Experience

divnr

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO / Concept Creator / Co-Founder

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  divnr is an AI-powered app that decodes your emotional state for present and future reflection & communication.Realising the ambition to become the defacto standard means of emotional communication, through innovative technology, great collaborations, and customer insights.

• Software Architect

  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

  I produced a PoC for a platform that analyses a user’s verbal diary input and translates this into emotional indicators that can provide guidance for themselves and those around them.The platform utilises Kotlin, AWS (Lambda, EKS, SQS, SNS, EC2), Neo4J, MongoDB, Spring Boot, Spring Webflux, Spring Security, Okta OAuth2, React.js, EMQX MQTT Broker, and Kubernetes.The project required an inventive approach to an abstract problem, and called upon lateral thinking and self discipline to produce the fully operational solution. Selection and integrations with third party solutions needed extensive product analysis and close collaboration with offsite technical and sales teams.



Symbio

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Nov 2017 - Nov 2018

  During this period I was working with the Connected Cars team, and heavily involved with making new services available to the vehicle owner via backend integrations.This involved a Spring Boot layer to mediate requests from the evolving mobile application, ensuring flexibility that facilitated the front end demands, whilst ensuring continuity in areas of security and stability.In addition to the core project work, I was also investigating potential authentication solutions for non-critical use cases, which included evaluations of Auth0 and Okta services.



Hubert

• France
• Computer Software

• Software Architect

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2017

  Hubert is a startup that is primarily focused on assisting teachers with student engagement using multiple communication channels and AI. My role at Hubert was as Technical Architect, and as with previous roles, my position was to be fully involved in the creative process, and then translating the requirements that arose from these discussions into real and scalable backend solutions. I was also required to develop the Scrum skills for the junior members of the team. Key technologies within this team were Neo4J, Spring, Websockets, OAuth2, Rabbit MQ, Docker and IBM Bluemix, and Twilio.



DYNAMO Consulting

• Sweden
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Architect

  • Aug 2015 - Sep 2016

  I worked at Dynamo on a number of projects, one key project being Sevn. This was an in- house incubator project that focused on creating social networks for specific events. I was heavily involved in the concept development, giving technical insights into feasibility and additional possibilities. It was during this period that I worked for the first time with Neo4J graph database in a professional capacity. This role required deep understanding of Data Modelling, DevOps (AWS), Spring, Websockets, OAuth2, and Message Queues.



Sogeti wed

• Software Architect

  • Feb 2015 - Aug 2015

  Within Sogeti I worked as a Digital Architect across a number of projects. One highlight was providing technical consultancy for the largest Swedish auto classifieds company in the nordics with a merger with a Norwegian company. I analysed both solutions from their respective organisations, as well as their operational differences, and delivered a documented recommendation for the best blend of technical solution to their parent company. Within Sogeti I worked as a Digital Architect across a number of projects. One highlight was providing technical consultancy for the largest Swedish auto classifieds company in the nordics with a merger with a Norwegian company. I analysed both solutions from their respective organisations, as well as their operational differences, and delivered a documented recommendation for the best blend of technical solution to their parent company.



Apegroup

• India
• Staffing and Recruiting

• Software Architect

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2015

  Within apegroup I adopted the role of Architect, and took many initiatives to improve the overall technical operations of the company. These included the modularisation of existing and new code structures, the approach of TDD within the project teams, and the move towards innovating integration layers between mobile development and the client backend using Spring Boot technology. The mobile projects varied between radio and television broadcast in the case of MTG (www.mtg.se), retail in the case of McDonalds (SV,NO,FI,UK), ICA (www.ica.se), and Siemens Security. I was involved in the full life cycle of the projects, from project pitch to delivery. Using my ability to communicate to effectively understand client requirements at the earliest stage and deliver solutions that continued to meet expectations. Essentially, my role was to create a consistent technical direction for the 40 developers, and provide a conduit to the client backend systems, so the team were able to deliver on the mobile platform as efficiently and reliably as possible.



