A Full Stack Developer with a passion for problem solving, professional enrichment and teamwork with the ability to build and deliver business value. Graduated from a four month Makers Academy Bootcamp transitioning from a profession in healthcare. I want to bring my work ethic and experience to my next role, helping to build outstanding products with clean and well tested code.
For a complete list, see my GitHub
| Name | Description | Tech/tools | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don8 | A mobile app that connects volunteers to the needs of local charities in their area. A great two week project that really stretched me in lots of aspects. Learning a completely new stack and technologies was exciting and it confirmed to me the course sets you up to learn new languages and tackle any problem. | MongoDB, Node JS, Express, React Native, Jest, Cypress | Source code |
| BBB | A fully functional social networking site. My first two week team project. I learnt alot about agile team working, we rotated roles like scrum master, leader etc giving me greater understanding of the roles and their benefits. | Ruby on Rails, Rspec, HTML, Bulma, CSS | Source code |
| Monarch Makers | A site where users can list properties for rental and rent the properties of others. First engineering project at Makers. Good consolidation of MVC and restful routes. Also a good introduction to SQL and relational databases. | Ruby, Sinatra, Rspec, Capybara, HTML, Bootstrap, CSS | Source code |
- A strong self led learner. Within the NHS promoted from junior Physiotherapist to consultant level within seven years. Requiring continuous learning of new concepts at pace to ensure that services and patients were well supported. Great desire to succeed and try new things, which led to Makers Bootcamp.
- Proven track record of clear and effective communication. The ability to communicate clearly with a range of people in varied settings. Regular presentations to; patients, frontline staff and senior management to ensure that complex ideas were understood fully.
- Adept team worker. Thrive and excel within team environments. Help to nurture strong team ethos and collaboration. Agile mindset to working within teams allowing for enhanced performance and success.
- A competent problem solver. In a recent process review I was given a scenario of solving a client based task in 45 minutes using the TDD model and principles. The session came with positive feedback which is attached here Feedback
- Experienced leader. Versatile leader who builds strong relationships and positively inspires others to share best practice and meet high standards. Previous senior leadership roles within the NHS. Captained university, club and county 1st XV rugby teams.
Supporting Education Group - May '21 to Jan '22
Software Developer Nov '21 - Jan '22
Junior Software Developer May 2021 - Nov 2021
- Independently architectured, built and deployed a school contract platform. Angular/ .NET/ Azure SQL/ SendGrid/ DocuSign.
- Developed an interactive whiteboard Angular/ .NET/ Azure SQL/ Linux VM.
- Independently architectured, built and deployed eight separate data pollers. Data collected produced a 16% increase in gross company sales through targeted selling.
- Power Automate data scraper allowing data extraction of school contacts.
- Developed, upgraded and maintained over 20 RabbitMQ producers and consumers delivering in excess of 10 million data transactions daily .
- Developed and deployed a google analytics data poller for 15 company websites allowing access to over 31 million separate google users data.
- Maintained and produced five features for Leap, a website with over 80,000 daily users .
- Daily use of Microsoft Azure including Application Insight, Blob storage, SQL servers, Web Jobs, Web Apps, Azure functions and Active directory
- Daily use of DevOps for ticket and project management.
- Built multiple Azure DevOps pipelines.
- Deployment of multiple applications to various platforms including Azure and onsite servers.
NHS - Dec '10 to Dec '20
Extended Scope Spinal Practitioner - May '17 to Dec '20
Specialist Pain Physiotherapist - Jan '15 to May '17
Senior Physiotherapist - Jan '13 to Jan '15
Junior Physiotherapist - Dec ‘10 to Jan ‘13
- Holistic communication and motivational interviewing to allow patients to receive individual tailored care.
- Responsibility for the effective management, operation and development of the spinal triage team. Including line management of 12 staff.
- Effective team worker, building strong team ethos through shared goals and values
- High level evidenced based treatment and care of spinal patients within Essex.
- Developing and implementing policies, procedures, and quality standards.
- Effective approaches to project management to ensure implementation of vision and strategy.
- Responsibility for the recruitment and selection of staff.
- Mentoring junior staff in career progression and growth.
- Undertake an annual service review and audit to inform service development plans, quality standards and to establish relevant performance indicators.
- Determining the strategic direction of the service, providing leadership on corporate priorities.
Bishops Stortford Rugby Football Club - Sep '10 to present
1st XV Coach - Sep '19 to present
Semi professional rugby player - Sep '10 to Sep ‘19
- Six England Counties caps, 14 Hertfordshire county caps, 0ver 200 BSRFC appearances and two national league titles.
- Specialist forward coaching role.
- One to one mentorship of junior players.
- Overall responsibility for players training goals and development.
- Team and individual coaching drills and sessions.
- Player and team performance analysis.
- Ability to consistently perform in elite sport with high levels of pressure.
- Highly effective team player adapted to high demands of fellow teammates and coaches.
A 16 week intensive development bootcamp, focusing on :
- OOP, TDD, MVC, DDD.
- Agile/XP.
- Ruby, Rails, JavaScript.
- RSpec, Jasmine, Jest, Cypress.
- MERN stack.
- BSc Physiotherapy First Class.
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy student rep.
- 1st XV Rugby Captain.
- Rugby Ex player and part time forwards and scrummaging coach at BSRFC.
- Travelling Love to explore different cultures and languages.
- Gym and fitness To help keep me sane, supple and slim(ish).
- Cooking Help me to relax and I love good food.