Jake Greenwood
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Daniel Pidcock
Jake is a fantastic developer to work with collaboratively. It can be hard when designing a product to understand the best way to approach a problem that takes into account both the user needs and the technical challenges. Working with someone like Jake makes this process a pleasure. He was always great at taking the time to understand what we were trying to achieve and why, communicating the technical limitations of a very legacy-prone platform, and most importantly how we can deliver the best solution with minimal cost. All done with a friendly smile, good humor, and buckets of patience!
Martyn Norman
I worked along side Jake in the dev team at Neighbourly and I have to say he's an absolute pleasure to work with. As a solution driven full stack developer Jake has an depth mix of technical and architectural knowledge and is great for bouncing ideas off. Jake is an essential asset for delivering technical and business goals and I would happily work with Jake again if ever our paths were to re-cross.
Daniel Pidcock
Jake is a fantastic developer to work with collaboratively. It can be hard when designing a product to understand the best way to approach a problem that takes into account both the user needs and the technical challenges. Working with someone like Jake makes this process a pleasure. He was always great at taking the time to understand what we were trying to achieve and why, communicating the technical limitations of a very legacy-prone platform, and most importantly how we can deliver the best solution with minimal cost. All done with a friendly smile, good humor, and buckets of patience!
Martyn Norman
I worked along side Jake in the dev team at Neighbourly and I have to say he's an absolute pleasure to work with. As a solution driven full stack developer Jake has an depth mix of technical and architectural knowledge and is great for bouncing ideas off. Jake is an essential asset for delivering technical and business goals and I would happily work with Jake again if ever our paths were to re-cross.
Daniel Pidcock
Jake is a fantastic developer to work with collaboratively. It can be hard when designing a product to understand the best way to approach a problem that takes into account both the user needs and the technical challenges. Working with someone like Jake makes this process a pleasure. He was always great at taking the time to understand what we were trying to achieve and why, communicating the technical limitations of a very legacy-prone platform, and most importantly how we can deliver the best solution with minimal cost. All done with a friendly smile, good humor, and buckets of patience!
Martyn Norman
I worked along side Jake in the dev team at Neighbourly and I have to say he's an absolute pleasure to work with. As a solution driven full stack developer Jake has an depth mix of technical and architectural knowledge and is great for bouncing ideas off. Jake is an essential asset for delivering technical and business goals and I would happily work with Jake again if ever our paths were to re-cross.
Daniel Pidcock
Jake is a fantastic developer to work with collaboratively. It can be hard when designing a product to understand the best way to approach a problem that takes into account both the user needs and the technical challenges. Working with someone like Jake makes this process a pleasure. He was always great at taking the time to understand what we were trying to achieve and why, communicating the technical limitations of a very legacy-prone platform, and most importantly how we can deliver the best solution with minimal cost. All done with a friendly smile, good humor, and buckets of patience!
Martyn Norman
I worked along side Jake in the dev team at Neighbourly and I have to say he's an absolute pleasure to work with. As a solution driven full stack developer Jake has an depth mix of technical and architectural knowledge and is great for bouncing ideas off. Jake is an essential asset for delivering technical and business goals and I would happily work with Jake again if ever our paths were to re-cross.
Credentials
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Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
Scrum.orgDec, 2015- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Neighbourly
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Principal Engineer
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Aug 2021 - Present
Hands on coding role, working alongside the engineering manager, across platform teams. Reporting to COO. Part of Technical leadership team.Following Series-A funding: team expansion, tech migration and scale-up, for global growth. Fully hands-on role.Technology stack includes: Vue 3, Bulma, Azure stack, Azure App services, C#, MongoDB, SQL, Entity Framework, Azure functions, Git, Knockout.js, TypeScript, .NET core, gulp, node js, HTML, MVC, Twilio SMS, Stripe payments, Playwright, unit and integration testing, CI pipelines, TFS, Azure Devops, TerraformHelping supermarkets distribute food surplus and feed hungry bellies via our custom built distribution platform. Enabling charities to access financial and volunteer support via an in-house grant management, donations and volunteering website. All built on Azure technologies.Technology migration - MongoDB to SQL, KnockoutJS to Vue3, TFSSVC [multi-branch] to Git [trunk based] Show less
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Senior Developer
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Oct 2014 - Aug 2021
Small, hyper-productive, focussed team - Building the platform from a startup-launch prototype, through to Series A investmentInvited to join on a full-time basis, to help take the company through it's exciting startup phaseFull stack development in a SCRUM team. Making a tangible difference to peoples' lives through the COVID-19 pandemic. Fully hands-on role.Technology stack includes: Azure stack, Azure App services, C#, MongoDB, Azure functions, Knockout.js, TypeScript, .NET, gulp, node js, HTML, MVC, Twilio SMS, Stripe payments, unit and integration testing, CI pipelines, TFS, Azure Devops Show less
