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Architect turned software engineer; I have a unique combination of design and technical abilities paired with excellent communication and managing skills. Having re-trained at the Makers Academy to become a software engineer in 2021, I began working at Deloitte Risk Advisory as a frontend engineer where within 2 years I became a front-end lead on a complex feasibility app for a major telecoms client.

As a senior consultant specialising in front-end development, I worked as a key member within a large multidisciplinary team to formulate the brief, create feature design and prototyping, develop the front-end solutions, as well as contribute towards testing and presentation. I have demonstrable experience working with Angular with NgRx, React Typescript, Javascript, HTML & CSS, wireframing tool Adobe XD, as well as being familiar with mapping libraries such as Leaflet and Mapbox to develop geo-spacial products.

Before retraining as a developer, I was a senior project Architect at a revered Architectural practice with specialised expertise in designing and delivering high-value commercial and residential projects across the UK. As an inherently creative and sociable professional, I enjoy coming up with new ideas and realising them with groups of like-minded people.

A strong team player, I have led large multidisciplinary teams for several years on various projects from brief to completion. With my previous experience as an Architect and skills acquired at Deloitte, I am looking forward to working in a friendly environment to make amazing projects come to reality.

• Developing front-end for high quality applications
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Working in and coordinating cross-functional teams
• UX design and wireframe preparation
• Many years of design training and professional practice
• Preparing and delivering client presentations

Senior Consultant (Nov 2022 - present) Front-End Developer (Nov 2021 - Nov 2022)

While working at Deloitte as a senior consultant specialising in front-end solutions, I was involved in the planning, design and development of a feasibility planning tool for a major telecommunications client. I was engaged in client meetings to gather the requirements and understand the intricate processes in order to design the user experience most suitable for the project. Producing and presenting the prototypes was essential at the early stages of the project to ensure that the client’s requirements were met and communicated. My mock-up and prototyping presentations were very well-received by the client and allowed to seal the requirements, agree on the vision and proceed to the next stages of the project. My main role in the project was to develop the front-end for a complex planning tool with geospacial features in close liason with the back-end and data teams.

Challenges Overcome:

• Collaboratively defining project requirements and objectives with multiple client groups.
• Utilizing Angular with NgRx functionality and geospatial libraries from a previous client application to ensure future integration between the two applications
• Incorporating additional client requirements and simultaneously testing the application with the client team, while addressing key features
• Contributing to a large team by effectively troubleshooting issues through a clear understanding of team members' roles and competencies.

For the Phase II of the telecomms planning tool project I took on a role of the front-end lead. My responsibilities included designing, developing the front-end of the app as well as managing and coaching junior team members. This phase involved combining the functionalities of two legacy applications and introducing some new features such as AI assistant.

With growing risks and uncertainties that businesses face related to the supply chain, our team was tasked to create an app that allows the user to review the current state of the supply chain and access the projections based on various scenarios. I created the front-end of the app using React which had the following features: Plotly data visualisations, map view that uses Mapbox, embedded Tableau charts, various API calls and other features.

The challenge posed by the client was to create an app that allows to predict and visualise the risks associated with various geospatial conditions. The app had several sections and covered a variety of risk factors ranging from flood zones to predictions for various crops. I developed this app in React with interactive maps using various mapbox features and Plotly graph visualisations.

Architect (2016 - 2020)

I had an opportunity to be a project Architect for an eight-storey office building just off Regent Street from a very early design stage through construction. This demanded knowledge and experience of delivering a project, excellent design, communication & problem-solving skills, and the ability to effectively manage a team of people.

Challenges Overcome:

• Design of the building that is contemporary yet fits the historic surroundings with Portland stone cladding and zinc mansard roof
• A heavily constrained plot of land with Party walls to all sides
• An escape corridor from Westminster University that had to be active at all times of construction from demolition to erection of the building

Interior lead for an £80M(construction value) 1960s tower refurbishment project in Holborn, I was responsible for coordinating and delivering all the interior architectural packages and lead a team of people. This was a great experience working on a very complex project with large architectural and consultant teams.

Challenges Overcome:

• Working on a listed building and a London landmark
• Adapting a 1960s building to fit modern comfort and sustainability requirements
• Designing bespoke mechanical ventilation solutions to optimise floor to ceiling heights
• Working with manufacturers to achieve sculptural interior features

Project architect of a refurbishment of an old Army and Navy store warehouse to create a contemporary office space. I started working on this project just graduating from the Architectural school as an Architectural Assistant role and finishing as a Project Architect.

Challenges Overcome:

• Original features were preserved and treated which required a lot of research, tests, and samples
• New polished concrete floors, thin folded metal staircase, and metal bridges were designed and developed with the manufacturers to complement the existing building fabric
• The lower ground floor was a trench-covered hundred and fifty-year-old plant area with old electric machines and enormous water tanks. The whole area had to be carefully cleared, levelled, and treated to be inhabitable
• We had to build a new UKPN substation, which required a lot of communication and negotiation with Power Networks.

Part II Architectural Assistant

During this time I was taking part in lots of projects with different uses, scales, and complexity. After architectural school, it was important to acquire more practical skills, such as knowledge of various regulations, practice operation, and working through various stages of the project in a team.

Full-Stack Software Development Bootcamp

Makers coding boot camp is a 16-week intensive coding course. Along with lots of coding fundamentals we were encouraged to use Agile methodology to work on group projects of various sizes, had ongoing pairing sessions, process workshops, and work on individual challenges.

Skills

• Object-Oriented Programming(OOP)
• Test-Driven Development(TDD)
• MVC pattern
• Debugging fundamentals
• Pair programming
• Agile

Tools

• Languages: Javascript, Typescript, HTML, CSS, SQL, Ruby, basic SQL
• Frameworks: Angular with NgRx, React
• Prototyping: Adobe XD
• Mapping Libraries: Leaflet
• Trained in TDD and OOP
• REST APIs

Architecture Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice - ARB/RIBA Part III

The content of the course was built on a previous professional experience and included the following subjects:

• English Law, Regulations, Contracts and Procurement
• Architectural Practice Management
• Professional Development and Experience
• Professional Case Study

Architecture(BA(Hons) & MArch) - ARB/RIBA Part I and ARB/RIBA Part II

A five-year course composed of the Experimental Programme (Years 1–3, ARB/RIBA Part 1) and the Diploma Programme (Years 4–5, ARB/RIBA Part 2). The curriculum involved a variety of group and individual academic projects of various complexity, Technical and History&Theory studies. The AA is famous all over the world for its experimental and innovative approach to studies. Divided into topic-specific units students are encouraged to explore form, typology, programme, material, and fabrication along with critical architectural theory, environmental and technical subjects.

Architecture

The Academy prides itself on a classical approach to architectural studies with a variety of subjects ranging from hand draughting, drawing, sketching to applied maths and material studies

Architecture

ARB/RIBA Part III, AADipl ARB Registration No 087814F

• Architecture
• I love drawing, sketching, doodling, and making all sorts of things
• Casually ski and snowboard