Partner

• Apr 2018 - Present

Helping businesses deliver their digital strategy with bespoke software. Designing software architecture, creating and delivering software. Helping businesses deliver their digital strategy with bespoke software. Designing software architecture, creating and delivering software.

Freelance Software Development Consultant

• 2007 - Present

Freelance software development consultant specialising in .NET and Internet technologies. Designing software architecture, designing and developing software and mentoring software developers. Freelance software development consultant specialising in .NET and Internet technologies. Designing software architecture, designing and developing software and mentoring software developers.

Software Development Consultant

• Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

Highlights: Coding, collaboration, architecture, .NET Core, Elastic Search, SQL During this time I worked as part of a small team that was brought in to add some extra muscle to a project that was under pressure to meet tight deadlines. I collaborated with my teammates so that we could quickly get to grips with the problems we had to solve and start delivering software to unblock other teams. We wrote SQL stored procedures to export data in a JSON format ready to be ingested to an Event Store. We wrote C#, .NET Core code to respond to Event Store events and process JSON data. We also wrote code to push the processed data into Elastic Search as well as designing the data structures used in Elastic Search. I helped the UI team by adding message handling logic to their React app and added value by being a "sounding board" for architectural ideas. Show less

Freelance Software Development Consultant

• Apr 2017 - Apr 2018

Highlights: .NET Core, Azure, Service Bus, CosmosDB, Service Fabric, Architecture, Collaboration, Mentoring, TDD, Cake, Powershell, VSTS, Octopus I worked as part of a team to move their pricing platform from a distributed component to the cloud as part of a broader company strategy. I helped design and develop a message-based architecture for a system that ingested prices from an external system, processed them and stored price timelines for products in Cosmos DB. We deployed the services into Service Fabric. I standardised the build process for each of the services that we developed using a combination of PowerShell and Cake as well as help to strengthen the Octopus build and deployment pipeline. I mentored teammates on git, test-driven development and software design principles. Show less

Freelance Software Development Consultant (AWS, .NET)

• Aug 2016 - Feb 2017

Worked as part of a team responsible for globalisation of the search api. The multi-tenanted search api runs .NET code on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure using an event-driven architecture to pass messages between small, focused services. Technologies used include AWS (EC2, SQS, SNS, CodeDeploy etc), .NET (C#), Docker, Elasticsearch, Kibana, NXLog, Git, PowerShell, Team City, Open Rasta (similar to Web API). Worked as part of a team responsible for globalisation of the search api. The multi-tenanted search api runs .NET code on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure using an event-driven architecture to pass messages between small, focused services. Technologies used include AWS (EC2, SQS, SNS, CodeDeploy etc), .NET (C#), Docker, Elasticsearch, Kibana, NXLog, Git, PowerShell, Team City, Open Rasta (similar to Web API).

Freelance Software Development Consultant (AWS, Node, Javascript)

• Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

Hired for problem solving and interpersonal skills rather than knowledge of technology. Worked as part of a team developing an e-commerce system using Node JS hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Developed a business rules fraud scoring web service and was part of a small team that designed the architecture for, and implemented, an order processing system that integrated with external fulfilment providers. Technologies used include AWS (EC2, CodeDeploy, Beanstalk, SQS etc),Linux, Node JS,Typescript, Docker,neo4j, terraform, git, ansible, TravisCI (most of which I had no previous experience). Show less

Freelance Software Development Consultant (Microsoft technologies)

• Feb 2015 - Aug 2015

Migration of the HoF POS and back-end systems to newer Microsoft technologies. Designed and lead the development of the credit card reader integration. Mentored on-shore development team members. The project was run using Scrum. Technologies used include .NET 4.5.1, JavaScript and TFS. Migration of the HoF POS and back-end systems to newer Microsoft technologies. Designed and lead the development of the credit card reader integration. Mentored on-shore development team members. The project was run using Scrum. Technologies used include .NET 4.5.1, JavaScript and TFS.

Senior Agile .NET Developer

• May 2011 - Nov 2014

Migration of Web site from Web Forms to ASP.Net MVC. Mentored team members as they adopted various Agile practices and advised on software design based on knowledge of SOLID principles. The Web site finished in the top 10 of the Which? best online shops survey in October 2012. Responsible for creating a Continuous Integration environment by heavily customising the TFS 2010 workflow, resulting in regular, automated, reliable builds. Migration of Web site from Web Forms to ASP.Net MVC. Mentored team members as they adopted various Agile practices and advised on software design based on knowledge of SOLID principles. The Web site finished in the top 10 of the Which? best online shops survey in October 2012. Responsible for creating a Continuous Integration environment by heavily customising the TFS 2010 workflow, resulting in regular, automated, reliable builds.

Senior Agile .NET Developer

• Sep 2010 - May 2011

Joined part-way through the development of a Counterparty Risk Reporting System. Worked in a team of 6 using ASP.NET MVC, TDD, JQuery and CSS to produce an internal Web site used to aggregate and report on counterparty risks for coffee and sugar trading. Joined part-way through the development of a Counterparty Risk Reporting System. Worked in a team of 6 using ASP.NET MVC, TDD, JQuery and CSS to produce an internal Web site used to aggregate and report on counterparty risks for coffee and sugar trading.

Senior Agile .NET Developer

• Jun 2010 - Sep 2010

Joined towards the end of a high-profile national project after first gaining Security Clearance. Used ASP.NET MVC, TDD, JQuery and CSS to interface with a Web Service back-end. Joined towards the end of a high-profile national project after first gaining Security Clearance. Used ASP.NET MVC, TDD, JQuery and CSS to interface with a Web Service back-end.

