11 - MAY 11)

H18 provide professional website/online shop (e-commerce) and print design and website maintenance services to businesses located in Essex and surrounding areas.

H18 hired me to rescue a project after the previous developer flopped out on them.

RakeTheRake.com, Chelmsford
PHP/MySQL Developer (JULY 10 - SEP 10)

RakeTheRake is the largest and most reputable rakeback affiliate in the poker market. Working in conjunction with all the top poker rooms to increase traffic to their sites, and to secure the best rakeback deals for online poker players.

I was contracted by RTR to setup, configure and integrate a community forum (vBulletin) with their new site due for launch early in 2011. The integration involved creating a bespoke Single Sign-On (SSO) and account synchronisation API with their new site which is built on a non-LAMP platform. This was then extended for Cross Domain Single Sign-On (XDSSO) to cater for an array of partner and peer sites.

vBulletin was employed for the purpose due to its robustness and the ability to extend functionality through the 'hooks and plugins' feature. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) was also a key requirement for the deployment, as was affiliate links and banner advertising. The community forum will cater for 100's of thousands of users.

Tribal Group, Cambs
Lead Developer (OCT 05 - JULY 10)

Cambridge Training & Development have an international reputation for the design and development of educational software using an array of technologies.

As a senior developer I often take a technical lead role in multiple active projects; juggling them based on priorities that change almost daily. The separate production and testing departments very much rely on the flow of work via the software department.

Projects vary from small information only sites to large bespoke learning portals, using open source applications such as Joomla and Moodle; to mobile activities; to CD and VLE based interactive learning materials created with our in-house SCORM authoring tool.

Flexifoil International Ltd, Soham, Cambs
Web Developer / Webmaster (May 02 - Sep 05)

My role here was diverse and dynamic. Working within a manufacturing environment I was solely responsible for the entire company's web strategy. I worked directly with both the marketing and sales departments as well as the R&D department in South Africa .

My main duties included:

• Design, build and manage consumer site
• Day-to-day updates (galleries, news, promotions, video, general content)
• Technical support to 7000+ Forum users
• Targeted e-news deployment for promos, site updates etc. to 50,000+ registered consumers
• Oversee the smooth running of Info-pack orders and Product Registration
• Consumer data capture for bespoke reports

Other duties included the design, build and management of:

• Dealer Resource Centre's
• Community site
• Ecommerce site
• Product micro sites
• Team rider sites
• Other sites for contracted staff (photographers)

Black Pig Design Co Ltd, Royston, Herts
Web Designer / Developer (Aug 00 - May 02)

Due to the relatively small size of the company, I worked in most areas of the business. Ranging from meeting clients and preparing time estimates for jobs, through to designing concepts for various projects and occasionally leading a small design team.

The majority of my time was spent hands on, building sites, adding client-side and server-side functionality; working along side other developers. Almost all multimedia and CD-ROM related work was my responsibility. I have worked on projects for several large companies, including Nelson Bakewell, Pearson Education and Simoco.

Diva-Net, Cambridge
Web Designer/Developer (Dec 98 - Aug 00)

Played a key role in the creation and maintenance of several popular sites (all with a strong adult content) on behalf of high profile media groups.

My role involved working closely with the 3D graphic designers, programmers and editors to ensure the smooth running of development and maintenance. Strict time management and planning was essential at all times.

Other than the usual web design and build responsibilities, I also undertook Live Cam set-ups and maintenance as well as basic movie editing. I have also had official training in Intershop development (a high-end off-the-shelf e-commerce package), the skills of which I have put to test in the creation of 2 successful on-line shops.

Computer International Services, Cambridge
Junior Web Designer (Mar 98- Aug 98)

Computer International Services developed Web sites for corporate companies. My main duties were the design and build of the sites.

Skills gained:

• Correspondence/consultation
• Formal design procedures - Story boards/Schematics
• Graphics editing/animation
• Code editing - Raw coding/Front Page/Homesite
• Project management - managing groups of 4/5 designers