I can provide highly reliable and resilient solutions in a range of languages and frameworks with particular expertise in .NET and iPhone iOS frameworks.

I have extensive experience of analysing, designing and delivering enterprise scale solutions. I have lots of experience in designing business to business integration modules through a variety of mediums.

Working primarily with large-scale enterpise standard clients I have developed a keen business acumen as well as an eye for critical detail. Such an environment ensures that all applications are developed to mission critical standard with an awareness of incorporating future enhancements.

You can be assured you will receive a first class, professional service where your needs and requirements are the most important factors in ensuring that, together, we obtain a goal.

Area Covered: UK


Work Experience
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Summary: I have developed enterprise scale solutions for large blue chip companies including Co-Operative Financial Services, SAGA as well as integration projects for one of the largest legal companies in the UK.

I have strong experience in web based integration projects including communications with government sanctioned portals.
Job Title: Owner
Company: JZM WEB Designs
Description: Utilising the most up to data iOS and accompanying SDK JZM WEB Designs deliver robust and scalable iPhone enterprise applications.

Skills include:

Objective C
XCode 3 & 4
Strong OOP skills
iPhone specific architectures including MVC
GIT Hub Source Control
Multithreading and NSNotificationCenters
XML and JSON generation and parsing
Web service communication
Facebook and twitter integration (including OAuth)
Memory management and optimisation
App Store submission

We currently have applications on the app store ranging from fun, linguistic titiles to enterprise level professional applications. Please see below for a brief description of a few of our apps:

MOJApp
Utilising the web services sanctioned by the Ministry of Justice for the management of personal injury claims throughout their lifecycle, the MOJApp provides realtime access to your claim's most important data. The technologies used include SOAP, XML, NSNotificationCenter, multithreading, web services and delegate callback methods.

iYorkshireDialect
Utilising the core features of UITableView and a localised SQLite database for storage. The aarchitecture of the application was developed with an extremely generic approach so that subsequent generations of the application could be created easily. This strict adherence to OOP principles has allowed for the release of two further applications utilising the same code base: iScouseDialect and iCockneyDialect.
From:01/Jan/2010

Job Title: Applications and Database Developer
Company: Parabis Management
Description: Primarily developing business to business integration applications for a range of enterprise scale clients.

Utilising the latest .NET technologies I focus on building robust and scalable solutions to everyday business problems.

A particular area of focus is communications through XML gateways and services. My up to date knowledge of the latest developments in XML, XSD and XSLT as well as development of proxy classes using WSDL is used on a daily basis.

Underpinning all of the managed code is a thorough understanding of SQL including the provision of tuned stored procedures to provide accompaniment to the aforementioned applications.

Key skills:
OOP
VB and C#
.NET framework (2.0 - 4.0)
T-SQL
XML, XSD and XSLT
Web services
Code optimisation and analysis
Test Driven Development and Unit Testing
Business analysis
Project Management
Source control (Subversion SVN and Tortoise client)
From:01/Oct/2009

Job Title: IT Administrator
Company: Ison Harrison
Description: Providing a range of IT support as well as offering a development service to the firm.

Employed initially as a conveyancer I quickly progressed to the IT department through involvement with the development of the Case Management System as well as B2B integrations.

A core element of the job role was to provide network administration assistance including Active Directory maintenance, DHCP and DNS troubleshooting, Server 2003 and CITRIX administration. A CCNA certification meant that I was also able to provide technical advice on the maintenance and monitoring of the WAN.

I am proficient in the following technologies:
DHCP
DNS
Active Directory
WINS
Router and switch configuration
Print server
Windows Server 2003
Roaming profile management
Veritas backup

Additionally, an interest in programming meant I was able to take on responsibility of any development tasks including:
WMI scripting for interrogating Active Directory
PHP websites
ASP.NET client sites
VB and C# web portals
WSS 3.0 intranet and web parts
XML gateways and communication interfaces
Troubleshooting assistant software (screenshots program)

I offered a unique bridge between the legal and technical teams and as such was able to offer considerable input to architectural and directional decisions considering the pros and cons of both entities.
From:01/Jan/2005 To:01/Oct/2009

Job Title: Freelance Developer
Company: Medusa Masonry UK Limited
Description: An add-in to an existing website to facilitate marketing and resource management.

This was in the shape of a limited access web interface where the owners of Medusa Masonry UK Limited were able to alter the content of the website as well as manage their growing list of client information.
From:10/Oct/2010 To:24/Oct/2010

Job Title: Freelance Developer
Company: Medusa Masonry UK Limited
Description: Created a data infrastructure to allow for successful management of client information. This included the provision of contact management, email notification, sales driven communications and management information relating to accrued sales.

The solution was a combination of back end data amendments to the domain www.medusamasonry.com and a client application for use on site.

Technologies utilised included .NET. PHP, SQL, MYSQL, HTML, CSS and Javascript.
From:04/Apr/2011 To:08/Apr/2011



Education
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Degree: Professional Graduate Diploma
Field of Study: Software Engineering
University / College: British Computer Society
From:01/Jan/2008 To:01/Jan/2012