Experience

Chris O'Brien Lifehouse

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Dotnet Developer

  • Aug 2020 - Present



Salary Finance

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Dotnet Developer

  • Dec 2018 - 2020

  Senior .NET Core developer working on the micro-service infrastructure to support the Salary Advance and other products. The role was mostly design and build of the backend API for the various services using a .NET Core 2.2 implementation within the cloud (AWS). There was also some UI development based around Vue/Vuex/Vuetify. Agile and Kanban methodologies were used during the development phase. Senior .NET Core developer working on the micro-service infrastructure to support the Salary Advance and other products. The role was mostly design and build of the backend API for the various services using a .NET Core 2.2 implementation within the cloud (AWS). There was also some UI development based around Vue/Vuex/Vuetify. Agile and Kanban methodologies were used during the development phase.



illion

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior .NET Developer

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2018



PageGroup

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Java/C#/SQL Developer

  • Feb 2014 - Mar 2017

  PAGE GROUP • London Comprised of Michael Page, Page Personnel and Page Executive, Page Group is a worldwide leader in specialist recruitment, operating in 35 countries, with a gross profit of over £500 million in 2015. Senior Web Developer Design & develop new features, bug fixes & performance enhancements to the Page Group’s UK website, and support other applications and projects as required. • Successfully developed tools to manage the stable migration of sensitive data from the previous Page website. The new website is managed by a third party outsourcer (Cap Gemini). • Implemented search engine optimisation suggestions, based on expert analysis provided by an external consultancy, to increase traffic to the website and improve the ranking in in search results. • Redesigned the interface between the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and the invoicing software, using an asynchronous approach. This resolved many existing bugs and issues, as well as dramatically improving performance. • Designed and developed an automated process to exchange CRM data with the online marketing tool Exact Target. This ensured sensitive personal data was transferred between two very different systems in a robust and secure way. • Worked in a team to build a new application which would display featured advertisements on the main website, with ads paid for and authorised by Page clients. Responsible for delivery of a key system component, the client authorisation mini application. Show less



Velti

• Greece
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• JavaScript/Java developer

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  VELTI • London Velti is the leading global marketing platform, connecting brands with consumers; Working with over 1900 mobile operators, brands and agencies to deliver industry-leading mobile marketing solutions to consumers. Mobile Applications Developer Responsible for the design and implementation of enhancements to SiteBuilder. (SiteBuilder is a portal design tool for the new breed of in-flight entertainment systems that was due to be launched across major airlines, allowing passengers to access in-flight content via their own devices such as tablets, smartphones and laptops.) • Designed a suite of tools for the application including draggable widgets. These allowed portal designers to create browser content by dragging the widgets onto a design surface, which are then used to create devise-responsive pages. • Enhanced the styling functionality, so VELTI’s clients could create a better end user experience in the browser applications they created using SiteBuilder. • Achieved rapid but stable implementation of the new features by working with a team using the Agile Scrum approach. Show less



Complete Genius Consultancy Services Ltd

• London, United Kingdom

• Full-stack Developer

  • Dec 2010 - Mar 2013

  COMPLETE GENIUS FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY (CGFT) • London CGFT creates and develops software and web-based solutions, with a focus on financial services. Clients include F&C Investments, Scottish Life, Barrie & Hibbert, Global Actuarial, Capita and UK Financial Services Authority. Full Stack Developer • Designed & implemented the back end for an Enhanced Annuity quotation system to integrate with the client’s insurance broking system. As well as personal and financial details, the data definitions covered many medical conditions, so integrating across systems was particularly complex and involved liaising with technical resources at multiple quotation provider firms in order to successfully retrieve meaningful results. • Built a browser based front end for an application used by insurance and pension companies to demonstrate their compliance with the European Union Solvency II obligations. • Designed and implemented an online mortgage tool for landlords to assess whether they could benefit financially from re-mortgaging and letting additional properties based on current market rates and available deals. Show less



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Java/.NET developer

  • Mar 2003 - Nov 2010

  PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PwC) • London PwC is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the second largest professional services firm in the world, and is one of the “Big Four” auditors. Senior Analyst Developer Design & enhance new and existing in house applications. Liaise with end users to ensure that requirements are accurately captured in the project specifications. • PwC’s eGFS (Global Financial System) application was a major project linking the timesheet, expenses and invoicing data across the US, UK, Netherlands and French regions of PWC. The application allowed users to view and modify the data held on the SAP system, rather than using the standard SAP client. Worked as part of a team on both the front and back end components. • In addition, to support the development of eGFS, developed from scratch a workflow system to raise Change Requests and report system errors. Users particularly commented on the attractive user interface, ease of use and improvement in functionality on features available in the IBM legacy system it replaced. • Worked as part of a team and then as lead developer building and enhancing the Assurance Budgeting Tool allowing users to create budgets for client engagements. The tool suffered from poor performance with large budgets. Radically improved the performance by rewriting the SQL procedures and removing inefficient code. Show less



PWC Consulting (now IBM)

• London, United Kingdom

• Lotus Notes Developer

  • Aug 2001 - Nov 2002



Royal Sun Alliance

• Sydney, Australia

• Lotus Notes/Domino Developer

  • Jan 2001 - Jun 2001



London Stock Exchange

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Lotus Notes Developer

  • Sep 1997 - Aug 2000



Philips (Origin)

• Croydon, United Kingdom

• Lotus Notes Administrator

  • Nov 1996 - Sep 1997