Highly motivated and creative individual with a thirst for knowledge, excellent people skills as well as years of technical support experience. Currently looking to be part of something big.
( Projects | Skills | Education | Experience | Achievements | Hobbies )
After working as an IT support professional for 6 years, I have decided to move my career path in the direction of software development. I am the kind of person that likes to tinker, open up electric devices to see how they work and attempt to make them better, or at least make it do something it wasn't designed to do in the first place. The mindset of diving into something to see how it works is the reason I enjoy coding.
| Position | Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| Omnicom Group Hybrid Support Engineer (Jan '19 - April '19) |
1st / 2nd Line Support, Build deployment, Systems audits, Audio visual setups, Software deployment, Server management, Network managment, Asset management, Helpdesk operative, Knowledge base Management. |
| Science UK ltd IT Consultant (Oct '17 - Dec '18) |
Executive Support, 1st / 2nd Line Support, Exchange admin, Systems audits,Audio visual setups, Printer management, Software deployment, Server management,Network managment, Asset management, Helpdesk operative, Knowledge base Management. |
| Arcadia Group IT Support Specialist (Oct '15 - Oct '17) |
OS X Specialist, Audio visual setups, Print server management, Backup procedures, Software deployment, Server management, Network configuration, Asset register management, Helpdesk operative, Knowledge base Management. |
| Charles Darwin School ICT Technician (Sep '13 - Oct '15) |
Management of 700+,Windows Computers, OS X Specialist, Audio visual setups, Print server management, Backup procedures, Software deployment, Server management, Network configuration |
| Project | Description | Latest deployment | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syne | An audio visualiser created with the web audio api and Three.js. |
Syne | Javascript, HTML, CSS, Karma, ESlint, THREE.js, Node.js, DAT.gui, Heroku, Travis CI, Web Audio API |
| Icicle | A JavaScript testing infrastructure, based on RSpec and Jasmine. | N/A | JavaScript, HTML, CSS |
| Acebook | A clone of facebook using Ruby on rails. | Acebook | Ruby, Rails, RuboCop, RSpec, Capybara, Simplecov, Heroku, Travis CI, CodeClimate |
Intensive 16 week bootcamp with a focus on:
- Ruby, Rails, JavaScript
- RSpec, Jasmine
- OOP, TDD, MVC, DDD
- Agile/XP
- Creative Music Technology
- 2:1
- Worked with the student union to create idents for informational videos
- I was chosen to help the university host game jams, by making sound effects for the teams
- My FMP was chosen to be showcased in front of an audience at the cambridge picture house cinema
- 98-366: MTA: Networking Fundamentals
- 98-365: MTA: Windows Server Admin
- 98-367: MTA: Security Fundamentals
- ITIL Foundation Certificate
- Apple Certified Technician
- JAMF - Certified Casper Technician
From my time at Makers Acadamy I have actioned the tools I have learnt to be a great team member, from being empathetic to other members, giving non biased feedback, and implementing ways of making the team work better together. In one of our teams, we had a lot of strong personalities which meant a lot of cross talk. To combat this I implemented the 'frog' method, meaning that whoever held the toy frog could speak and not be spoken over. I am not the type of person to talk over other people and will always let someone have their say.
I very much enjoy the challange of a good problem. My past career as an IT engineer meant that I was always finding new solutions to old and new problems. I take a problem, disect it into its core components and work through it granularly, taking the causes and effects and create a fix that is well documented and easy to explain.
Taking information about a project and creating clear concise documentation is a point of pride for me. Be it in the form of a well written readme, a wiki page outlining our process for a project, or taking the minutes of a team meeting.
I find knowledge sharing to be one of the most important aspects of working in a great team. From working in teams at Makers Academy, to my past career, I have found that one person holding all the information can expose a single point of failure. Not only does knowledge sharing allow a team to all be on the same level, but sharing what you have learnt can help consolidate your understanding.
- Ran a lunchtime club teaching kids basic code
- Composed all music and sound design for popular steam game Golf with Your Friends
- Created the music and sound design for Service Movement Desire, a charity film which was premiered to 200 people at the Arts Picture House in cambridge
- Successfully created music and sound for 16+ groups participating in the BrainsEden games jam, given a time constraint of only 48 hours, 2 years in a row.
- Composed the music to all product videos for SurePet Innovations. The adverts have been played worldwide in various pet conventions.
- Learnt to play guitar, without tuition, from a young age. Successfully tutored a student to play guitar confidently in front of an audience
- Circuit Bending : I enjoy taking electronic devices apart and rewiring them to make interesting sounds
- Guitar : Nothing better than loosing yourself in a groove after a hard days coding
- Cinema : Big lover of obscure cinema
- Food : I make the best carbonara this side of Italy
- Beer : I'm the one that has something different every round