Refactored online dating site for Time and Leisure magazines. Built using ASP.Net, custom web user controls ADO.Net, SQL Server 2005, AJAX, DotNetNuke and Nant build tool.

Turkish language newspaper based in North London with a 60,000 per week print run.
• I designed, built and implemented the website using bought and custom built DotNetNuke modules written in .Net and SQL 2005. The custom modules include straight through classifieds functionality that allows registered users to add their own adverts which branch off to unique advertisers’ pages and optional voucher pages.

• TSO is the largest publisher in the UK by volume.
• Web service developer for providing a C# bridge between the company’s legacy document management system and the .Net2 web site. Designed and built using test driven development with NUnit. Scalability tested using Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Load Agent. VSS used for code control. Heavily involved in RA, logical and physical design and regular status updates to senior management. Peer reviewed and provided optimisations for colleagues’ code.
• Team, technical lead and lead developer a C#, ASP.Net, SQL Server 2005 site used by international schools to order educational material from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. Heavily involved in RA and design using UML (use case, class & activity diagrams) and ERM. Instigated pair programming and stand up meetings to spread knowledge and maintain code standards. Designed HTML front end using w3c standards (since superseded.)
• Analyst, team leader and technical lead for the testing materials ordering section, a C#, ASP.Net SQL Server 2005 site used by all 26,000 schools in the U.K. to order testing material for 2006/2007 from the QCA. Liaised with and integrated solution with feeds from external software house. Peer reviewed colleagues’ code.
• Technical lead and lead developer, a C#, ASP.Net site used to order stationery.
• Designed and built web services to retrieve product info for the TSO bookstore, designed and built several WinForms applications using C# including a House of Commons XML data feed parser and a SQL Server / C# / WinForms Flags application for the Ministry of Defence. I designed, built and implemented a tool to convert HTML to XHTML and developed extensively with XML / XSL-FO to produce Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) PDFs.
• Debugged the company CMS (ActiveText) using C++
• Plugged ASP.Net authentication

• n-tier dating site for Time and Leisure magazines. Built using C#, ASP.Net, custom web user controls ADO.Net, SQL Server 2000 and CSS. All RA, design, build and implementation done by myself.

• On line presence built using C#, ASP.Net, ADO.Net, SQL Server 2000 and CSS. Includes a secure system to update a database of contact and recruitment details over the web. All work done by myself.

• Business listing for Wimbledon Village Business Association includes web based members admin functionality built using .Net technology including custom server controls built in C# and web user controls. All work done by myself.

• Developed and maintained n-tier financial adviser web based application using C#, ADO.Net, ASP.Net and SQL Server 2000.
• Built FSA compliance functionality using C# for middle tier, SQL Server and ASP.Net
• I designed, built and tested the migration for plans, clients,fees, retainers and splits, to deadline and to a high standard.
• I mentored and helped other migration team members with their work, coaching on SQL design and strategy.
• I involved and managed other team members not previously involved in the migration, to help highlight problems downstream and hit deadlines.
• I partitioned migration workload and provided critical path analysis for management.

My responsibilities at Intelliflo included writing specifications, design, development, delivery and maintenance of internet based solutions. This involved liaising with clients to ensure business requirements were met, organising testing and ensuring the smooth delivery of the solution.

The following is a summary of some of the projects that I worked on:

▪ Intelligent Office (IO) is the U.K’s largest Internet based front and back office application. Currently the application is live to 5000+ active users from 25 IFA firms. My responsibilities in the project included:

o Porting IO to .NET using C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET and SQL Server 2000.
o Built dynamic user defined search functionality using C# and ASP.NET
o Lead developer for the stakeholder module of Intelligent-Office. Responsible for the design, development and delivery, ongoing enhancements and production support issues using SQL Server 2000, VB6, ASP, XML, COM+, Javascript and CSS. Adopted XP, specifically story boarding, daily stand up meetings and pair programming.
o I designed and implemented the SQL 2000 reports server, using transactional replication to transfer OLTP data to our OLAP servers using subscriber custom stored procedures to denormalise data in real time. Architected the OLAP servers
o I monitored and performance tuned our SQL boxes using systems monitor, cluster administrator, SQL profiler, traces and custom T-SQL scripts.

• I worked with CSFB financial controllers in New York to design and develop major enhancements to their general ledger reconciliation application using MS Access 97, VB6 and Sybase 11.
• Designed and built a GL warehouse de-normalised in real time for faster and more responsive reporting.
• I managed the role out of the GL reconciliation software to 130 New York account owners.

• Support and enhancement of MS Access service monitoring application using VBA and SQL.
• BILLING REPORTS: Wrote Unix shell scripts and ADABAS/Natural programs to enable reporting of branch billing levels.Developed an in house application that recorded time sheets for employees and produced weekly and monthly reports. Technologies used: Visual Basic, SQL Server and Seagate Crystal Reports.

• REGULATORY REPORTING: I had sole responsibility for the requirements’ analysis, logical and physical designs, build, test and implementation of an Natural ADABAS / Access ’97 multi-user book-costs system used to produce regulatory reports and track unrealised profit. Worked closely with Frankfurt controllers and reported directly to European senior management.
• DEPOT RECONCILIATION: Enhanced and maintained the operations’ Access ’97 multi-user depot reconciliation system. Implemented archiving facilities and optimised Jet 3.5 accesses using VBA, table redesign & SQL. Dramatically reduced data integrity errors and improved response times by 75%. I worked closely with the head of Frankfurt operations and others in the operations team.