Driving Impact and Innovation

Experience

As a Frontend Lead/Manager with experience in a wide range of sectors, I excel in leading dynamic Frontend devs into delivering high-performing web interfaces. I value strong teamwork, a user-focused mindset, and staying at the forefront of web development.

YourParkingSpace Lead Frontend Engineer

During my time at YourParkingSpace, I delivered impactful results in Front End development and team leadership: Optimized data structures and performance: Enhanced data structures and site performance, leading to a 37% increase in organic traffic over the past six months. Modernized the tech stack: Initiated and implemented a plan to replace outdated areas of the site running on unsupported versions of Node.js, transitioning to a modern and supported tech stack. Boosted team morale: Implemented strategies that significantly improved team morale, fostering a more collaborative and productive work environment. Strategic project planning: Led the overhaul of key site areas, improving maintainability and scalability, and ensuring alignment with best practices. Overall, my contributions at YourParkingSpace led to substantial improvements in site performance and team dynamics, positioning the company for continued growth and success.

Kubrick Group Lead Frontend Engineer

During my time at Kubrick Group, I delivered significant results in Front End development: Accelerated UI development: Developed high-quality UI prototypes and tools using TypeScript and Vue, reducing UI development time by 12%. Reduced bug reports: Collaborated effectively with designers and developers to implement best practices, leading to a 37% decrease in bug reports. Enhanced team performance: Mentored a small, skilled team, increasing their independent problem-solving abilities and overall output. Optimized application performance: Improved Front End architecture and scalability, resulting in a 30% reduction in page load times and an enhanced user experience. Streamlined development processes: Utilized Agile methodologies, CI/CD, Scrum, and Azure DevOps to boost team efficiency, contributing to an 11% decrease in time-to-market. Overall, my contributions at Kubrick Group led to improved development efficiency, better team collaboration, and high-performance Front End solutions.

The Access Group (formerly Omnifi Ltd) Lead Developer

My role within Omnifi (recently acquired by The Access Group), is Lead Client Developer on The Restaurant Group, in which I oversee all frontend & guest facing development for all brands under The Restaurant Group. Wagamama, Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito are just some of the brands we build the Order, Pay & Collection web apps for. Skills used: AWS, Node.js, React, Vue.js, test driven development (TDD), Agile, NextJS, NuxtJS, dynamodb, MongoDB, Contentful, DatoCMS and many more

Mobius Media Senior Web Developer

Building Laravel and Vue web applications, managing projects, supporting project managers in providing estimated time scales. Whilst here I worked on: • Northcott Global Solutions (Real time alert tracking) • Feedback Medical • So Cook Skills used: Vue.js, test driven development (TDD), Agile, Laravel, PHP, MySQL

Netsells Ltd Front End Engineer

Developing in Vue and Laravel to implement improvements and features to YourParkingSpace. I was the lead frontend on the project, overseeing all code pull requests, and working in Jira using Agile Kanban methodologies. Skills used: Vue.js, test driven development (TDD), Agile, Nuxtjs, Hatchly, Laravel, ORM's, Seeds and many more

Beanmedia Ltd Creative Services Director

I was the co-founder of Beanmedia Ltd - a small creative services company based in the Hull & Humber region. Managing all of the projects that come through the company. Liaising with customers to plan and execute the build of multiple websites, branding and marketing material packs. We also designed the 24seven Lifestyle magazine as seen throughout major supermarkets throughout the UK. Skills used: Slim Framework (PHP), JavaScript (React), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, DevOps, Accounting (Xero), Payroll

Netopian Ltd Software Developer, Manager and DevOps

Planning all work projects in development, training employees, managing junior employees. During my time at Netopian, I worked my way up from Apprentice to Head of Engineering, oversaw a major rewrite of services, planned and implemented hundreds of feature enhancements and brought in Jira / Agile Kanban workflows for the team responsible for the in-house developed software platform. Developing in Java (Native and Spring Boot), PHP (Native, Slim and Laravel) and JavaScript (Native, jQuery, React and Angular). Skills used: Java (Native and Spring Boot), PHP (Native, Slim, Symfony and Laravel) and JavaScript (Native, jQuery, React and Angular).