| Experience | Skills | Freelance Projects | Education | Hobbies |
I am a driven and hardworking professional that, after an 18-year career in Construction Management, successfully re-trained in Software Engineering. Over the past 2 years, I have gained comprehensive experience in Full Stack Software Engineering; and demonstrated an ability to work effectively independently and as a key contributor to a team. With a natural ability and desire to learn and master new technologies, I enjoy developing and maintaining software functionality with high-quality code.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
BridgeU, London UK BridgeU is the market leading provider of university and careers guidance software to international and globally minded secondary schools in over 300 cities across 119 countries.
- Promoted to Software Engineer, assuming leadership in architectural design, decision-making, and technical excellence.
- Spearheaded key feature development in the BridgeU platform, showcasing expertise in educational technology and mentoring junior colleagues for project success.
- Played a crucial role in mentoring, onboarding, and fostering a culture of continuous learning within the engineering department.
- Key Achievements
- Self-taught SQL.
- Designed and developed a key feature from idea to inception, improving the user experience.
- Developed full stack reusable Login and Notification modals.
- Developed and presented a workshop on the Product and Vision Strategy within the company and the process from Bet to Promise of Value to Promise of Delivery and to Task.
- Identified and resolved various unit and integration tests that were flaky on CircleCI to ensure that the application was properly tested and improve productivity when deploying.
- Updated and configured the Sentry gem to log all errors to an interface.
ASSOCIATE SOFTWARE ENGINEER
BridgeU, London UK
- Quickly earned trust as a junior team member at BridgeU.
- Enhanced the college and career guidance platform, aiding students in informed decision-making.
- Collaborated with skilled engineers to improve the educational software, emphasising personalised learning and data-driven insights.
- Optimised and expanded platform features for seamless college applications, career planning, and academic counselling, aligning with BridgeU's mission to democratise global education opportunities.
- Key Achievements
- Self-taught React JS and Elm.
- Awarded a prize for representing the company core values.
STUDENT
Makers, London UK
- Successfully completed training in various production languages, testing frameworks and databases.
- Focused on Agile methods, as well as Test Driven Development, SOLID and extreme programming values.
- Completed process workshops and code reviews by external parties
- Improved technical knowledge and abilities; and enhanced vital skills in teamwork, emotional intelligence and coding best practices.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Multiple companies, 2003 - 2021
- Managed Contractor Operations on construction projects across various industry sectors (Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Power Generation & Transmission, Railway, etc.).
- My last position held was a Health, Safety and Logistics Manager for a large residential and commercial developer.
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React:
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RSpec / Capybara:
Project Name | Description | Tech Tools | Live Link |
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Dr. Safari Appearance Medicine | Full Stack website with a CMS for creating blog posts | Ruby on Rails, ERB, Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap | Dr. Safari Appearance Medicine |
Avondale Recruitment | Full Stack website allowing users to register and upload a CV to for the recruiters to review | Ruby on Rails, ERB, Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap | Avondale Recruitment |
24/7 Mobile Tyre Fitting | Complete website for a mobile tyre fitting organisation | WordPress | 24/7 Mobile Tyre Fitting |
OlyBet | Covert JSON data to automatically populate a styled website as it changes | HTML; CSS; JavaScript | OlyBet Sports |
Succesfully completed the Makers Academy Bootcamp.
Details
- Successfully completed training in many production languages, testing frameworks and databases including Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, RSpec, Capybara, Jasmine, Git, Command Line, PostgreSQL and Mongo DB
- Focused on working in an Agile manner, as well as Test Driven Development, SOLID and extreme programming values
- Completed process workshops and code reviews by external parties. These confirmed clear, easy to read code and a methodical approach to problem solving
- Improved technical knowledge and abilities; and enhanced vital skills in teamwork, emotional intelligence and coding best practice
- Invited to design and present workshops to cohort members on CSS
- Selected as a mentor for new Makers students
- Comprehensive Ruby Programming / Web Development Bootcamp / SQL – Udemy
- Learn Git / Learn the Command Line / Learn Ruby – Codecademy
- Intro to Elm, Advanced Elm - FrontendMasters
Since I started coding, I do enjoy sometimes practicing different methods and techiniques of development. In the summer months I also enjoy being outdoors. I have spent a lot of time around wildlife and camping. From time-to-time I also find myself lost online in an imaginary world. And, every chance I get, I enjoy a good day or night out with friends and family.