Makers Academy graduate seeking employment as a Junior Developer in a great company to continue extending my web development skills and utilise my background in database marketing.
| Housemates | Twitter Clone | Bookmark Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Final Makers Academy group project completed with four other team members. Bill sharing app for flat mates Technologies: Ember.js, Javascript, Bootstrap, Ruby, Railst View Housemates |
Twitter clone that allows users to post messages to a public stream Technologies: Ruby, Sinatra, Bcrypt, Postgres, HTML, CSS |
Sinatra website allowing users to store links to their favorite websites. Using integration testing, relational databases and security considerations. Technologies: Ruby, Sinatra, HTML, CSS View Bookmark Manager |
I have always been excited by technology and wanted to learn how to become a developer. I decided I wanted to accelerate my learning by joining Makers Academy in London.
####Makers Academy #####Web Development Intensive Course ######Full time, August to October 2014 | London, United Kingdom
- Highly selective 12 week bootcamp style course
- Full stack web development
- Focus on agile practices, especially test driven development (TDD), pair programming and teamwork
- Two-week final team project to bring it all together
- Built portfolio of projects, which are found on Github
#####Skills Learned
######Back-end
- Ruby
- Rails
- Sinatra
- PostgreSQL database management
- DataMapper object relational mapper
- Bcrypt encryption
- Devise user authorisation
- API integration, including Twilio, GoogleMaps, Stripe and Paperclip
######Front-end
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Javascript
- jQuery
- AJAX
- Bootstrap
- Responsive design
######Testing
- Rspec unit testing
- Jasmine unit testing
- Capybara integration testing
- Cucumber behaviour driven development
######Other useful development tools
- Git source control management
- Heroku deployment
- Amazon web services
######Software development methodologies
- Test driven development
- Object oriented programming
- Software design
- Agile and lean principles
- Pair programming
- Teamwork
- Project based work
####Cranfield University #####MSc Management & Information Systems ######Full time, September 2002 to December 2003 | Cranfield, United Kingdom Group Project: ‘Developing a Skills Matrix Database’ (for Airbus).
####Hertfordshire University #####BSc Business Information Systems ######Full time, September 1998 to June 2002 | Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Included an industrial placement with British Airways - Heathrow
- Responsible for the development of an intranet website and migrating it to a CMS.
- Managed IT helpdesk to deal with queries and developed technical/user manuals.
- Implemented and supported Lotus Domino servers and clients.
####Cohaesus #####Junior Developer ######November 2015 to Present | Old Street, United Kingdom
- Developed HTML emails that are responsive and optimised for all email clients.
- Quality assurance of emails: testing for rendering errors, linking and deliverability with multiple ISPs.
- Provided accurate time estimates for development based on designs.
- Created HTML5 static and double click banners with CSS and SVG.
- Contributed to development of microsites using Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, SASS and gulp.js
####D&AD
######June 2015 to October 2015 | Liverpool Street, United Kingdom
- Administered, monitored and maintained D&AD’s CRM platform, Salesforce, and deliver first line support and training for internal users.
- Responsible for on-going technical development and maintenance of various digital platforms, such as website, archives and payment system.
- Work with stakesholders to understand their business needs and associated technical requirements.
####Found (part of Big Ideas Group)
######February 2015 to April 2015 | Farringdon, United Kingdom
- Collaborated with other developers in the team to create reliable, scalable and flexible web reports ensuring they are well tested and delivered according to the project schedule.
- Extracted Facebook API data to mysql databases and filtering for web pages.
- Assisted the Studio team with front end development jobs – Javascript, jquery, HTML, CSS, bootstrap.
####Centrica #####Campaign Manager ######March 2011 to July 2014 | Staines, United Kingdom
- Built campaigns to migrate from the old to the new campaign management platform.
- Delivered BAU/Adhoc outbound campaigns on the Aprimo platform within agreed timescales using SQL/SAS with average conversion rates of up to 20%.
- Built appropriate tests or controls to monitor the effectiveness of the campaign selection process.
- Provided guidance and support on the available and integrity of data that can be used in a campaign.
#####Best Next Action Rules Analyst
- Interpreted business requirements for next best action through high level requirements workshops & designing business rules that enable customer selections that optimise value for both customer & consistently across all British Gas channels.
- Proactive use of insight & user feedback to recommend & implement improvements to NBA through refinement of business rules via SAS.
- Supported the Customer Contact Strategy through analysing & reporting the effectiveness of customer interactions in the current landscape.
- Used analytical tools - SQL/SAS to analyse customer call centre data and making recommendations from findings to stakeholders inorder to improve customer experience.
####Everything Everywhere #####Chordiant Decision Logic Developer ######December 2008 to March 2011 | Paddington, London
- Implementated Real Time Marketing inbound CRM Call Centre solutions based on Chordiant Decision Management solutions inorder to increase conversion rate, lower retention costs and retain more customers which has resulted in £4 million increase in gross operating margin per month. Orange is now retaining an additional 4 percent of their most valuable customers each month.
- Built Key Relationships with Stakeholders i.e. Marketing, IT and other business departments.
- Developed unit tests based on specification briefs to certify decision logic for release.
####John Lewis #####Data Analyst (temporary contract) ######April 2008 to December 2008 | Victoria, London
- Provided targeted and selection of prospects for direct mail/email using Chordiant Marketing Director , SAS and managed queries from the Email Service Provider/IT regarding email campaign delivery.
- Carried out post campaign response/customer analysis and reported results back to the business with recommendations.
- Liaised closely with Waitrose, John Lewis and Greenbee Marketing teams to develop and agree campaign strategies for direct mail and email.
####CACI #####Consultant ######July 2007 to April 2008 | West Kensington, London
- Provided targeted campaigns through a number of marketing channels by data segmentation, mining and extraction from diverse sources for EDF using SAS and Alterian, which generates in excess of £3 Million in revenue a year.
- Ensured the data integrity of the EDF database and added insight to the EDF account through recommendations and data analysis.
- Managed the full project life cycle of the Email Appending System from data preparation, appending email addresses and producing the creative to launching live campaigns.
####Homebase #####Data Management Executive ######February 2006 to July 2007 | Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
- Responsible for the data extracts and analysis aspects of the Spend & Save Loyalty card.
- Management Information Reporting using an Oracle Database and data mart (Alterian).
- Development and execution of complex targeted direct mailing segmented programs run from the 15 Million customers of Spend & Save transactional database which accounts for £800m of retails sales.
- Utilised the iMarketer data mart to facilitate improved targeting through PCV (Potential Customer Value) modelling, with estimated benefits of £2 Million over the next year.
- Identified problems and liaising with IT to resolve issues towards improving business processes.
- Extracted data from Oracle using SQL, for analysis in Access and Excel. Reports were created based on analysis.
- Playing table tennis
- Going to meetups:
- London Software Craftsmanship Community
- Learn Computer Programming
- Ruby Hacknight - London
- Open Tech School - London
- Pivotal London Lunch & Learns
#####Contact details If you would like to find out more, please feel free to contact me or view more by the following:
- Phone + 44 (0)77 8999 5094
- Email leopoldkwok@gmail.com
- Github