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Carl Williams

Carl Williams

Gloucester,Gloucestershire

Summary

An accomplished Senior Software Developer with over 30 years expertise whilst working with the Higher Education sector, large online retailers, the Ministry of Defence, the specialist publishing industry and Royal Mail. Fluent in agile methodologies and DevOps principles, as well as driving collaborative project delivery. A history of successful delivery as a Software Developer, Senior Developer, Team Leader and Project Manager for systems based here in the UK as well as abroad. Passionate about documentation, code precision, code quality, and the overall maintainability of systems.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work history

Senior Software Developer

HESA/JISC
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
07.2007 - Current
  • 18 years development and maintenance of data collection and delivery systems for the Further and Higher Education Sectors, including Student, Staff, Teacher Training and Estates Management
  • 15 months of Project Management experience delivering 6+ systems ands their associated data deliveries to contractual deadlines and budget.
  • Working with technologies and tools such as Visual Basic 6, ASP.NET, C#, MVC, WEBAPI, Oracle (and PLSQL Developer), SQL Server (and Management Studio), Azure (Portal and ASE), Visual Studio, DevOps, GIT, TFS, POSTMAN, ERStudio, XMLSPY, SNYK, SonarQube, SpecFlow and Confluence
  • Working with various methodologies such as Waterfall, Tranche and for the last nine years Scrum
  • Have designed and written new systems, integration platforms, Automation tools & produced extensive documentation
  • Trained and mentored Software Developers across multiple teams on systems and development processes
  • Maintaining and extending Git based Azure API written in .NET Core with SQL Server using Terraform
  • Personal Development areas currently focused in REACT.JS, and MERN Stack

Senior Developer

WHSmith Direct
Swindon, Wilshire
10.2004 - 07.2007
  • Team Leader for Development & Application Support teams
  • Maintaining and enhancing whsmith.co.uk portal frontend and backend order processing systems in ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server 2000 and BizTalk 2002
  • Management of the WHSmith Direct development agenda in conjunction with the requirements from Management. Weekly Business communications to Management and Directors.
  • Business knowledge transfer to Accenture Project Managers

Contract Developer

WHSmith Direct
Oxford
07.2003 - 10.2004
  • Lead Developer/System integrator for the Website Refit Project in August 2003
  • Managing integration of new design and content provided by the Editorial and Trading teams
  • Enhancement to in-store ordering systems to produce till receipts using the OPOS component suite


Director/Senior Technical Consultant

3W technologies Ltd
Gloucester
03.2003 - 07.2003
  • Initiated development of an Estate Agents Management System in VB.NET and SQL Server 2000
  • Designed and developed a VB.NET and SQL Server 2000 Ecommerce system for PRISM Data Cabinets
  • Tendered for new business

Contract Analysts Programmer

Intertec Developments Ltd
Bournemouth
10.2002 - 03.2003
  • Web and Component development for an online parish community portal and it's accompanying Content Management System
  • Interpretation of outstanding functional requirements and the subsequent integration of these into the system with defect fixing and database programming
  • Visual Basic 6, COM+, SQL Server 2000

Contract Analyst Programmer

Royal Mail
Bristol
08.1998 - 10.2002
  • Developer of the Royal Mail's strategic Outbound Telesales campaign design tool and call script player which rolled out to the call-centre
  • Wrote the HTML Engine, Knowledgebase Viewer and FTP upload software for the NHS careers website
  • Member of the Y2K analysis team responsible for identifying areas of concern across all Royal mail applications and producing required fixes
  • Lead Developer on Proctor & Gamble's nurses diary system for schools
  • Lead Web Developer on the Post Office Email System V1 and involved in V2
  • Lead Developer on the Royal Mail Uniforms Intranet system
  • Involved in development of the prototype E-Times website
  • Worked on Parcel Force DSC, Bureau de Change and Nearest Post Office systems
  • Wrote a DCOM interface to Siebel's COM Data Server, communicating with the database for tracking of call-centre and delivery office messaging
  • Some limited exposure to Siebel EScript whilst working on the Application Review & Enhancement Team

Analyst Programmer

Software Solutions for Business Ltd
Swindon, Wiltshire
07.1997 - 08.1998
  • Wrote a Client/Property Management System fort a firm in London
  • Analysis of requirements, installation, configuration, staff training, documentation & user-guides
  • Developed an Intranet Rating Appeal system to connect a firm in Berkshire with it's London Office using ASP.NET, SQL Server & Crystal Reports
  • Developed a data processing & reporting system for MOD in Whitehall (DV Clearance)
  • Developed another data processing & reporting system for MOD in Whitehall (DV Clearance)
  • Developed a data categorisation and distribution system for MOD Whitehall (DV Clearance)

Analyst Programmer

Aries Business Systems Ltd
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
08.1994 - 07.1997
  • Joined Aries initially on a placement from college but was soon taken on as a permanent member of staff
  • Designed & Developed a Windows version of the companies ‘Pick’ based Publishing System including Customer & Stock Management, Catalogue Production, Royalties, Subscription & Standing Order Management, Order processing and Warehouse Management
  • Managed the project implementations on site at United Nations organisations in Geneva & Vienna for the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA)
  • Wrote the 'Pick' interface to Quark Express to produce Harmers of London's' Stamp Auction Catalogue

Education

NVQ Level 3 - Information Technology & Software Applications

GrandMet Trust
Cheltenham
07.1994 -

Standard Nine Certificate - Natural Sciences

Princess High School
Roodepoort, South Africa
01.1983 - 10.1986

Skills

  • Ability to work individually or within a collaborative team environment
  • Decision making under pressure
  • Agile methodologies expertise
  • Analytical mindset

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Software Developer

HESA/JISC
07.2007 - Current

Senior Developer

WHSmith Direct
10.2004 - 07.2007

Contract Developer

WHSmith Direct
07.2003 - 10.2004

Director/Senior Technical Consultant

3W technologies Ltd
03.2003 - 07.2003

Contract Analysts Programmer

Intertec Developments Ltd
10.2002 - 03.2003

Contract Analyst Programmer

Royal Mail
08.1998 - 10.2002

Analyst Programmer

Software Solutions for Business Ltd
07.1997 - 08.1998

Analyst Programmer

Aries Business Systems Ltd
08.1994 - 07.1997

NVQ Level 3 - Information Technology & Software Applications

GrandMet Trust
07.1994 -

Standard Nine Certificate - Natural Sciences

Princess High School
01.1983 - 10.1986

Interests

Creative Writing - I am a self-published author

Crypto Mining/Farming, Data Centre Vlogger

Music Production & Vocal Processing

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