Senior Agile .NET Developer

• Apr 2010 - May 2010

Joined during the last three weeks of a project as someone who could ‘hit the ground running’ to help deliver a Cloud Computing administration system. Used ASP.NET MVC, TDD, JQuery and CSS to interface with a Web Service back-end. Continual communication with the team and project lead to ensure that the appropriate work could be prioritised and carried out on time. The tasks assigned were completed on time. Joined during the last three weeks of a project as someone who could ‘hit the ground running’ to help deliver a Cloud Computing administration system. Used ASP.NET MVC, TDD, JQuery and CSS to interface with a Web Service back-end. Continual communication with the team and project lead to ensure that the appropriate work could be prioritised and carried out on time. The tasks assigned were completed on time.

Senior Agile .NET Developer

• Oct 2009 - Apr 2010

Developed an international Picking Control System using WCF services hosted on IIS 7. Joined a team totalling five developers partway through the project in a distributed Scrum environment and was immediately effective in encouraging Agile practices such as informative workspaces and planning poker. Provided advice on improving the design of the domain model in regards to its use of repositories and NHibernate. Technologies used during this period were WCF, NUnit, Microsoft TFS, RhinoMocks, Spring.NET IOC, log4net, Fluent NHibernate, Iron Ruby and Cucumber. Show less

Senior Agile .NET developer

• Jul 2009 - Oct 2009

Joined the development team as a developer and to mentor team members in employing Agile practices to improve product quality for the vodafone360.com Web site. Worked in a team of six developers, pair programming where appropriate and mentored on developer testing practices, such as TDD and Specification-based testing. Technologies used include NUnit, ASP.NET MVC, Cucumber, RhinoMocks, Castle Windsor IOC, Ajax, WIX, Cruise Control and SVN. Joined the development team as a developer and to mentor team members in employing Agile practices to improve product quality for the vodafone360.com Web site. Worked in a team of six developers, pair programming where appropriate and mentored on developer testing practices, such as TDD and Specification-based testing. Technologies used include NUnit, ASP.NET MVC, Cucumber, RhinoMocks, Castle Windsor IOC, Ajax, WIX, Cruise Control and SVN.

Senior Agile .NET Developer

• Mar 2009 - Jul 2009

Developed an internal Intranet application for the H.R. department to be used by all employees in the company. Responsible for the design and delivery of the solution. Used Domain Driven Design concepts to design the application and employed Agile practices to produce regular User Acceptance Test releases. This gave the business clear visibility of the progress being made during the development of the application and allowed key decisions to be made early on in the project. Practices used on the project include Continuous Integration, User Stories and Iteration Planning. Technologies chosen by Gordon for this project include NHibernate, Castle Windsor IOC framework, NUnit, Rhino Mocks and Cruise Control. Show less

Senior Agile .Net Developer

• Dec 2008 - Feb 2009

Developed Web site (http://www.moveme.com/) using ASP.NET MVC (RC4) and .NET 3.5. The practices used on the project included Scrum, Pair Programming and Test Driven Development. Technologies used include NHibernate, Castle Windsor IOC framework, NUnit, RhinoMocks, Selenium and CruiseControl. Developed Web site (http://www.moveme.com/) using ASP.NET MVC (RC4) and .NET 3.5. The practices used on the project included Scrum, Pair Programming and Test Driven Development. Technologies used include NHibernate, Castle Windsor IOC framework, NUnit, RhinoMocks, Selenium and CruiseControl.

Senior Consultant

• Jun 2005 - Jul 2007

Developed solutions using Microsoft technologies (BizTalk, ASP.NET,SQL) including a build system based on TFS, MSBuild and Virtual Server. The build system would build and deploy asp.net applications, BizTalk applications and SQ Server databases to basedlined MS Virtual Server VMs and run the unit and integration tests from the build artifacts, cutting test and deployment time from 7-14 days to 2 hours. Developed solutions using Microsoft technologies (BizTalk, ASP.NET,SQL) including a build system based on TFS, MSBuild and Virtual Server. The build system would build and deploy asp.net applications, BizTalk applications and SQ Server databases to basedlined MS Virtual Server VMs and run the unit and integration tests from the build artifacts, cutting test and deployment time from 7-14 days to 2 hours.

Senior Developer

• Feb 2004 - Jun 2005

• Development of Energy Industry data Web applications. • Development of back-end data processing applications. • Influential to the global development strategy. • Responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the PEPS Web site. • Mentored other developers. • Development of Energy Industry data Web applications. • Development of back-end data processing applications. • Influential to the global development strategy. • Responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the PEPS Web site. • Mentored other developers.

Technical Training Consultant

• May 2000 - Jan 2004

• Programming & Internet technologies specialist • Developing & delivering a wide range of technical courses • Assisting with the development of Intranet and other internal projects • Advising clients on Internet architecture and programming issues • Passing information and techniques on to experienced developers • Re-writing and maintaining existing courses • Programming & Internet technologies specialist • Developing & delivering a wide range of technical courses • Assisting with the development of Intranet and other internal projects • Advising clients on Internet architecture and programming issues • Passing information and techniques on to experienced developers • Re-writing and maintaining existing courses

Developer

• 1999 - 2000

Information Analyst

• May 1997 - May 1999