### Experience

#### [Buoy Software](https://www.buoysoftware.com)

Senior Developer: Feb 2021---Jun 2021

As a senior developer at Buoy Software I was responsible for working with the
product team to maintain and expand the software built to run the Parachute
blood plasma donation centers.

* Maintained and expanded a Ruby on Rails web app designed to manage the
  facilities and donations.

* Maintained and expanded a React Native mobile app designed to allow donors to
  book appointments and manage their accounts.

* Maintained a React Native iPad app designed to manage the donor check in
  process in facilities.

#### [thoughtbot](https://thoughtbot.com) (formerly [New Bamboo](http://www.new-bamboo.co.uk))

**Senior Developer**: Nov 2012---Jan 2021

As a senior developer at thoughtbot I was responsible for working directly with
clients. Here are some highlights from the projects I worked on:

* Built a content management and subscription system for a marketing
  intelligence firm in London using Ruby on Rails and ElasticSearch.

* Built a form system for a Canadian organisation that funds research in
  developing countries using a Ruby on Rails back-end and Angular front-end.

* Built a statistics dashboard for a company that provides cloud based banking
  solutions using React.

* Worked with a company that provides publishing services to musicians to
  upgrade their website to the latest version of Ruby on Rails.

* Built a full MVP with sign up flow for a UK company offering mail order
  prescription medication using Ruby on Rails.

* Worked with a major health insurance provider in the US to augment their web
  development team. I worked on their marketing site built using React.

#### [Pixelhum](http://pixelhum.com)

**Web Designer & Developer**: Aug 2010---Apr 2015

* Designed and built an E-commerce site for
  [Soundunlimited](https://web.archive.org/web/20130310015425/http://www.soundunlimited.co.uk/),
  a Plymouth-based music shop.

#### [WebBased Ltd](http://www.webbased.co.uk/webbased)

**Web Developer**: Dec 2011---Nov 2012

* Continued the development of a CRM product built using Ruby on Rails 2.3.

* Migrated version control from SVN to git.

#### [Abiquo](http://web.archive.org/web/20111005142120/http://www.abiquo.com/)

**Web Developer**: Jun 2010---Oct 2011

* Updated and maintained Abiquo's websites, which were written in both PHP and
  Ruby on Rails.

* Rebuilt the virtual image exchange site,
  [Thunderflash](http://web.archive.org/web/20110829022630/http://thunderflash.com/),
  using Ruby on Rails 3.

#### [Deep Blue Sound](http://dbsmusic.co.uk)

**Deputy Sysadmin**: Aug 2008---Jun 2010

* Administered and augmented the existing web systems including Moodle, SugarCRM
  and others.

* Deputised for the System Administrator.