Andy Gibson

Current

• Junior Information Systems Developer at Rockstar North

Past

• Speaker at Epicenter 2009
• Speaker at DDD Scotland
• Software Engineer (Contracted) at GeoMEM Ltd.

• Speaker at DDD Belfast
• Speaker at WebDD '09
• Student Intern Software Engineer at NCR
• Web Programmer at GeoMEM Ltd
• Web Developer & Technical Assistant (Voluntary) at UberNet

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Education

• The University of Dundee
• Dundee College

Recommended

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Connections

28 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Scottish Developers

Andy Gibson’s Summary

I primarily work with the Microsoft .NET framework (2.0+) and surrounding technologies including WPF, LINQ, ASP.NET (+ MVC Framework) and Visual Studio however have experience in other areas.

I spend a lot of time in the web development arena and I have strong experience with XHTML, CSS, Web Accessibility, PHP and jQuery.

I have recently spoken at UK community events including Developer Day Scotland, Web Developer Day 2009 and Developer Day Belfast. As of June 2009 I am a committee member of Scottish Developers as the Event Coordinator for the Tayside region.

Andy Gibson’s Specialties:

.NET 2.0, .NET 3.5, C#, ASP.NET MVC, Windows Forms, PHP 4&5, XHTML, CSS, jQuery, Web Standards, Web Accessibility.

Andy Gibson’s Experience

• Junior Information Systems Developer

  Rockstar North

  (Public Company; Computer Games industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

• Speaker

  Epicenter 2009

  (Computer Software industry)

  August 2009 — August 2009 (1 month)

  Epicenter Conference 2009 in Dublin (Aug 26th - 28th)
  - Talk on Web Application Testing With Selenium

• Speaker

  DDD Scotland

  (Computer Software industry)

  May 2009 — May 2009 (1 month)

  jQuery Deep Dive

• Software Engineer (Contracted)

  GeoMEM Ltd.

  (Computer Software industry)

  March 2009 — May 2009 (3 months)

  - Creation of mining tool calibration software
  - Project Management; Unit Testing; Refactoring
  - .NET 3.5 (C# and Delphi Prism); Windows Forms
  - Design Patterns; Model View Controller; Inversion of Control

• Speaker

  DDD Belfast

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 2009 — April 2009 (1 month)

  jQuery Deep Dive

• Speaker

  WebDD '09

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 2009 — April 2009 (1 month)

  Introduction to jQuery

• Student Intern Software Engineer

  NCR

  (Public Company; NCR; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2008 — September 2008 (5 months)

  Taken on for 16 weeks at NCR Dundee in Advanced Solution Concepts as part of a student placement.
  
  - Responsible for assisting in the development of prototypes.
  - Researching viable technologies and ideas
  - Developed using .NET 3.5 and WPF
  - Worked with Phidgets (hardware sensor kits)

• Web Programmer

  GeoMEM Ltd

  (Mining & Metals industry)

  January 2002 — October 2007 (5 years 10 months)

  - Maintaining the existing website
  - Planning, designing and creating a new website and product catalogue
  - Creating a simple backend for updating the website (pricelist, news, etc.)
  - Maintaining the list of products
  - Writing product descriptions
  - Improving the accessibility of the site and ensuring it met W3C standards (including XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.0 and WCAG 1.0)
  - Assisting with the maintenance and repair of the computer systems

• Web Developer & Technical Assistant (Voluntary)

  UberNet

  (Computer Games industry)

  November 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 6 months)

  Initially offered to help UberNet (a local internet gaming centre which opened in October 2004) by providing them with a website and organising web content.
  
  After the website was completed I began to assist in the centre by maintaining the machines (server and clients), serving customers and liaising with Interactive Gaming UK (IGUK - http://www.iguk.org)
  
  The company shut down in October 2007.
  
  - Developed and maintained the website
  - Assisted in the maintenance of the client and server machines
  - Used SmartLaunch software for administrative tasks.
  - Served customers

Andy Gibson’s Education

• The University of Dundee

  BSc (Hons) , Applied Computing , 2005 — 2009

  Honours Project:
  - Component-based web application framework using:
  - ASP.NET MVC Framework
  - Managed Extensibility Framework
  - Unity Application Block (Inversion of Control)
  - DB4Objects (Object database)
  
  Material covered:
  - Computer Languages (C++, C#, Java, Visual Basic.NET)
  - Design Patterns & Software Architecture
  - Project & Risk Management (Waterfall, Iterative and Agile)
  - Human Computer Interaction
  - Database Design & Development (MySQL and SQL Server)

• Dundee College

  HNC , Computing , 2003 — 2005

Additional Information

Andy Gibson’s Websites:

• Scottish Developers

Andy Gibson’s Interests:

Software Development, Programming Languages, Design Patterns, EVE Online, Logic Problems, Strategy Games, Table-top Wargames, Swimming, Badminton, Golf, Snooker

Andy Gibson’s Groups:

Scottish Developers Committee Member

•    .NET People
•    BCS Membership Group
•    University of Dundee Alumni

Andy Gibson’s Honors:

European Computer Drivers License

Andy Gibson’s Contact Settings

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