Online Curriculum Vitae

This is an online version of my Curriculum Vitae. For privacy reasons, I have not included any contact information for my referees or any contact information for myself other than via email. The full version of my Curriculum Vitae have this information and will be made available in Microsoft Office .doc format and in OpenOffice .odt format where appropriate.

Contact Information

See the Contact Information page for more details

Employment History

• August 2006 – September 2006 NTN Home Ltd (Freelance Web Developer)
  • Re-implemented original Flash website in HTML/CSS
    (http://www.ultimatehome.co.uk/)
  • Implemented a PHP driven email form for customer feedback
  • Set up osCommerce shopping system and designed site graphics for the online shop
    (http://www.ultimatehome.co.uk/shop/)
• July 2004 – February 2005: After9 Ltd (Web Developer)
  • Designed and implemented the Classified Ads section of the After9 website in PHP 4, MySQL and JavaScript
    (Demo: http://www.thiscanthappen.com/webgallery/marketplacedemo.shtml)
  • Designed and implemented online limousine booking system for Lancashire Limos LTD in PHP 4 and MySQL
    (Demo: http://www.thiscanthappen.com/webgallery/limodemo/)
  • Designed and implemented house listing system for Medina Housing
    (http://www.medina-houssing.com/)
  • Designed and implemented window installation price calculator for a double-glazing company
  • Implemented payment system for osCommerce shopping carts including for http://www.guitarzone.co.uk and http://www.life-clothing.com
  • Performed website maintenance on the osCommerce store front for HAS Motors
    (http://www.redhot2torque.co.uk/)
  • Designed and implemented Object Oriented form validation system for use in other projects in PHP 4
  • Designed and implemented Object Oriented HTML calendar generation system for
  • use in other projects in PHP 4

Relevant Experience

• Experience with website development including experience with HTML versions 2.0 - 4.01 and XHTML 1.1, JavaScript client-side scripting, server-side scripting with PHP version 4.1.0 - 5.1.0, database access with MySQL 3.2, 4.0 and 4.1, and page layout with CSS style sheets
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop 4.0 upwards for website graphics creation and optimisation
• experience in site development, management and maintenance with Macromedia Dreamweaver versions 3, 4, MX, MX 2004 and 8
• Experience in the use of Apache 1.3 and 2.0 as website development platform
• Experience with visual programming and rapid Application Development tools including Borland Delphi 4.0
• Experience with structured programming in languages including Borland Turbo Pascal 7, PHP 4, ANSI C, Fortran 77 and various versions of BASIC
• Experience with Object Oriented programming in languages including Java and PHP 5
• Experience with office suites including Microsoft Office and OpenOffice
• Experience with PC assembly and repair.
• Informal training and considerable accumulated experience with touch typing.
• Has developed an open-source web comic publishing tool in PHP 4 and JavaScript
  (http://sourceforge.net/projects/istrip/)
• Developing an open-source e-commerce solution in PHP 5, MySQL and JavaScript based on my experience of osCommerce and other e-commerce tools
  (http://sourceforge.net/projects/tradewind/)
• Developed a personal home page
  (http://www.thiscanthappen.com/)

Education

• Open University
  • 120 of 360 credits earned on BSc computing honours degree course
• Bury College
  • 4 A Levels (Computing, Design Technology, Business Studies, General Studies)
  • 1 A/S Level (Environmental Science)
• Wardle High School
  • 10 GCSEs A – C grade (Science Double Award, CDT Technology, Media Studies, English Language, English Literature, maths, Electronics, History, Social Science)

Personal Information

I am a part-time Open University student, with a keen interest in computers and the internet. I have build up extensive experience concerning the development of everything to simple home pages to sophisticated web-driven applications, building up experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL in the process. I am interested in graphics and animation and have acquired experience in applications such as Photoshop as a tool for creating web graphics in the process.

My hobbies include drawing and cartoons, reading both novels and non-fiction, collecting DVDs, collecting and listening to music, and playing computer games. I am also interested in 3D computer graphics and have experimented with 3D modeling in Blender3D. I am interested in the Japanese language and am also trying to learn to speak Japanese in my spare time.

Referees

Referee contact details available upon request.

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