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Javascript
Objective C / iPhone
Semantic HTML
Postgres
MongoDB
CouchDB
Chef
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Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)
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Jan 2011PresentSenior EngineerHeroku San Francisco, USA
Tech lead for the Heroku Add-ons Platform, which allows 3rd party service providers to
seamlessly integrate into applications running on the Heroku cloud-base platform.
May 2007PresentFreelancer / Freelance DeveloperRuby Pond Ltd; UK, US, Australasia
Software development and business consultation for a range of clients including
Wordtracker, Homeflow, Scratchmedia, Browse History, ScribeLive/ScribeStudio, Distance
Learning International, Producers Guild of America, MyDealBook, and Line Communications
among others. Projects have included development of social networking, content management,
data analysis and reporting, distance learning systems and media rich applications.
2006 - 2007Solutions Architect
ESPC (UK) Ltd. / MoveMachine; Edinburgh
Responsible for business wide technical direction, system specification, and design sign-
off. Relationship management of vendors a contractors. Day to day performance management
of java development team. Day-to-day development of ruby and ruby on rails business
systems including time sheeting systems, project management and performance reporting,
work allocation, and web spidering in addition to integrating with java SOA development
using web/REST services.
20002006Solutions Architect
SalesForce Australia / SALMAT; Melbourne
Setting of company wide technical direction for Australia's largest outsourced provider
of contact centre and computer telephony integration services. Relationship management and
requirements gathering with clients across a range of sectors. Management of 50+
development team utilising a range of frameworks and languages including ASP, .Net, PHP
and Genesys. Development of new company wide platform to integrate .Net clients with
dynamic Ruby on Rails served client CRM systems. Development of wikis, content management
systems, knowledge-bases, and associated information retrieval and classification systems.
19932005Freelance Developer
Onyx New Media; Melbourne
Freelance consulting and development for primarily the legal industry. Development of
content management, document generation, document management, business reporting and
auditing systems. Developed one of the first GUI based HTML editors.
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