Benjie Ward

Software Engineer at Thought Quarter
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Contact Information
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(386) 825-5501
Location
St. Ives, England, United Kingdom, GB
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • Learning Visual Studio Team Services
    LinkedIn
    Aug, 2018
    - Nov, 2024
  • Managing Technical Teams
    LinkedIn
    Aug, 2018
    - Nov, 2024
  • Sitecore Professional Developer
    Sitecore

Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Software Engineer
      • Jul 2021 - Present

    • United Kingdom
    • Spectator Sports
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Digital Development Manager
      • Oct 2017 - Jul 2021

      Responsible for managing the development of web-based solutions within the Creative Services team. While Formula One-related activities represent a significant proportion of the role, I have a group-wide remit that includes supporting Williams Advanced Engineering, Esports, Experience Centre and Heritage.Implementing the development aspects of the team’s marketing strategy with a focus on fan acquisition and enriching the fan data model. This involves defining the optimum technology and build strategy for each project, in addition to serving as a primary development resource.

    • Senior Web Developer
      • Dec 2016 - Oct 2017

    • Web Developer
      • Sep 2015 - Dec 2016

    • United Kingdom
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • .NET Developer
      • Jan 2011 - Sep 2015

      ● Part of the UK B2B development team for emedia, a leading email marketing and lead generation business, part of the Ziff Davis Group. I assumed lead responsibilities for the final 18 months, reporting to the Director of Technology.● Developed and maintained a suite of internal and public-facing .NET web applications and services to support and drive business growth. This included several brownfield projects refactoring legacy code.● Worked with both Kanban and Scrum agile methodologies.● Experience of running daily scrum meetings, managing work items, motivating the team, holding retrospectives and code reviews.● Responsible for release management and deployment.● Experience in working alongside other remote teams in various time zones.

    • Software Developer
      • Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

      ● Part of the WorkSpace development team from start-up and responsible for building the reporting engine and majority of the UI used in WorkSpace Discovery/iQ, an application intelligence solution● Other work included a reporting tool for organisations to gauge optimal configuration for their virtualised environments● Responsible for creating the installation packages for all products and setting up a continuous build environment. ● Part of the WorkSpace development team from start-up and responsible for building the reporting engine and majority of the UI used in WorkSpace Discovery/iQ, an application intelligence solution● Other work included a reporting tool for organisations to gauge optimal configuration for their virtualised environments● Responsible for creating the installation packages for all products and setting up a continuous build environment.

    • Programmer
      • Sep 2005 - Dec 2007

      ● Programmed online booking modules for clients, in addition to providing software support for customers● Managed an online booking site development team which saw over 100% growth in its customer base● Heavily involved in developing version 5 of the award winning Hotel Management Software product "Hotel Perfect"● Solely developed a web-based customer portal which enabled users to manage accounts and download product updates. ● Programmed online booking modules for clients, in addition to providing software support for customers● Managed an online booking site development team which saw over 100% growth in its customer base● Heavily involved in developing version 5 of the award winning Hotel Management Software product "Hotel Perfect"● Solely developed a web-based customer portal which enabled users to manage accounts and download product updates.

    • IT Support Technician
      • Sep 2003 - Aug 2004

      ● Industrial Placement Year at University.● Part of team maintaining UK-wide network and systems, providing IT Support for organisation on/off-site. ● Industrial Placement Year at University.● Part of team maintaining UK-wide network and systems, providing IT Support for organisation on/off-site.

Education

  • Staffordshire University
    BSc Computing Science
    2000 - 2005
  • Truro & Penwith College
    1998 - 2000

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