About Me

jDempster

Contact Details:

Email : letssurf@gmail.com
Jabber : letssurf@gmail.com
MSN : letssurf@gmail.com

Profile:

Age : 28
Date of Birth : 22/04/1980
Full UK Driving Licence

Introduction:

An accomplished web developer specializing in Object-Oriented
Design and Analysis with excellent experience in the full life cycle
of the software development process.

Job Goal:

Looking for a permanent position with a progressive employer, to utilize
creativity and breadth of technical skills to contribute to the success of the
company.

Web Development:

Application and systems design using UML (Unified Modelling Language) taking
Object Design Patterns into consideration. Development of web-based applications
using Apache, PHP 4 & 5 using OO (Object Oriented) techniques, following industry
standard coding styles. MySQL and SQLite as storage engines. Semantic clean and
structured XHTML pages. CSS to provide optimal accessible websites. Offering
unobtrusive Javascript and AJAX to provide dynamic interactive user content.
Profiling PHP to provide optimal performance and scalability.

Project Management:

Reliably meeting demanding deadlines and targets working under pressure.
Project planning and implementation skills of full project life cycles using
agile methodologies. Breaking projects down into shorter stages allowing for
change in business and customer requirements, each stage including planning,
requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, and documentation.

Documentation:

Producing excellent documentation utilising industry standard commenting
style for documenting objects to produce professional API (Application Programmer
Interface) documentation.

Programming Languages:

PHP 4 & 5, Javascript, SQL, HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, WSH, VBScript, VB6, Kixtart, Bash.

Databases:

SQL and database management and design, developing ERD (Entry-Relationship
Diagrams). Optimizing SQL to provide optimal performance.

W3C Standards:

Selection and deployment of technologies like HTML, XHTML, CSS, XForms, XML,
DTD, RDF, XSL, xPath, WCAG.

System Administration:

System administration tasks in Unix and Windows environments, working on LAMP
(Linux Apache MySQL PHP) type set-ups.

Content Management:

Development and design of CMS (Content Management Systems), document relation
structures, systems of content collection, management and delivery.

Other Technologies:

Continued experience working with LAMP, AJAX, Unit Tests, RSS, XML-RPC, SOAP,
Regex, UML, XUL, XML, CVS/SVN and other as they emerge.

Other Skills:

Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, DreamWeaver, Photoshop, Access Databases.
Strong inter-development skills keeping track with the latest technologies. Good
time keeping and punctuality. Accurate communication with clients and collogues
though written, verbal and face to face. Excellent at bug tracking fault spotting,
and solution finding.

Experience:

Web Developer, Skynet Internet Services, Northampton July 2005 – Present

Notice Required: 1 Month.
Working as part of a team of programmers to design create and maintain a
tipping website named GG.COM.
Managing sub projects within the company.
Design, development, documentation and maintenance of core objects.

Creation of Unit Tests to prove reliable objects.
Creating front end website from Photoshop designs provided by the design team.
Complete administration system for website management and publishing.
Creation of Tipping game from conception to completion.
Building AJAX searchable pages. Design and creation of forum software.
E-commerce systems for the subscription of tipping features.

Profiling to ensure optimal performance and scalability.
Debugging providing a stable and reliable site.

Web Developer, Freetimers Internet, Northampton, January 2005 – July 2005

Developing in PHP objects and modules to provide content managed
e-commerce websites for over 200 companies.
Coding web services, bulk email and SMS systems.

Writing quotations, carrying out project feasibility studies, determining
project durations, assigning tasks and managing projects.

XP Deployment Manager, Barclaycard, Northampton October 2003 – December 2004

Built and scripted secure uniform desktop Windows XP images for automated
XP migration and quick recovery.
Management and deployment of migration to over 6,000 desktops and 1,000.
Set-up and maintenance of servers including Safeboot and Black Ice
servers used for security intrusion prevention, detection and encryption,
BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server).

Management of roll out of RIM’s Blackberry; hand held email device.
Auditing of desktop and laptops, from custom made scripts using WSH
(Windows Scripting Host) and WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation).

Education:

University Collage Northampton, Northampton 2002

HND Computing and Internet Technologies.

Hopwood Hall College, Rochdale 1999

BTEC National Diploma in Computing, Distinction.

Whitworth High School, Whitworth 1996

GCSE, C, D in;

Dual Science, Maths, English Literature, English Language, Craft,
Design & Technology.

Activities & Honours:

Advanced Internet Training - Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester.

Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts - Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester.
Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award - Awarded in the Army Cadet force, Rawtenstall.