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • May 2012 - May 2013

  Working between many development roles relating to maintenance, production support, and product development. Improving integration with the SAP backend system involved detailed communication with the team implementing the system in Germany. When issues did arise in the production environment, understanding the range of technologies (ATG, JBoss, GWT, Spring, SOAP) and investigative techniques was essential in pinpointing issues and creating effective, “patchable” solutions. Working between many development roles relating to maintenance, production support, and product development. Improving integration with the SAP backend system involved detailed communication with the team implementing the system in Germany. When issues did arise in the production environment, understanding the range of technologies (ATG, JBoss, GWT, Spring, SOAP) and investigative techniques was essential in pinpointing issues and creating effective, “patchable” solutions.

• Senior Consultant

  • Feb 2010 - Dec 2011

  At Philips, I dealt with areas of low performance on an existing ATG installation. Thorough analysis of the code for antipatterns, as well utilising profiling and load testing tools to identify memory, CPU and threading issues. I quickly identified critical areas and provided key solutions that led to a 30 percent increase in overall performance. I continually ensured visibility with concise reports that associated each code/configuration change to specific performance enhancements.

• Senior Consultant

  • Sep 2009 - Feb 2010

  Responsible for designing and developing an integration into a new Payment System, ensuring at each stage that User Experience is consistent, data privacy is maintained to the PCI specification, and the solution reuses web services that form part of the existing SOA architecture. Requiring full understanding of the ATG Commerce Payment Pipeline, as well as an understanding of the broader context of J2EE.

• Senior Consultant

  • Dec 2008 - May 2009

  Refactoring of an existing system with an MVC approach to allow for greater separation of concerns between the business logic, visual presentation and data representation. This required a clear understanding of business constraints with respect to deployment in a production environment, and the potential impact on existing functionality. The role also required the provision of guidance in the area of integration between Spring and ATG, leading an effort in creating a reusable solution between both, and ensuring synchronicity of data between the two solutions.



Fruugo.com

• United Kingdom
• Internet Marketplace Platforms
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Team Lead (Webshop)

  • Aug 2007 - Nov 2008

  At Fruugo I oversaw the design and execution of the Webshop. This role involved coordinating and motivating the Spring and ATG team, with the development of the various internal APIs required for the platform to function effectively. Other aspects of the role included, Facilitating Scrum DevelopmentShowing leadership both in terms of design and team moraleProviding guidance through the design of the initial framework Making key decisions of technologies usedInvestigating potential alternatives to existing implementations



Conexus Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Lead (Webshop)

  • Aug 2006 - Aug 2007

  Client: LeaseplanResponsible for establishing the development environment in readiness for development and delivery.

• Senior Consultant

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

  Client: El Cortes InglesBrought in to provide “Phase Zero” delivery of an online solution to this large Spanish retailer. This required a clear understanding of requirements, communication with several key stakeholders with which the system had to interface with, as well as working and technical appreciation of the locale. Technically, the role required knowledge of ATG Commerce Applications deployed within an IBM Websphere Application Server running within a Unix type environment.

• Senior Consultant

  • Apr 2006 - May 2006

  Client: JewsonProvided continued support to this valued client. This support came in the form of functional enhancements, and technical resolutions to performance issues.

• Senior Consultant

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2006

  Client: Leaseplan Design, developed, deployed and assisted in presenting a PoC using the ATG framework within an IBM Server environment.This required an intelligent understanding of both technologies separately, whilst appreciating and acting upon the necessary cooperation between the two.



Anite Public Sector

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Senior Consultant

  • Aug 2003 - Dec 2005

  Working as a Senior Consultant on a number of projects for Local and Central Government. Working as a Senior Consultant on a number of projects for Local and Central Government.



Halliburton

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2000 - May 2003

  Working as a Software Engineer on a number of Upstream software platforms for the Petrochemical Industry, as well as investigative work for a Carbon Trading platform. Working as a Software Engineer on a number of Upstream software platforms for the Petrochemical Industry, as well as investigative work for a Carbon Trading platform.