Experience

Pigsback

• Ireland
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Jul 2016 - Present

• Technology Manager

  • Aug 2013 - Present

  • Manage over 30 servers (Windows, Linux and Dedicated Databases), domains and DNS requirements in an Amazon Cloud environment;• As the Technology Manager I present the development plan, and report key statistics to the board of directors on a quarterly basis;• Manage, maintain, design, develop and debug over 20 separate web applications; including E-Commerce, CMS and Reporting services;• Develop and maintain RESTful API’s for 3rd party integration into Pigsback.com’s Research Platform;• Oversee the design, management and optimisation of the core Pigsback.com membership, content and API database infrastructure ensuring scalability, resilience and availability at all times;• Co-ordinate and lead brain storming sessions involving marketing, sales, operations and senior management. Taking from the outcomes of these meetings, I then manage the implementation of these projects in accordance with business requirements and priorities.

• Development Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2013

  • I was part of a team that architected and migrated all of Pigsback.com’s physical, traditional data-centre located servers into a newly provisioned Amazon environment, with Zero unplanned downtime• Line manager of the junior developer, whilst at the same time reporting directly into the Chief Technical Officer;• Was a senior member of the team that architected and implemented the transition of the core Pigsback.com application to a service oriented architecture and was responsible for the development of the API layer which exposed core platform functionality initially to the Pigsback.com frontend and ultimately also to 3rd party partner sites;• Developed an affiliate based, brand-able, web application powered by an API that 3rd parties can use to sell offers through our platform and payment gateway. Partners including ‘The Taste of Ireland’, UTV Radio Ireland Ltd, and Evoke.ie. This build required the implementation of a CMS and reporting platform for each partner.• Improved the e-commerce side of the Deal-of-the Day sites to include a Saved Card function from within Realex. Also implemented a payment gateway failover to fall-back to our secondary payment gateway in an event of technical difficulties in Realex;• Managed several specialised Deal-of-the-Day subsidiaries via Wordpress platforms, e.g. TheDiningRoom.ie;• Scheduled and managed code deployments from a staging to live environment.

• Senior Developer

  • Mar 2010 - Jan 2012

  • Developed MyMilkman.ie – a site that allows customers to signup, find their local milkman, and order their weekly dairy shopping;• Designed and developed Pigsback.com’s Deal-of-the-Day offering, which is currently ranked 3rd in the market with an annual revenue of several million;• To support the Deal-of-the-Day site I had to design and develop several Management Portals including a Reporting System, a CMS, a CRM, and a Finance Portal;• Assisted members’ customer support and technical queries.



Return2Sender

• Ireland
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Developer

  • Apr 2003 - Oct 2010

  • Looked after the setup and maintenance of SMS/MMS campaigns, including the management of all mobile network (SMPP/MM7) connections. Notable campaigns involved clients such as Diageo and Coca-Cola;• Website design and programming, including a system that delivers perfect-fit for mobile handsets;• Maintenance and administration of the database servers, as well as designing backup and recovery plans;• E-mail administrator;• Setup of version control software (SVN) for all code bases;• Desktop maintenance and management within the office;• Network security including Firewall and VPNs.



eir Ireland

• Ireland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Support

  • Aug 2002 - Mar 2003

  Technical Support for home users. Technical Support for home users.