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Contract Developer
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Jul 2014 - Sep 2014
Contracting as part of the founding dev team at a newly funded start-up - with huge ambition for social good.Neighbourly is a multi award-winning community investment and engagement platform, connecting businesses with thousands of local vetted good causes to make a positive and measurable impact in our neighbourhoods. Companies including M&S, Starbucks, Lidl, Heineken, Aldi, B&Q, Danone, Cadent and Innocent use Neighbourly to donate volunteer time, funds and surplus products to causes across the UK and Ireland, through CSR and marketing initiatives. Show less
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MoodPanda Mood Diary
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United Kingdom
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Technology, Information and Internet
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Founder
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Jan 2011 - Present
Founder, designer, system architect, DevOPS engineer, Coder - MoodPanda - an early leader in the "Quantified-Self" movement. Recommended by mental health charities and university student services. Featured on global TV and press. ~200k users MoodPanda is a mood tracking app and Mental Health support community. Operated as a startup, spurring creative development of related projects, and then relegated to side-project as I joined a funded startup on a full-time basis. - “I cannot imagine my life without MoodPanda. It has saved me.” - user feedback MoodPanda has been a proving ground for concepts and ideas, pushing ourselves to learn and build rapidly, with minimal budget and high ambitions, as well as making a real difference to peoples’ lives and well-being. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS - Bootstrapped from zero investment to market leading application - 100s of thousands of users - A strong, engaged community with a sense of ownership and brand advocacy - Integration with partner applications - Recruited a team of volunteer contributors - Insight used in University research, by news companies, and other social projects - International Press and TV Coverage Featured on NBC's Today Show, New Scientist, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Sunday Times, Oprah Winfrey's TV Show and Magazine, Lifehacker, Mental health charity websites, The Guardian "Top 30 Apps" [and lots more]. USER FEEDBACK - "I don't know what I would've done without MP. Best app I've ever downloaded" - "I love MoodPanda. It’s really helping me with my depression and anxiety" Tech stack Vue 3, Vuex store, .Net Core 6, JWT token based security, highcharts, Bulma ui framework, Sass, MariaDB, Azure CI / CD pipelines , iOS, Android, Xamarin, Azure cloud infrastructure (previously self-hosted ASP.net webforms (then C# MVC), MySQL then MariaDB, bootstrap 2 then 3, jQuery. Managed entire code, devops, and hosting infrastructure migrations) Show less
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Consumer Intelligence
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head Of Development
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Mar 2013 - May 2014
Senior Leadership Team, reporting to the CEO - responsible for creating software and professional service applications for clients in the insurance and finance industry.Senior management role - less hands on coding, focussing on team and company direction
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Lead Developer
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Mar 2007 - Mar 2013
Hands-on and leading a team of C#.NET, Qlikview, mySQL developers creating distributed data-mining software and reporting web applications for clients in the insurance and finance industry.Clients included most major insurance providers and aggregatorsResponsibilities included: • Hands-on development from prototype product to large-scale distributed system• Working closely with the Dev Manager to lead and build the IT Team• Leading and implementing the development of all new systems and products• Training & mentoring of junior developers and new recruits• Pushing innovation across the team• Ensuring absolute reliability in critical systems• Speccing, architecting, building and launching all products and systems • Creating UAT plansFully hands-on roleTechnology stack includes: C#, MySQL, ASP.NET, .NET MVC, SVN, HTML5, Qlikview, CSS, Javascript, Highcharts, Selenium, WebZinc, Java, Bootstrap, Perl, Python, Sharepoint, Salesforce Show less
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Contract Software Engineer
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Feb 2007 - Mar 2007
Consumer Intelligence is an independent research agency that specialises in providing finance market and consumer insight, gathering critical information on pricing, service and customer behaviour.
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Web Developer
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Jun 2002 - Mar 2007
Member of a small team, working remotely and on-site, focussed on full project life cycle web development for clients ranging from Small Business to large scale Government contracts, adhering to EN BS ISO9001:2000 guidelines. Core job was front & back end development focussed on website and application programming, but also took on a section of the IT Technician role e.g. client facing Technical Support and hardware maintenance. KC3 is a web and digital solutions provider that strives on delivering usable, rich online solutions that are based on strategic thinking and inspired by creative ideas. Services include: Website creation; design; marketting and SEO; ISP and site hosting; and IT Support services Technology stack includes: MySQL, SQL Server, Apache, IIS, ASP.NET, ASP classic, PHP, ColdFusion, Flash, Delphi, HTML, CSS, Javascript, VB 6, VBA Show less
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Education
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Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
BSc Hons, Computer Science
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