
Heart and Soul at Scotland on Rails
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Heart and Soul at Scotland on Rails
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Debugging Agile Teams
Extreme Programming, Agile Methods, Object Design
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
Consulting and custom software development using Java, Ruby and Agile methods.
(Partnership; Computer Software industry)
September 1997 — Present (11 years 11 months)
Scotland on Rails is an annual Ruby conference in Edinburgh, organised by myself, Paul WIlson and Graeme Mathieson. We had 90 people in 2008 and 220 in 2009. We're aiming to be the premier Ruby conference in Europe by 2010.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
May 2008 — April 2009 (1 year)
Rails and iPhone projects with EdgeCase
(Computer Software industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPM; Banking industry)
May 2005 — May 2008 (3 years 1 month)
J2EE and Ruby development with an XP team inside the bank.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2002 — April 2005 (2 years 6 months)
Consulting and custom software development in Java using Agile methods. UK-based, with six months in Australia.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
Training and Consulting on XP and Agile Methods. US-based company, I Worked in US and UK.
(Computer Software industry)
2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
2000 — 2000 (less than a year)
Inevitable dot.com experience.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
1996 — 2000 (4 years)
Multimedia (DVD/Digital TV) Authoring systems in C++ and Java.
BSc(Hons) , Computing, Software Engineering , September 1989 — May 1994