Personal Profile
I have excellent team working skills, I built up these skills whilst working with the design team at Bedworld. My personal strengths include being focused, independent, reliable, dedicated and an ability to work to deadlines. Through working in Magento and several projects at sportsshoes I have build up a knowledge of Zend Framework, although I am always happy to learn new frameworks.
Education
BSc (Hons) Computer Games Programming
Huddersfield University (2006 – 2008) (Not completed due to medical reasons)
A Levels
NEW College Pontefract (2004 – 2006)
- Computing ( D )
- AVCE ICT ( D, E ) (equivalent to 2 A levels)
GCSEs
Knottingley High School (1999 – 2004)
- GNVQ ICT ( Pass ) (equivalent to 4 GCSEs)
- English Language ( C )
- Maths ( C )
- Chemistry ( C )
- Music ( C )
- Media Studies ( C )
Key Skills
- I am able to look at problems analytically, working out both the cause of the problem and a solution to this problem.
- Working with PHP, MySQL, CSS, Javascript, HTML, Zend Framework 2, Laravel, GIT, Capistrano, Linux command line, XHTML, JSON and XML.
- Programs such as Zend Studio, PHP Storm, WinSCP, PUTTY, Terminator, MySQL Workbench and Vagrant.
Work Experience
B-Sporting Ltd (sportsshoes.com) (2015 - Present)
PHP Developer
Working as part of the development team on task ranging from bug fixes to large projects to help make the company and other employees work more efficiently. Duties included: - Managing either frontend or backend code releases - Working directly with management to analyse requirements for new projects - Developing new projects for front and backend systems - Fixing and improving existing front and backend systems - Performing code reviews of other developers code - Working with both custom systems and ones built in Zend Framework. - Developing in PHP, MySQL, HTML and JavaScript
Bedworld (North) Ltd (2009 - 2015)
PHP Developer
At Bedworld I worked as the sole developer, working on a large range of tasks. My main two tasks were to develop new websites or maintain current websites. To maintain current websites my tasks included: - Adding new payment methods - Exporting all new orders to sage 50 - Creating a contact form which sent emails to different departments - Moving the main Bedworld website from a custom backend over to Magento.
Home Bargains (2005 – 2007)
Sales Assistant
As a sales assistant my main duties were ensuring the restocking of shelves and working on the tills.
Leisure Activities:
In my spare time, I have experimented in several PHP frameworks such as CakePHP, Yii and Zend Framework in order to expand my knowledge. This mainly consisted of running through several tutorials and building a test project to get a grasp of how the framework worked.
At the age of 9 I began learning to play the saxophone reaching grade 4. At high school, I was a member of the school jazz band, performing in concerts, such as local jazz festivals, visiting care homes and a tour of Normandy during one summer holiday where we took part in a number of outdoor performances.
I was in the scouts for many years and had become a young leader. I enjoyed planning and going hiking, as it meant I could relax in the outdoors.