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I am a highly professional and motivated .NET developer with development experience across Government/Education, Insurance, Banking, Finance, Retail, Telecommunications, Automotive, Utility and Legal industries. I am a conscientious team player with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, business-driven systems to tight timescales, focusing on software that meets business needs and customer requirements. I bring strong analytical and technical skills with full lifecycle development experience and a pragmatic approach to successful delivery. I am a specialist in developing for Microsoft platforms and I excel at extracting business and user requirements in a professional manner.
Language
English
Fluent
Work Experience
Consultant developer (contract) at allPay
March 1, 2025 - PresentConsultant developer for allPay, delivering enhancements to the customer portal for prepaid card accounts. Implemented features to schedule future payments, manage transaction disputes, and integration points with 3rd party payment processors. Built on Azure App Services with CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML), using C#/Blazor. Data access via Azure-hosted WebAPIs and Azure SQL databases, with credentials stored in Azure Key Vault. Source code stored in private Git repositories and work conducted within Agile practices.
Consultant developer (contract - 2 renewals) at ALS Laboratories (UK) Ltd
December 1, 2023 - November 30, 2024Upgraded the AutoReporting .NET project from legacy, out-of-support frameworks to a modern platform (.NET 8, SQL Server 2022). Reworked obsolete PDF handling, UI features and SSRS reports, delivering a complete rewrite to current tooling and standards. Code managed in private Git repositories with Agile practices.
Consultant developer (contract - 3 renewals) at Cygnus Systems
February 1, 2022 - November 30, 2023Consultant for Cygnus, EN54-certified wireless fire alarm systems. Re-architected cloud data ingestion from 4G-connected panels: Azure IoT Hub -> Event Grid -> Service Bus. Implemented Azure Functions for data transformation, persisted in Azure SQL, with code in private Git and Agile practices.
Consultant developer (contract - 13 months) at Department of Education, Coventry (ESFA)
November 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022Worked across three development teams within ESFA. Fully Azure-hosted, using ASP.NET MVC front end and WebAPI microservices. Technologies include .NET 6/ASP.NET Core, Contentful CMS, Azure SQL, Swagger/OpenAPI, Azure APIM, Azure Redis Cache, and Razor UI. Delivered in public Git repositories with Agile practices.
Consultant developer (contract - 1 renewal) at West Midlands Combined Authority
June 1, 2021 - October 31, 2021Redeveloped Direct Debit payments functionality as a .NET Core Web API hosted in Azure. Stores data in SQL Server or retrieves via internal/3rd party APIs. Front end uses Azure-hosted Razor UI. Project managed with Agile practices.
Consultant developer (contract) at Greenback Recycling Technologies
April 1, 2021 - May 31, 2021Supplier Portal enabling major supermarket chains to audit plastics origins and content. Built with .NET Core, Azure-hosted, SQL Server via WebAPI microservices managed with Azure APIM. Key Vault for credentials. Front end with Razor and Angular-based UI; TDD and SOLID principles applied.
Consultant developer for Agent Experience/CORE at AO World / ao.com
December 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021Joined the team responsible for AO's contact centre software to address a large backlog. Core system built in C# and ASP.NET (MVC and WebForms) with RabbitMQ and NHibernate; worked within Agile, TDD and SOLID principles to deliver improvements.
Consultant developer at University of Warwick
November 1, 2019 - October 31, 2020Warwick Business School eSolutions: produced anonymised versions of the portal database for development/testing to satisfy GDPR/ICO audits. Worked primarily with SQL and Hibernate for data persistence.
Consultant developer within the Course Directory (CD) team at Department of Education, Coventry
October 1, 2018 - October 31, 2019CD handles UK qualifications data; CosmosDB and hosted SQL Server accessed via WebAPI 2 microservices and Azure Functions. Data exposed via Azure Search indices. Front end uses Razor and DI with SOLID practices.
Consultant and lead developer at Secure Trust Bank
March 1, 2018 - October 31, 2018Led a 5-person team on Motor Finance developments, defined data anonymisation strategies to support GDPR and testing needs; advanced multithreaded integration with external services and improved maintainability using updated .NET practices.
