Experience

Trading Labs

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Dec 2018 - Present

  A welcome return to the Firefly Group, this time working in the hedge fund arm of the business. The first 3 years I was based in Sydney, where I worked as part of the team re-writing the trading system into a micro services architecture, as well as providing daytime assistance to the Australian and Asian funds. During this time I wrote a large part of the core of the trading platform, e.g. live pricing that handles hundreds of millions of ticks a day, integration with Bloomberg and Thompson Reuters, etc. I moved back to the UK in July 2022 and am now working in the London HQ.



CMC Markets

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Feb 2018 - Nov 2018

  I was part of the team that successfully transitioned 700,000 customers from the ANZ Share Investing platform onto CMC’s platform - the largest stockbroking migration in Australian history. I developed new functionality for the platform, as well as making significant improvements to scalability and robustness, in order to handle the higher volume of customers. I was part of the team that successfully transitioned 700,000 customers from the ANZ Share Investing platform onto CMC’s platform - the largest stockbroking migration in Australian history. I developed new functionality for the platform, as well as making significant improvements to scalability and robustness, in order to handle the higher volume of customers.



Red Deer

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

• Senior Developer

  • Nov 2015 - Dec 2017

  Red Deer (part of the Firefly Group) is a fintech start-up that was created from a highly successful hedge fund. Our product aggregates real-time data from a huge variety of sources, and presents relevant investment information to investment mangers and traders. The product launched in Q3 2016 and already has an impressive client list, including some of the largest hedge funds in London. I am part of the team that designed and developed this high-volume, multi-threaded application that aggregates, filters and delivers push-based, real-time information and live pricing to users’ browsers.



MRM Meteorite

• Senior Developer

  • May 2015 - Sep 2015

  A welcome return to MRM, to help them to develop a major new initiative for Dulux - an interior design service for the public, called Amazing Space. I was part of the team that developed a high-volume distributed CQRS system, utilising SQL Azure, Mongo DB, Azure Service Bus and windows services, using a DDD architectural pattern. A welcome return to MRM, to help them to develop a major new initiative for Dulux - an interior design service for the public, called Amazing Space. I was part of the team that developed a high-volume distributed CQRS system, utilising SQL Azure, Mongo DB, Azure Service Bus and windows services, using a DDD architectural pattern.



Splendid Unlimited

• United Kingdom
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior/Lead Developer

  • Sep 2014 - Feb 2015

  Another visit to How Splendid, this time to develop a large (multi-tenant/region/language) Umbraco website hosted on MS Azure. This became a very interesting project due to the need to significantly extend Umbraco, so that the site could be hosted on an Azure Cloud Service web farm. Another visit to How Splendid, this time to develop a large (multi-tenant/region/language) Umbraco website hosted on MS Azure. This became a very interesting project due to the need to significantly extend Umbraco, so that the site could be hosted on an Azure Cloud Service web farm.



RiskFirst (A Moody's Analytics Company)

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2014

  RiskFirst is an award-winning financial/technology start-up, that uses large data sets to provide analytics to the pensions and investment markets. They produce a SaaS product called PFaroe that is an enormously complex distributed system, and is based on huge amounts of data (the largest database is in the region of 15 TB). I spent most of my time working on the Asset Valuation subsystem, generally adding features for clients such as LGIM, as well as performing significant re-design and optimization in order to simplify and streamline the process.

• Senior Developer

  • Mar 2013 - May 2013

  While at MRM, I developed a real-time website for the Home Nations football teams (England, Scotland, etc) that updates match events and social media interactions in real-time. I architected/developed a distributed system that automatically process match results, and also processes a huge amount data from social media to provide real-time updates of tweets/photos/check-ins that occur around a match. At peak times, the system receives and processes 1% of all publicly available tweets. While at MRM, I developed a real-time website for the Home Nations football teams (England, Scotland, etc) that updates match events and social media interactions in real-time. I architected/developed a distributed system that automatically process match results, and also processes a huge amount data from social media to provide real-time updates of tweets/photos/check-ins that occur around a match. At peak times, the system receives and processes 1% of all publicly available tweets.

• Senior/Lead Developer

  • Sep 2011 - Feb 2013

  I developed a number of websites while at Splendid, ranging from complex flight-booking sites to media-rich HTML5 canvas applications. I also developed Facebook applications, and gained extensive experience in the Facebook API. I developed a number of websites while at Splendid, ranging from complex flight-booking sites to media-rich HTML5 canvas applications. I also developed Facebook applications, and gained extensive experience in the Facebook API.



