William van Zwanenberg
Brighton
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal
Barnett Survivors ltd and The Free Representation Unit
London
06.2014 - 05.2021
- Advised and presented legal advice, which has helped secure successful outcomes in approximately 40 cases involving men who have been victims of Malicious Prosecution
- Secured convictions against the CPS for failing in their duty to adequately investigate a complaint made against a man who was unlawfully arrested
- Successfully represented an autistic man studying for a degree at Brunel University, upholding his rights to special provisions in how his exams were assessed
- Designed and implemented a simple client management system using Microsoft Excel and Macros
Development Manager
NOKIA
Helsinki
04.1993 - 09.1997
- Company Overview: Helsinki
- Selected to be the Lead Developer and Project Manager in overseeing a team of around fifteen Software Developers, Editors, Network, and Business Analysts
- Conducted a comprehensive code review of all of Nokia’s back-end applications
- This resulted in a new set of company-wide coding standards being adopted, ensuring future compliance with developing standards
- Carried out the installation and implementation of a full-scale back-end Content Management System using Documentum (proprietary CMS), enabling Nokia to update all their business websites in real time in accordance with existing workflows
- Drew up the delivery schedule and functional specs for multiple new applications using WAP and eCommerce platforms
- Helped design and build the nascent 'TheFeature.com' website
- This was an industry-specific website detailing on-goings within the mobile phone and app industry
- Built the CMS for the site and news aggregation facility
- Helsinki
Web and Database Developer
SPORTAL
London
02.1991 - 03.1993
- Company Overview: London
- Built the official Euro 1992 website and designed the back-end database from scratch using Oracle
- Gained the right to host numerous websites of Europe’s major football clubs (e.g., AC Milan and Juventus) and other international sports such as Formula 1 racing
- Successfully persuaded management to rebuild their client’s website using open-source technology (PHP in a LAMP architecture), saving approximately £2 million in costs and retaining the Benetton account
- London
Consultant and Vignette Software Engineer
DIGITAL CHANNEL PARTNERS (DCP)
London
05.1987 - 07.1991
- Company Overview: London
- Anglo-Irish IT Consultancy specialising in Applications Development and customisation, product development, content deployment and internationalisation
- Set up a real-time Forex and Binary Options trading system for Charles Swabb, accessed via a secure web platform using the highest level of encryption possible (128-bit)
- Created HMV’s first-ever online retail store, making it possible to order any CD or record online from HMV’s extensive music and video database
- Assisted with the acquisition of a business-to-business incubator company ASI Alliance, by integrating their existing backend IT systems and databases
- Contributed to the redesign and restructuring of the official website of leading US business and technology publisher, Forbes
- Also contributed significantly to the technical proposal for this project
- Advised German Newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on the implementation of the Vignette Platform to the existing online publishing platform
- Was part of a team of 23 developers and engineers sent out to Berlin to advise on this project, with the successful outcome of a digital edition of the newspaper available online to the public on a subscription basis
- Contributed to the design and implementation of bespoke content management system enabling real-time updates, edits and corrections to news stories
- London
Timeline
Paralegal
Barnett Survivors ltd and The Free Representation Unit
06.2014 - 05.2021
Development Manager
NOKIA
04.1993 - 09.1997
Web and Database Developer
SPORTAL
02.1991 - 03.1993
Consultant and Vignette Software Engineer
DIGITAL CHANNEL PARTNERS (DCP)
05.1987 - 07.1991
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