Experience

Principality Building Society

• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Software Developer

  • Jul 2017 - Present



DeSL

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

• Software Engineer

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  Software Engineer DeSL (Discover e-solutions Ltd) Location Cardiff Currently employed with DeSL since Oct 13th, 2014 Main role is to work as part of a team developing and maintaining a large web-based application used by various clients in the fashion and textile industry. The system is used for the procuring of fashionware, product life-cycle management, customer relationship management, and tracking sales orders. I was also responsible for the initial development of of an EPOS (Electronic Point Of Sale) system which is used for handling retail transactions at various stores. Other work including adding small features and bug-fixing Key technologies used: (1) C#4 (2) VB.Net (3) ASP.NET (4) SQL 2005 (5) Javascript / Jquery (6) TFS and Source Control Show less



JLT Group

• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Developer

  • Feb 2012 - Present

  com is a well-know price comparison website for insurance products. I am currently working on the team that deals with the business logic of the site. Key Achievements: Writing software to generate insurance quotes within a Service-Oriented architecture using C# and Visual Studio 2010 Maintenance of internal systems for configuring the website The maintenance and monitoring of the software Working with business partners (insurance companies) to develop and maintain the software Working to agreed timescales and procedures Maintaining version control and the correct configuration of released software Configuration management using VS 2008 and VS 2010 Source Control Developing software according to company standards and best practices The migration of legacy systems to the new (.Net) framework Managing workflow correctly and working in an AGILE environment Development of automated testing for the Quality Assurance team. Chairing the developer team meetings Show less



Confused.com

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Systems Developer

  • Apr 2007 - Present

  .Net Systems Developer .Net Systems Developer



ACEN

• Software / Web Developer

  • Nov 1998 - Apr 2007

  Produced a range of software components (COM+) for performing common tasks (VB6). For example, validating credit card numbers, generating data input screens automatically from databases, producing bar charts for reports. Various utility programs (checking broken links, keyword analysis of text documents, database integrity) using VB6 and SQL Server 2000. Upgrade and improve the existing website for Internet Access Centres (C#, ASP.net, SQL Server 2000) Migrate online course database to .net framework (VB.net ASP.net, SQL Server 2000) Migrate online database of special needs software to .net framework (VB.net ASP.net, SQL Server 2000) Create secure login system for online database (VB.net ASP.net, SQL Server 2000) Create a COM+ application to perform synchronous update of 3 databases (VB6, SQL Server 2000) Create an XML Web Service to Facilitate transfer of data between Company's Internal Server and Remote Server (VB.net, SQL Server 2000). The client application is a VB.Net windows application which retrieves, filters, and displays information such as user logs from the remote host. Create a Stock Inventory System for 'ACEN' (VB.net, SQL Server 2000) Create a Secure online system for tutors to manage their students (ASP, vbscript, SQL Server 2000) Create Various intranet applications to provide statistical reports for the Welsh Assembly (VB6, SQL Server 2000) Create a Windows application to provide reports on enrolled students (VB6, SQL Server 2000) Create an online database of educational courses in Wales (VBScript, ASP, SQL Server 2000) Feasibility study for an online source of multimedia resources Set up 3 online databases for book reviews, special needs software, and centres with public Internet access in Wales (VBScript, ASP, SQL Server 2000) Create Application to assist in applying for European grants (VB6, ACCESS 2000) Maintaining and upgrading existing systems Show less



Stakeholder Training Ltd

• IT Trainer

  • Nov 1996 - Jul 1997

  Provided IT training to various retailers in the South Wales area. I worked for them as an on-site IT trainer. Key Achievements: Contacting the managers to arrange teaching sessions for senior and junior managers. Preparing sessions in advance to suit clients IT needs Providing on-site training sessions Provided IT training to various retailers in the South Wales area. I worked for them as an on-site IT trainer. Key Achievements: Contacting the managers to arrange teaching sessions for senior and junior managers. Preparing sessions in advance to suit clients IT needs Providing on-site training sessions