Momentum Worldwide

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Aug 2011 - Sep 2011

  I was part of the team that developed the MS Kinect Experience - this was a high-tech interactive roadshow in which groups of friends could try-out the MS XBox Kinect. It was tightly integrated into Facebook, so that gamers’ profiles and photos become part of their Kinect experience. I designed and developed the central database for all booking and event data. I architected and developed the set of core services that are used by multiple user-interface points throughout the experience, and developed a Facebook App to allow for pre-booking of the event.



The Walt Disney Company

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Oct 2010 - Mar 2011

  I enhanced a variety of internal LOB systems that handle contract management and revenue collection for Disney-licensed products and toys, using .NET 4.0, MVC, Javascript, nHibernate, Castle Windsor and SQL Server. The main project was to integrate royalty systems for Disney and Marvel (who were recently acquired), involving the automated creation and processing of quarterly royalty statements from third parties. I enhanced a variety of internal LOB systems that handle contract management and revenue collection for Disney-licensed products and toys, using .NET 4.0, MVC, Javascript, nHibernate, Castle Windsor and SQL Server. The main project was to integrate royalty systems for Disney and Marvel (who were recently acquired), involving the automated creation and processing of quarterly royalty statements from third parties.

• Senior Developer

  • Jun 2010 - Sep 2010

  I developed a number of new sites and web services for this client, using .NET 4.0, MVC 2, Entity Framework 4, SQL Server 2008 plus the standard web technologies. The main projects were a localised competition website for the launch of Windows Phone 7, and a Facebook App for the launch of the XBox Kinect. I developed a number of new sites and web services for this client, using .NET 4.0, MVC 2, Entity Framework 4, SQL Server 2008 plus the standard web technologies. The main projects were a localised competition website for the launch of Windows Phone 7, and a Facebook App for the launch of the XBox Kinect.



Ogilvy

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Dec 2008 - Feb 2010

  This was my second visit to this client; during this time I developed an extremely complex site for them – the Flora Heart Age Tool, which is a very high-profile project for Unilver. During this time I was also part of the team that developed the award-winning IBM "Seer" Android application for Wimbledon 2009. This was my second visit to this client; during this time I developed an extremely complex site for them – the Flora Heart Age Tool, which is a very high-profile project for Unilver. During this time I was also part of the team that developed the award-winning IBM "Seer" Android application for Wimbledon 2009.

• Senior Developer

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2008

  While at Ogilvy, I developed a large variety of websites, from large global sites localised into multiple languages, to an extremely high-performance real-time football site for EURO 2008, that took 3.5 million hits during the tournament. In this time, I used a whole host of web technologies - ASP.NET 2.0, C#, HTML, Javascript/JQuery, Web Services, SQL Server. While at Ogilvy, I developed a large variety of websites, from large global sites localised into multiple languages, to an extremely high-performance real-time football site for EURO 2008, that took 3.5 million hits during the tournament. In this time, I used a whole host of web technologies - ASP.NET 2.0, C#, HTML, Javascript/JQuery, Web Services, SQL Server.



Nursing Midwifery Council

• Zambia
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Apr 2004 - Jan 2007

  Generally, I provided consultancy and performed enhancements to an existing (huge, over 1 million lines of code) n-tier Registrations system, using VB.NET, C#, VB6, COM+ and SQL Server. I developed a bespoke Direct Debit fee-collection module for an existing n-tier Registration system. I was responsible for the full project lifecycle of this project, and produced a fully automated DD processing module. Generally, I provided consultancy and performed enhancements to an existing (huge, over 1 million lines of code) n-tier Registrations system, using VB.NET, C#, VB6, COM+ and SQL Server. I developed a bespoke Direct Debit fee-collection module for an existing n-tier Registration system. I was responsible for the full project lifecycle of this project, and produced a fully automated DD processing module.



EDS

• Brazil
• Commercial and Industrial Machinery Maintenance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Lead/Senior Developer

  • Oct 1995 - Mar 2004

  This was a permanent position for a major blue-chip software consultancy; I worked on a variety of client accounts and projects, ranging from Investment Banking through to the Healthcare industry. I used a variety of different technologies, from C/C++ to VB6, COM+, and .NET. In this time I worked in a variety of different roles, starting as a Graduate Trainee and progressing to Development Lead on a multi-million pound project. This was a permanent position for a major blue-chip software consultancy; I worked on a variety of client accounts and projects, ranging from Investment Banking through to the Healthcare industry. I used a variety of different technologies, from C/C++ to VB6, COM+, and .NET. In this time I worked in a variety of different roles, starting as a Graduate Trainee and progressing to Development Lead on a multi-million pound project.