About

Since 2009 I have worked at Bristol-based web development / digital agency Wired Media both on placement as part of my degree and post-grad.

Whilst working at Wired Media I have gained experience using:

• PHP frameworks (Symfony & CakePHP) to build highly scalable websites and applications.
• The in-house content management and ecommerce system Wired CMS.
• Extending the in-house CMS as a wedding planning and management product.
• Building iOS, Android and BlackBerry applications with Titanium and PhoneGap.
• Version control (Git & Subversion).
• Linux & Windows server maintenance on local machines and the Rackspace Cloud.
• Puppet for automating the provisioning, patching, and configuration of operating system and application components across infrastructure.
• Integrating various systems with payment gateways including Sage, Google, Paypal and NoChex.
• Working with numerous REST & SOAP API's spanning from social media to integrations with till-checkout systems.

During my second year studying at UWE I ran weekly one hour sessions for first year students as part of the Peer Assisted Learning scheme. The sessions covered the basics of frontend development and PHP for database and API interactions.

The sessions I ran received praise from students, staff and peers alike, and through them my confidence was boosted and knowledge solidified.

As part of the scheme I was trained in the subject areas of:

• Body posture & voice training.
• Assertiveness.
• Engaging the audience.

The scheme helped me improve my communication and presentational skills- key ones, that have been useful on a daily basis in my professional career.

For more information check out the PAL website, my PAL session content and the subsequent years of PAL leadership that have led on from my original sessions: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.