About me
I have been developing commercial search-engine optimised websites for over 5 years, with experience of the entire application development life-cycle. I follow trends in internet development closely and have extensive experience of cutting-edge server- and client-side technologies including object-oriented PHP MVC frameworks, semantic HTML5, CSS3 and webservers as well as UNIX and Windows server maintenance and technical support. I have communicated and consulted with clients regarding online marketing strategy, user experience decisions and maintenance requests.
Overview of academic qualifications
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MSc Interactive Systems Design
The University of Nottingham -
BSc Computer Science
The University of Nottingham
Overview of professional experience
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Web developer and project manager
Tamar.com Ltd. (2005 to 2010, full-time and part-time) -
Web applications consultant and developer
Energise ltd. (January 2010 to present, part-time) -
Intranet development consultant
Mokoro ltd. (March to July 2010, part time)
Technical skills
- Expertise with server-side technologies: Perl and PHP (including MVC frameworks), Apache, Lighttpd and Nginx configuration as well as basic knowledge of C++, Java and ASP.NET.
- Thorough knowledge of relational database administration including MySQL and SQLite as well as database schema creation and maintenance and database normalisation principles.
- Expertise with client-side technologies: JavaScript, Ajax, (x)HTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, RSS, JSON.
- A strong understanding of search-engine optimisation and graphic design principles.
- Extensive knowledge of OOP and ORM principles, usability and accessibility principles and REST URL structure principles as well as W3C standards including XHTML, CSS and WAI-AAA.
- Experience with setting up and maintaining Unix and Microsoft Exchange server systems and Windows technical support.
- Experience designing elegant websites and refining clients' online marketing strategies.