Consultant and lead developer at ALS Environmental
May 1, 2015 - February 28, 2018Led development for LIMSMVC (water sampling, analysis, import/export and reporting) using C#, ASP.NET MVC 4.6, Telerik Kendo UI and SQL Server 2014. Delivered PoCs for new features and introduced TDD and SOLID practices across cross-border teams.
Consultant web developer at Jaguar Land Rover
October 1, 2013 - May 31, 2015RADs system supporting product development, built with C# 4.0, ASP.NET MVC, Dapper/LINQ, and Web Services against SQL Server 2008 R2. Bootstrap-based UI with Razor markup and interactive data grids.
Founder/ lead developer at Wine-Fi Ltd
May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2013Founded Wine-Fi, a digital bar menus platform for hospitality. Built with C# 4.0, .NET web services and MySQL; served notable clients including Hotel Du Vin and Hilton Metropole.
Consultant web developer at Next plc
November 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010Web developer for a call centre application; implemented new features in a team, using C# 3.5, .NET web services, SharePoint and SQL Server 2008; Visual Studio 2010.
Consultant Developer (Contract - 13 months) at Department of Education, Coventry
November 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022Consultant developer across 3 ESFA teams; Azure-hosted environment; ASP.NET MVC front end calling WebAPI microservices; .NET 6; Contentful CMS; Azure SQL; Swagger/OpenAPI; Azure APIM; Razor UI; Entity Framework Core 6; Redis caching; public Git repositories; Agile; Testing with XUnit, Moq, FluentValidation.
Consultant Developer (Contract) at AO World / ao.com
December 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021Agent Experience/CORE team; rapid onboarding to support high usage; large backlog; core system in C# and ASP.NET (MVC and WebForms); RabbitMQ; NHibernate; Agile; TDD; SOLID.
Consultant Developer (Contract - 13 months) at University of Warwick
November 1, 2019 - October 31, 2020Warwick Business School eSolutions: produced anonymised version of the myWBS portal database for GDPR/ICO audit; data initially in SQL; used Hibernate ORM for persistence; data synthesis to create fully anonymised datasets.
Consultant Developer (Contract - 12 months, 1 renewal) at Department of Education, Coventry
October 1, 2018 - October 31, 2019Course Directory team; CosmosDB and hosted SQL Server; WebAPI 2 microservices; Azure Functions; Azure Search; provider portal; Razor UI; DI; TDD; SOLID; Agile; data exposed via API management.
Consultant Developer (Contract - 2 renewals) at Secure Trust Bank
March 1, 2018 - October 31, 2018Lead developer for Motor Finance development team; proposal/injection web app; multithreaded calls to 3rd party credit services; introduced new .NET serialization approaches; GDPR data anonymisation.
Consultant Developer (Contract - 9 renewals) at ALS Environmental
May 1, 2015 - February 28, 2018Lead developer for LIMSMVC; water sampling, registration, analysis, import/export and result reporting; data import module using LINQ to transform inbound XML/files to .NET objects; PoC to prove viability; Agile with multi-national teams; introduced SOLID/TDD practices.
Consultant Web Developer (Contract - 2 renewals) at Jaguar Land Rover
October 1, 2013 - May 31, 2015RADs system supporting Product Development; C# 4.0; ASP.NET MVC; Dapper, LINQ, NHibernate; Bootstrap-based UI; Highcharts/Datatables; Razor for data presentation.
Founder/Lead Developer at Wine-Fi Ltd
May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2013Founded Wine-Fi, a digital bar menus system; C# 4.0; .NET web services; MySQL; clients included Hotel Du Vin, Hilton Metropole, Akkeron Hotels, Duelling Pianos.
Consultant Web Developer (Contract) at Next plc
November 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010Web developer for a call centre application; C# 3.5; .NET web services; SharePoint; ASP.NET; SQL Server 2008; contributed to feature development as part of a small team.
Education
BSc (Hons) Physics 2.1 at University of Manchester
January 11, 2030 - January 8, 2026A-levels at King Edward's School, Birmingham
January 11, 2030 - January 8, 2026BSc (Hons) Physics 2.1 at University of Manchester
January 11, 2030 - January 8, 2026A-levels at King Edward's School, Birmingham
January 11, 2030 - January 8, 2026Qualifications
Industry Experience
Government, Education, Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Retail, Transportation & Logistics, Travel & Hospitality, Other
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