Experience

Line Industries Limited

• India
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Lead Developer

  • Apr 2007 - Present

  As Lead Developer I am responsible for the successful implementation and delivery of projects for a range of clients, from start-ups to FTSE 100 enterprises. My role on these projects covers everything from high-level architectural design to day-to-day coding and implementation - I'm very much a "hands-on" lead developer. I am also responsible for managing/mentoring our small development team, and project management in general: scoping, business analysis, budgeting, scheduling, etc. Away from the keyboard, I play an active role in the business-side of things, participating in project pitches, agreeing costs/budgets, recruitment, and general strategy. A small selection of the projects with which I have been most involved: • Agency 2: Social data analytics and reporting engine, providing brand and consumer insights based on algorithmic analysis of large data sets. • Nokia: Innovation portal, used to solicit, manage and reward intellectual property submissions from external inventors. • Pan Macmillan: EPub Extracts site, featuring automated parsing of EPub books and JSON API for consumption in 3rd party web and mobile apps. • Pearson: Developer API Portal, integrating access to Apigee and Zuora 3rd party systems via Rest and SOAP APIs. • Penguin Random House: "Roost", UK-wide intranet borne out of the merger of Penguin and Random House. • UK Sport: Cloud-based journal and coach mentoring system, used as part of their Elite Coaching Programme. The above projects cover a range of technologies, platforms and APIs, but are primarily implemented in C#/SQL Server. As well as client work, I take the lead developer role on our internal projects and systems, including: • Sitesuma: Mature CMS platform and general utility framework, providing a solid and secure foundation layer for our more technically complex projects. • Webtility: Line's custom-built Studio Management System, used for everything from individual task management up to budget forecasting and reporting. Show less



BitBolt Software Ltd

• Owner

  • Jul 2004 - Mar 2007

  BitBolt was a software consultancy I co-founded, providing enterprise scale software development services to small and medium sized businesses. Initially a side-project, BitBolt became a full-time operation in March 2005. Our focus was in delivering enterprise solutions, on time and on budget, using agile software development techniques. C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server were the main technologies used. During my time at BitBolt I was primarily responsible for business analysis, project management, and software engineering. Some of the main projects I worked on were: • Foursquare Relocation: A web based CRM/workflow application. Developed in C#/ASP.NET, I worked on this application from its initial implementation, and for a further 10 full release cycles, including the successful handover of the system during the merger of 4Square Relocation with their new parent company, Primacy Relocation. • Something4: A web based stock control and ecommerce application. This was an existing application written in C#/ASP.NET/VB 6.0. I worked with Something4’s development team to introduce solid engineering practices, such as unit testing, and load testing, and to improve run-time performance of the system. • Mirashade: A PHP/MySQL travel management web application, hosted on Linux/Apache. This was an existing project where I was brought in to implement core business logic, and generally overhaul the quality of the system to make it appropriate for live deployment. Show less



Poptel

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Developer

  • Oct 2003 - Mar 2005

  Working as part of a small team I helped develop and maintain the registry operations for the top-level internet domain, ".coop". Our team built all the systems required to run and monitor the domain registry 24/7 in accordance with ICANN requirements, using ASP.NET, C# and SQL Server. These systems included two multi-threaded socket servers to provide support for the EPP and WHOIS protocols, several web sites, and a number of batch processes (for example to generate BIND zone and configuration files). Poptel also owned an ICANN-accredited registrar, selling ".coop" domain names. I played a leading role in the development of an e-commerce solution for this side of the business, including the implementation of an online credit card payment system. Show less



RiskCare

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant Software Engineer

  • Jan 2001 - Oct 2003

  Working on a consultancy basis at several global investment banks I successfully completed a number of six-month projects, summarised below: • Abbey National – Design and implementation of a bank-wide Value at Risk engine. Written in C++, interfacing with a SQL Server database. • Standard Chartered Bank – Design and implementation of a financial rates engine in C++ COM to distribute market data from source feeds (Reuters, Bloomberg) to desktop clients. • Mizuho International – Implementation and development of Algorithmics trading system. • Standard Chartered Bank – Implementation of Algorithmics trading system. • ABN Amro – Global migration of overnight UNIX batch processes to single location. • Royal Bank of Scotland – Support of proprietary foreign exchange trading system. The technical skills involved in the above projects included: • Visual C++ (Win32, MFC, STL) • Java • Perl • VB/VBA • SQL Server • UNIX Shell Scripting Show less



MarketSound

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• Software Engineer

  • Nov 1999 - Jan 2001

  Working for a small financial software house my position comprised of three main roles: Software Development: • Development of customised testing and debugging tools in C++. • GUI programming. Software Testing: • Head of a team of software testers, managing quality control from conception to release. • Implementation of testing strategies, including test script design and execution. • Computer hardware/software installation/maintenance. Client Support: • Time-critical software installation at numerous major financial institutions. Show less