Benjie Ward
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Learning Visual Studio Team Services
LinkedInAug, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Managing Technical Teams
LinkedInAug, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Sitecore Professional Developer
Sitecore
Experience
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Thought Quarter | The Tech Partner of Changemakers
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Jul 2021 - Present
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Williams Racing
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United Kingdom
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Spectator Sports
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700 & Above Employee
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Digital Development Manager
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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.
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Senior Web Developer
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Dec 2016 - Oct 2017
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Web Developer
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Sep 2015 - Dec 2016
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emedia
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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.NET Developer
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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.
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Software Developer
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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.
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Programmer
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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.
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IT Support Technician
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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.
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Education
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Staffordshire University
BSc Computing Science -
Truro & Penwith College