Andy Barton

Web Developer / Applications Developer

Curriculum Vitae

Updated: February 20th, 2020.

Contact & Personal Information

Pentess Cottage

Penstraze

Chacewater

Truro, TR4 8PG

Tel: 018**-******

Mobile: 079**-******

Email: adfwln@r.postjobfree.com

British Citizen

Born: 31st August 1960

Place of Birth: Falmouth, Cornwall

Full UK driving licence held

Skills Summary

Current

XHTML HTML5, CSS3, W3C Standards 10 years

JavaScript, Classic ASP, DOM, SEO 8 years

jQuery, AJAX, SVN 7 years

Agile, SASS, LESS, GIT, Grunt, HTML Email creation 6 years

A/B Testing, GovUK design system, Monetate, Knockout, Bootstrap, < 6 months

AEM, BEM, Angular, jQuery Mobile, PHP, MySQL,

Legacy

COBOL 1988 - 2002

BASIC 2002 - 2008

Open VMS, DCL Approx. 20 years’ experience

POWERHOUSE, DIBOL, FORTRAN Some use between 1988 and 2002

Employment/Contract History

29th July 19 – 3rd April 2020 Contract Dignity Funerals Sutton Coldfield

UI developer. Involved in rebranding exercise, creating a new component library and building new web pages from the components. Core skills of HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery. Using MS Visual Studio and GIT as the IDE tools.

Apr 19 – Jul 19 Contract Next Enderby, Leicestershire

UI developer. Creating A/B Testing experiences using Monetate, to compare performance of proposed new features against core functionality. Front end development using HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery.

Dec 18 – Feb 19 Contract Netbuilder London

UI developer. Working through this digital agency on a front-end/AEM project for BT entitled ‘Mobile Feature Management’, working closely with designers, using BT APIs etc. Source control via GIT, coding in HTML SASS/CSS JavaScript and JQuery, also touching on Angular and the AEM development environment. Also engaged in production of HTML email templates.

July 18- Sep 18 Contract Education & Skills Funding Agency Coventry

UI / UX web developer. Responsible for managing prototypes built via the standard government UI toolkit and defining the infrastructure by means of which these are converted into front-end code modules. IDE used is MS Visual Studio, source control via GIT. Coding in HTML SASS/CSS JavaScript and JQuery.

May 18- July 18 Contract The Moment Plymouth

Front end web developer, working on a number of bespoke email campaigns and touchscreen projects for this creative agency. In addition to the regular core skills this role also involved some use of JQuery Mobile and Campaign Monitor (for email campaign management).

Jan 18- May 18 Contract Office Depot Milton Keynes

Front end web developer, working on maintenance and new features for the Viking Direct website, especially search and browse/select enhancements. JavaScript, jQuery, SASS (SCSS) with BEM methodology, HTML5, CSS3, GIT, Bitbucket, JIRA, Hybris platform.

Jan 17- Dec 17 Contract Barclays London

Front end web developer. Working on development of an in-house responsive framework similar to Bootstrap. Using JavaScript, jQuery, SASS (SCSS), HTML5, CSS3, GIT, Bitbucket, JIRA. Some experience gained with AEM front-end integration – variable placeholders (properties) defined in HTML and referenced via handlebars.

Oct 15-Oct 16 Contract Lloyds Banking Group London

Front end web developer, engaged in project work to implement paperless/inbox on mobile site (the facility already existed on desktop site), using GIT, JavaScript, jQuery, LESS, HTML5 and CSS3. Agile working practices. Main project development phase ended May 2016, followed by defect fixes, retesting cycle.

Sep 15-Oct 15 Contract Kantar Media London

UI Developer, working on the new ‘Audience Builder’ application, a Greenfield project to complement the company’s existing Market research software suite. HTML/CSS/Bootstrap, Javascript, JQuery and Knockout.js.

Apr 15-Aug 15 Contract Advanced Digital Institute Saltaire, Yorkshire

UI Developer using HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, JSON. Producing front-end code, wireframes and working prototypes for an innovative central heating control unit manufactured by the client. Working alongside a middleware developer, tasked with designing and producing an aesthetically pleasing user interface, with the additional challenge that the unit must be functional and easy to use on a small screen size – approx 15cm x 10cm.

Feb 15-Mar 15 Contract Chemring Technology Solutions Romsey, Hampshire

UI Developer using HTML, CSS & SASS, Javascript, Knockout, Backbone. The role involved some interaction with the back-end via PHP & Mongo database. Jenkins Continuous Integration Environment, Collaborator for code reviews.I worked on the company’s Perception product.

