Professional Qualifications

I learnt on the job.

CV

Education:
1989 – 1992 University of Wales, Glamorgan.
1986 - 1989 North Herts College, Hertfordshire.
1981 – 1986 Fearnhill Secondary, Hertfordshire.

Qualifications:
Degree level: Bachelor of Law, LLB (Hons) 2(i);
Advanced level: Law (C), English (C), Communications (C), Maths (D);
Ordinary level: Maths (A), English (A), Law (B), Economics (B), History (C), Sociology (C)
English Literature (C), General Studies (C);
Skill Set:
Operating Systems: Windows 2000; XP
Client Side Programming: HTML 4.0, XML/XHTML, Javascript, CSS2;
Server Side Programming: working with JSP, ASP, .NET controls;
CMS: OpenMarket CMS; Interwoven Teamsite;
Graphics Software: Adobe Photoshop CS;
Others: Cisco VPN Client, Dreamweaver MX, PVCS, VSS, Visio, Textpad; EMEditor

Work Examples:
A portfolio of selected work is available for viewing online. This covers projects I have been involved in over the last 4 years and ranges from client side, server side and content management based projects. My primary role and focus within all these projects has been as a client side developer. Please click here if you would like to view these examples.

Employment Details:
Set up Missedabit.com Ltd (April 2006 - ongoing): Set up Missedabit.com Ltd as a dedicated front end web development company. Primary service offered to companies is to hand code client side html/css pages as specified by the client. Also, work closely with companies globally as a consultancy on matters such as web accessibility. The company is small and currently has 2 main clients on its books, and is always looking for new organisations to work with! Major project of 2006 was building the html/css interface for a corporate online shop that attracts 5 million unique users per month.

LEGO Group* (March 2004 – March 2006): Working as a front end developer on a number of initiatives within the Interactive Experiences Department. These have included the LEGO.com homepage redesign, the product page portal and the product template project for all LEGO brands. Front end development has focused on utilisng CSS2 for page formatting and .NET controls for server side integration. The role has also allowed me to look at legal issues in a web development context e.g. data protection, copyright, accessibility, viral marketing.

Camelot Group (Jan 2004 - March 2004)*: Front end building in a JSP serverside environment as a stand in for the web developer. Working mostly with designers and developers maintaining the National Lottery website, and assisting producers with marketing campaigns e.g email campaigns etc.

Royal Bank Of Scotland (June 2003- Jan 2004)*: Redeveloping a legacy system (PowerBuilder) for a web environment. Involved a heavily form based html build consisting of templates and component libraries (using Dreamweaver MX) based on agreed schematics. Worked in a HTML/JSP server side development environment.
Click here to view screenshots of this site.
Arts Council* (April 2003- May 2003): This project involved developing an html and javascript prototype for the Arts Council, for persons with learning disabilities. A design specification was provided and the project was completed to a tight deadline. This site, on completion, was implemented into a content management system (Openmarket) as templates. Please see the screenshot pages on the web for this project by clicking here

UBS Warburg, Punch Tavern*(Jan 2003 – March 2003): These projects were undertaken on behalf of a new media company and required developing clientside sites for corporate annual reports. In the case of UBS Warburg this involved updating and revising the annual report section of the site. Click here to view screenshots The Punch Tavern development was to build in the annual report in html from scratch. Click here to view screenshots

Sopheon UK Ltd**, Guildford (Jan 2000 - Nov 2002)
Internet Technical Consultant
This role encompassed a wide range of projects as a consultant ranging from front end projects (Bradley Financial, Old Mutual) to CMS projects (Capital Radio Group; Credit Suisse; Gruner & Jahr) using Openmarket CMS. Some server side based projects (Eagle Star Insurance, WorldCom) also involved working with ASP and JSP code. Also did presentations for large corporate organisations on business cases for technologies such as XML and WAP and a broad range of research including investigation into the web portal market space, Jakob Neilsen's "Design Usability" stance on web sites, Web servers, Application Servers.

Emperor Interactive Ltd**, Shoreditch, London (Jan 1999 - Jan 2000)
Client side Developer
Building html web sites for commercial clients in the City of London. Introduction to javascript and linking and
embedding powerpoint presentations, pdfs, word documents. Full life cycle sites from design to implementation
included the annual accounts and reports 1999/2000 sections for Smith Group (www.smithgroup.co.uk); Glotel plc
(www.glotel.co.uk); ITNet and JSB.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport**, London (July 1997 – Jan 1999)
Research Officer
Research assessing Access to the National Museums. Regulating byelaws and validating codes of practice & conduct
relating to the staff and trustees of the Nationals. Liasing with and advising Government Ministers on strategies
relating to current issues eg, ship preservation.

Department of Environment, London (April 1996 - July 1997)
Research Assistant
Assistance and support with revision and preparation of tables and figures for publication in the divisions annual Digest
of Environmental Statistics; Collating responses to Environmental Surveys undertaken by the division, in liason with
contractors; Dealing with enquiries from governmental, non-governmental international bodies, and members of the
general public.

Sept 1995 - March 1996 Mastercare Distributions Ltd, Stevenage, Herts Crew Leader
Dec 1994 - August 1995 OBS Enterprises, Letchworth, Herts Administrative Officer

Assignment History

(This Seller has recently been shortlisted or contracted for the following people4 assignments)

• Web 2.0 Development Project: 3 elements to project: 1) build code base 2) design/theme 3) once launchd build relationships etc.. Build web 2.0 functional community site common code base - main point is customisable profiles, with events, news, artciles, links, top 100 lists (multiple), newsletters, banner ads, autoresponders, varied membership levels, ratigns of all content and user permission levels of all content (eg readers, writers, publishers, editors etc.) - classifieds, shops, etc..
• C# .Net 2.0 N-Tiered Application Development: C# .Net 2.0 N-Tiered application including web applications, desktop applications and web services. The project will utilize a MS SQL 2005 server backend.