35 years of freelance experience in a wide range of industries. I've seen most things, fixed most things, designed and created a lot of things...and there's still more to do.

Mark Fereday

35 years of freelance experience in a wide range of industries. I've seen most things, fixed most things, designed and created a lot of things...and there's still more to do.

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35 years of freelance experience in a wide range of industries. I’ve seen most things, fixed most things, designed and created a lot of things…and there’s still more to do.

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Work Experience

Full Stack Developer at FTI Consulting
May 1, 2021 - Present
Invited back to develop a greenfield SPA for visualising and manipulating hierarchical data. Built REST endpoints with Node/Express, hosted on Azure App Service and AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Created a React-based SPA with D3, Qlik Sense Enigma/Nebula APIs, styled components, and AWS write-back using DynamoDB (CosmosDB earlier). Migrated environment from Azure to AWS (CosmosDB to DynamoDB; App Services to Elastic Beanstalk). Implemented survey app in AWS (Cognito, S3, Lambda, Amplify). Wrote custom Qlik Sense extensions to improve developer workflow. Maintained and enhanced the ODAG Vue app. Focused on performance with large data visualisations (up to 100k points) using Canvas.
Power BI Developer at Lloyds Register
March 1, 2021 - April 30, 2021
Joined the Data team to deliver BI changes; created Power BI reports/dashboards, integrated multiple data sources, and built DataFlows to share logic. Converted three Qlik Sense dashboards to Power BI.
Web Developer at Diverse Interactive
January 1, 2021 - February 28, 2021
Created the Diverse Interactive company website from XD designs using JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS/SASS, Webpack; plus Docker, Ubuntu, Laravel, PHP, October CMS.
Front-End / Full-Stack Developer at Calibrate Consulting
January 1, 2021 - May 31, 2021
Re-wrote a prior AngularJS-based project in React and migrated backend API from Qlik Sense Capability to Enigma/Nebula. Client-side rendering with D3/React, designs from Figma, WCAG compliance.
Full Stack Developer at Diverse Interactive
November 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021
Accelerated start of a new project; WSL2/Docker/Laravel backend with a mixed PHP and React frontend.
Software & Data Platform Developer at FTI Consulting
March 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Led UK data platform initiatives: Power BI dashboards, multi-source data ingestion (Snowflake, ChromeRiver, Excel). Built two new websites with React and Svelte on a serverless AWS stack; implemented data connectors for Dataiku and Collibra; Qlik ODAG Mashup using Vue.js on the frontend.
Frontend / Qlik Sense Extension Developer at Digimasters
November 1, 2018 - March 1, 2019
Parallel contract to create a Qlik Extension and mashup for Greenflag—AngularJS, D3, SVG; specialty in Qlik Sense Extensions.
Consultant at Calibrate Consulting
June 1, 2017 - February 29, 2020
Senior consultant on HSBC projects; built Qlik Sense mashups and extensions; implemented alert-driven views; contributed to HSBC Net Mobile app integration with D3-based visuals; ensured WCAG-compliant UI.
Qlik Sense Extension Developer at Workplace Buzz
April 1, 2017 - April 1, 2017
Parallel contract to develop 2 bespoke Qlik Sense extensions (multiple hypercubes, custom properties for dimensions, measures, appearance).
Accreditation System Developer at The Virtual Forge
December 1, 2016 - January 31, 2017
Enhancements to accreditation system used by end-user organisations; ASP.NET, Angular, React, Redux; remote collaboration across UK/Portugal.
Consultant at Vodafone
October 1, 2016 - May 31, 2017
Extended Vodafone BI work: dashboards migrated to Qlik Sense; created custom mashup templates; CI via Jenkins; Agile with Jira/Confluence; data feeds from Adobe and Medallia; developed extensions and components.
Frontend/Full Stack Developer at The Virtual Forge
June 1, 2016 - September 30, 2016
Spearheaded modernisation of a stadium accreditation application; ASP.NET, Angular/React, C#, SQL; rapid delivery under tight deadlines.
Developer at Diverse Interactive
March 1, 2016 - June 30, 2016
Contract to add functionality to a client app; 80% frontend (TypeScript/HTML/AngularJS), 20% backend (SQL Server); SPA with JSON data feeds and 3D fly-through visuals.
Frontend/BI Developer at Vodafone
July 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016
Greenfield BI dashboard development; AngularJS, Kendo UI, Highcharts; migration to Qlik Sense; involved with data visualization across telecom datasets.
Senior Developer / Lead at Modern Mindset Ltd
July 1, 2005 - October 31, 2015
Led development of modern.gov product for local government; accessibility-compliant web app and WinForms product; managed internal and client projects; cloud research around Azure development.

Education

Secondary School Education (O-levels, A-levels) at St. John the Baptist School
September 1, 1978 - July 1, 1983
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering at Southampton University
January 11, 2030 - December 22, 2025

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Energy & Utilities, Education, Government