Dec 14 Contract Mubaloo Bristol

A short contract for this digital agency. I produced several template HTML pages for a forum website. This involved making use of the in-house responsive grid framework alongside HTML5, CSS and JQuery/Javascript.

Jun 14-Dec 14 Contract Direct Line Group Bromley, Kent

A Javascript/HTML Developer role, working on new versions of the Direct Line, Churchill and Green Flag websites. Skills used: XHTML, SCSS/SASS, Foundation CSS Framework, Grunt, GIT Repository/Tower, JavaScript and jQuery.

May 13-Apr 14 Contract Royal Bank of Scotland Edinburgh

UI Developer role: HTML, CSS, Javascript and JQuery, Agile development. The project took the form of development of a customer review application, which rolled out to several hundred branches nationwide. On a day to day basis I was responsible for dynamic HTML content via Javascript & JQuery, resolving defects as reported by the UAT team, prototyping and wireframing tasks.

Jan-Apr 13 Contract Alchemy Worx London

Producing HTML emails, working on a variety of clients for this marketing company.

Sep 12 Contract Celerity Dartford, Kent

A short assignment, helping produce urgent HTML emails for the Spirit Pub Company.

Jul – Sep 12 Contract Cogent Elliott Coventry, West Midlands

Various front-end duties, including production of HTML emails for external client’s marketing campaigns, also web development using the in-house ‘Midnight’ CMS. I made extensive use of Jquery/JavaScript to add dynamic content to pages.

Apr – Jun 12 Contract 3Chillies Reading

Front end contract, creating components for Microsoft XBOX.com website, supporting the high-profile E3 video games expo.

Mar 12 Contract E3 Media Bristol

Web developer engaged in a short front-end project for a new client (Kia Cars) of this well-regarded digital agency. XHTML, HTML5, CSS, Javascript, DOM, JQuery.

Jan – Feb 12 Contract eValue FE Newbury

Front end web developer role working on a mixture of new development and maintenance for this start-up company. XHTML, CSS, JQuery, AJAX, Javascript.

Oct – Jan 12 Contract BUPA International Brighton

Front end web developer, Agile/SCRUM environment. Responsibilities included enhancements to the ‘Provider World’ web site using XHTML/CSS/ Javascript/ JQuery /HMTL5/CSS3, working alongside Java & .NET developers in a weekly sprint cycle.

Aug – Oct 11 Contract ING Direct Reading, Berkshire

Front end web developer, assisting in site enhancement. Coding XHTML, CSS, Classic ASP, Javascript/JQuery, HTML5 and CSS3 & Star Team code repository.

Jan – Apr 11 Contract TNT Express Hinckley, Leicestershire

Front end web developer, working within a Java framework. An Agile environment, using JQuery, Javascript, DOM, XHTML and CSS, Subversion & JIRA, adhering to W3C standards. Apache Tomcat, Maven, JSP, AJAX, exposure to HTML5 & CSS3.

Jul – Nov 10 Permanent H Tempest Ltd St. Ives, Cornwall

Web developer using Javascript/XHTML/DHTML/DOM/AJAX & JQuery + Classic ASP integrated with ASP.NET, PHP, MS SQL Server, MySQL, MS Visual Studio & Subversion.

May – Jun 10 Contract COMTEC Group Ltd Cwmbran, Gwent

Front end web developer for this major provider of B2B & B2C software to the travel industry. The position comprised mostly XHTML & CSS coding to W3C standards, Photoshop graphics manipulation and daily use of MS Visual Studio & Subversion.

Jan – Mar 10 Contract Forces Reunited Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Front & back-end web developer, employed to undertake a complete re-skinning operation Classic ASP website.

Previous positions – legacy skills

The positions below were mainframe/mid-range applications development roles.

2002 – 2008 Permanent Vertex Financial Services Ltd (Cheltenham)

Applications developer/systems analyst. Working on VAX BASIC systems, DCL, RMS, POWERHOUSE. The focus of this position was on maintaining the back-end quote engine software used to generate comparison insurance quotes.

2001 Contract Dalgety Agriculture Ltd (Weston Super Mare)

1999 – 2001 Permanent Axa Sun Life (Bristol)

Pensions applications developer.

1999 Permanent Brann International (Bristol)

VAX COBOL Programmer. Creation of bespoke marketing campaign software.

1989 – 1999 Permanent Dalgety Agriculture Ltd (Bristol and Weston Super Mare)

VAX COBOL Programmer/Analyst. Manufacturing and trading systems software development.

1988 – 1989 Permanent COTEC Ltd (Dursley)

IBM COBOL Programmer/Analyst. In-house development for Lister-Petter + agency work.

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