1A Hanover Street
Mossley
Ashton-under-Lyne
Lancashire
OL5 0LQ
My preferred role is web development / programming for a technology firm for which I believe my creativity and passion would be mutually beneficial. I always try to attain high standards with my work. I have skills in both design and coding. I'm able to communicate ideas with peers and clients well.
| Platforms: | Comfortable in both Windows and Linux environments. Capable of configuring, optimising and administrating the Apache web server, PHP, MySQL and other software. |
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| Languages: | PHP, HTML (standards, cross browser and accessibility compliant), CSS, JavaScript (AJAX), SQL, XML (XSL), Java, Visual Basic, some C# and some exposure to C/C++. |
| Databases: | MySQL - working with data sets exceeding 100Gb and 100 millions rows. Sphinx Search full-text engine, working with text data exceeding 100Gb – sponsored the development of its geospatial functionality. |
| Tools: | Eclipse (PHP, CSS, HTML and JavaScript) and NetBeans IDE for Java. Experience in Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET. PhotoShop and GIMP. Microsoft Office and OpenOffice productivity suites. |
| SEO: | Fluent in creating well structured, search engine friendly HTML code. Some experience in search engine optimisation. |
Duties included the maintenance and installation of bespoke software for companies in the textile industry. Software built on the Windows platform using Visual Basic and Microsoft SQL Server.
Self-Employment:
Still in development but with most of the core functionality complete; ReptileRota provides a web-based record keeping for reptiles and tools to analyse data to create graphs and overviews of records. This project has helped me improve my abilities in JavaScript, especially object orientated programming using JavaScript Object Notation.
Synthesio provides web monitoring and research for brand awareness. My work was to develop a recursive blog link analyser to broaden the number of blogs to be monitored.
My successor to FeedsFarm.com. Development included a advanced transaction-safe, multi-threaded and distributable crawler developed using Java, capable of retrieving millions of articles per day. The Sphinx Search engine was used to index millions of news items and return results within a fraction of a second. PHP was used on the front-end whilst MySQL was used as a data store. Speeple licenses search results to ExactSeek.com and its partners.
A RSS news aggregator and search engine that at the height of its popularity amassed a audience exceeding 60,000 daily unique visitors. Built using PHP with a MySQL back-end.
A community resource for all things XML. Existed at the height of XML's hype and promotion as a open technology, a popular source of XML related news and was included in Google's News index.
| Counthill School: | 8 A to C's including Mathematics (A), Information Studies (I.T.) (A*) and Science (Double Award) (AA). |
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| Oldham Sixth Form College: | Mathematics (Pure & Statistics), Biology, Physics, Computing. |
I like to keep fit by playing six-a-side football and training at the gym. I have a big interest in natural history; I enjoy keeping and learning about reptiles. My reading habits revolve around non-fiction; particularly on the topic of natural selection and science. Like most people I enjoy socialising and spending time with friends and family.