Professional Qualifications

Haileybury, Herts.
‘A’ Levels :: Maths(A), English (A), French(A), History(B). General Studies (A)
‘S’ Levels :: English (1), History (1)
10 G.C.S.E’s, including Maths, English and Computer Studies (7A*, 3A).
Additional ‘O’ levels :: English (A), Maths (A).

Additional Information

Key Technical Skills
Languages PHP (7 years), Java (4 years), SQL (8 Years), Javascript (5 years), AspectJ, Groovy, ObjC, C++, C, Unix Shell, ASP, Lua, perl.
Java Eclipse, Spring framework and aspect programming, Hibernate, annotations, smart client, SWT, CXF, Tomcat and JBoss containers. Various aspects of J2EE. Xdoclet. JDK 1.4, 1.5, 1.6.
Web Technologies XHTML, CSS 2.0, Javascript, DOM, DHTML, WML, Tomcat, Frameworks including CakePHP (MVC), PEAR.
Database Technologies MySQL, PostgresSQL, SQL Server, various other technologies (embedded and client server)
Networking HTTP (Apache 2.0 including SSL setup and management and Squid accleration, Tomcat, JBoss, IIS, various others), FTP, SMB, AFP, NFS, DNS, ADSL, MPLS, various VPNs, Firewall management. IP Tables, Linux kernel traffic shaping. Email management: SMTP, Anti-UCE techniques, Postfix, Postgrey, Amavis, LDAP, Dovecot IMAP and POP including SSL.
Software Photoshop CS, ImageReady CS, Illustrator CS, Indesign CS, Acrobat, Quark Xpress, Pagemaker, Flash MX Professional, Fireworks, Lotus Notes Domino. OpenOffice, MS Office including MS Access, Visual Studio 2005.
Operating Systems Mac OS X, Linux (Redhat Enterprise 4 and 5, Centos, Gentoo, Debian etc.), MS Windows

Personal Accomplishments and Awards
Awards Shortlisted twice for The Guardian Student Website of the Year
Second-place in The Independent Student Newspaper Awards for design of printed paper (as creative director of Varsity, The Cambridge Student Newspaper)
Varsity Varsity, The Cambridge Student Newspaper: Editor of Mayweek Edition, Creative Director, Production Manager, Editor of Online edition, Theatre Editor Online Edition (trebling readership).
Freelance writing and editing Editor of detective novel, The Case of the Muse of Madness published in the USA. Assistant writer on a screenplay for a producer in Hollywood.
Hobbies In the little spare time remaining, I work with a small creative team developing comedy scripts and video games.
I am a keen film and theatre goer, and have been a reviewer in the past. I am also a trained singer.

Assignment History

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

• PHP Developer: PHP Template coding to implment new web site design.
• HTML Template Design: Email Marketing template - design and coding We have taken on one freelancer already, but are now looking for another extra 1-2 people to design and code email HTML templates. These need to be coded for maximum deliverability and fully tested to render correctly in the main email clients such as Outlook, Windows Live/Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL etc Work would normally be from home.
• Design and build a web based system to manage vehicle servicing. Database should include tables for dealer details (include postcode lookup for address), customer details, vehicle details (lookup by car registration), service costs by model, age, mileage etc. Individual account logins for dealers, and agents who sell to dealers. The dealer system should allow sales staff to add new customer accounts to the system, as well as querying and updating records for existing customers.
• J2EE Developer: To develop and support mobile phone applications must have: - Java 1.5 - Spring - Hibernate - Jonas/Tomcat - SQL - HTTP - XML - WebServices (WSDL, XSD, CXF) - JUnit preferable: - Eclipse - Maven - Oracle - Linux - AOP
• Website Developer: We have a project to develop our website (we have a web software package that helps with the design etc) and to help with some corporate id/design work

Freelancers, Contractors & Consultants that have been shortlisted with this Seller: