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<header class="clearfix" role="banner">
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<div class="container">
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<h1 class="icon-logo" id="main_heading">Dan Barber</h1>
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<h2>Web Designer & Developer</h2>
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<h2>Web Developer</h2>
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### Experience
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#### <del>[New Bamboo](http://www.new-bamboo.co.uk)</del> [thoughtbot](https://thoughtbot.com)
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#### [thoughtbot](https://thoughtbot.com) (formerly [New Bamboo](http://www.new-bamboo.co.uk))
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Nov 2012---Present
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**Senior Developer**: Nov 2012---Present
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As a developer at thoughtbot, Dan works directly with the client to ensure
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optimal client success, which is achieved by working within a pragmatic and
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well-defined Scrum framework, running User Story Workshops and helping clients
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to understand the process. Dan works with the team to plan sprints every week
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and to run demos to show the progress to date.
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As a senior developer at thoughtbot I was responsible for working directly with
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clients. Here are some highlights from the projects I worked on:
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thoughtbot works mostly with Ruby on Rails and delivers high-quality, well
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tested code.
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* Built a content management and subscription system for a marketing
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intelligence firm in London using Ruby on Rails and ElasticSearch.
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New Bamboo [became thoughtbot
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London](https://www.new-bamboo.co.uk/blog/2015/11/24/new-bamboo-joins-thoughtbot/)
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in November 2015.
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* Built a form system for a Canadian organisation that funds research in
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developing countries using a Ruby on Rails back-end and Angular front-end.
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* Built a statistics dashboard for a company that provides cloud based banking
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solutions using React.
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* Worked with a company that provides publishing services to musicians to
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upgrade their website to the latest version of Ruby on Rails.
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* Built a full MVP with sign up flow for a UK company offering mail order
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prescription medication using Ruby on Rails.
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* Worked with a major health insurance provider in the US to augment their web
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development team. I worked on their marketing site built using React.
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#### [Pixelhum](http://pixelhum.com)
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Aug 2010---Apr 2015
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**Web Designer & Developer**: Aug 2010---Apr 2015
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Launched Pixelhum in 2010, providing freelance and contract-based services to
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clients. Designed and built web applications for clients using Ruby on Rails.
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* Launched Pixelhum in 2010, providing freelance and contract-based services to
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clients.
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* Designed and built an E-commerce site for
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[Soundunlimited](https://web.archive.org/web/20130310015425/http://www.soundunlimited.co.uk/),
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a Plymouth-based music shop.
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#### [WebBased Ltd](http://www.webbased.co.uk/webbased)
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Dec 2011---Nov 2012
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**Web Developer**: Dec 2011---Nov 2012
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Continued the development of a CRM product built using Ruby on Rails 2.3.
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Migrated version control from SVN to git and brought the Rspec test suite up to
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date.
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* Continued the development of a CRM product built using Ruby on Rails 2.3.
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* Migrated version control from SVN to git.
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* Brought the Rspec test suite up to date.
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#### [Abiquo](http://web.archive.org/web/20111005142120/http://www.abiquo.com/)
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June 2010---Oct 2011
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**Web Developer**: June 2010---Oct 2011
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Updated and maintained Abiquo's websites, which were written in both PHP and
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Ruby on Rails. Rebuilt their virtual image exchange site,
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[Thunderflash](http://web.archive.org/web/20110829022630/http://thunderflash.com/),
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using Ruby on Rails 3.
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* Updated and maintained Abiquo's websites, which were written in both PHP and
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Ruby on Rails.
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* Rebuilt the virtual image exchange site,
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[Thunderflash](http://web.archive.org/web/20110829022630/http://thunderflash.com/),
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using Ruby on Rails 3.
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#### [Deep Blue Sound](http://dbsmusic.co.uk)
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Aug 2008---June 2010
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**Deputy Sysadmin**: Aug 2008---June 2010
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Administered and augmented the existing web systems including Moodle, SugarCRM
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and others. Deputised for the System Administrator.
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* Administered and augmented the existing web systems including Moodle, SugarCRM
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and others.
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#### [Footwork Solutions](http://web.archive.org/web/20081016050612/http://www.footworksolutions.co.uk/)
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Nov 2002---Aug 2008
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Served as a lead developer and designer on the Halo care co-ordination system,
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which included training, documentation and support. Served as the System
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Administrator for both the local network and remote server farm.
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#### Granite Internet
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2000---2002
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Designed, developed and maintained several property company websites built upon
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a single code base. Setup Windows, Linux and FreeBSD servers.
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#### North Devon Journal
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1998---2000
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Set advertisements using QuarkXpress and was responsible for laying out the
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classified pages. Developed a love of typography.
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* Deputised for the System Administrator.
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### Portfolio
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#### [New Bamboo](https://legacy.new-bamboo.co.uk)
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#### [DanBarber.me](https://danbarber.me)
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The New Bamboo website was completely redesigned and rebuilt from the ground up
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in 2015. Dan managed the project, serving as the product owner. He also served
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as the primary developer and contributed to the design work.
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#### [Contagious IO](https://www.contagious.io)
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Contagious IO is a curated, collaborative research tool showcasing the world's
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most innovative marketing, trends and technology. Dan worked with another New
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Bamboo developer to build it, using Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL and
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ElasticSearch.
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#### [Contagious](https://www.contagious.com)
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The Contagious website is built on the Shopify platform. Dan was part of the
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New Bamboo team that developed it.
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#### [Soundunlimited](https://web.archive.org/web/20130310015425/http://www.soundunlimited.co.uk/)
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Sound Unlimited, a Plymouth-based music shop, hired Dan to build a complete
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online shop system. Dan used Ruby on Rails for the site and Rspec for testing.
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The site featured an innovative quantity discount system.
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My personal blog and photo site is a static site built using Hugo. It makes use
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of SASS and ITCSS (Inverse Triangle CSS) to organise the styles.
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#### [NeoMPC](http://pixelhum.com/neompc)
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NeoMPC is a web based client for controlling an MPD server that was built using
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PHP and jQuery and uses mpd.class.php to connect to the MPD server. Dan
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completed all of the coding, interface design and graphics for this project.
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#### [Footwork Solutions](http://web.archive.org/web/20081016050612/http://www.footworksolutions.co.uk/)
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Footwork Solutions are a web development company in Plymouth specialising in
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large enterprise intranet systems. Dan designed the company logo and the
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website and built the template for Drupal.
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PHP and jQuery and uses mpd.class.php to connect to the MPD server. I completed
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all of the coding, interface design and graphics for this project.
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#### [Dan Barber Photo](http://danbarberphoto.com)
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Dan designed and implemented his personal photography site using Ruby on Rails
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and jQuery, including backend admin pages.
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My personal photography site is built using Ruby on Rails and jQuery, including
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back-end admin pages.
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#### Dan's CV
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Dan built his CV, a responsive design using Middleman, SASS and Markdown that
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makes extensive use of HTML5, CSS3, typography and web fonts. The source code
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is available on [Github](https://github.com/danbee/cv).
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I built my CV/resume, a responsive design using Middleman, SASS and Markdown
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that makes extensive use of HTML5, CSS3, typography and web fonts. The source
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code is available on [Github](https://github.com/danbee/cv).
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### Profile
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Highly experienced design literate software developer with 20+ years of
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experience building software products for the web. Dan has been programming
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computers since he got his Sinclair ZX81 in 1985 and has been making them do
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interesting and delightful things since.
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Dan is design literate, has a strong eye for detail and loves to work with
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others to create amazing products. He has a knack for explaining complex things
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in terms non technical people can understand. Eager to learn new techniques and
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technologies, Dan loves working on interesting projects and strives for simple,
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elegant, well tested and maintainable code.
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I am a highly experienced software developer with 20+ years of experience
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building software products for the web. I have been programming computers since
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I got my Sinclair ZX81 in 1985 and have been making them do interesting and
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delightful things since.
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