Stuart Cam

C# .NET Consultant / Developer / Entrepreneur

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Industry: Computer Software

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Stuart Cam's Overview

Current

Co-founder at Nebius Ltd / Lead Magpie
C# .NET Consultant / Developer at Codebrain

Past

Senior .NET Developer at Principality Building Society
Senior .NET Developer at Northgate Information Solutions
Senior .NET Developer at Amnesia Razorfish

Co-Founder / Senior Developer at Cholo Consultancy Ltd
Software Developer at OD2
New Media Developer at BSMG

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I am a motivated, disciplined and professional individual who enjoys complex problem solving and technical challenges.

I take my responsibilities and accountability on projects very seriously and always strive for the best possible outcome in any given situation. I would like to think that I am able to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients in all circumstances. I am able to lead a team towards a common goal as well as work alone using my own initiative.

I firmly believe that relationships are built on trust, integrity and performance. In the end it’s results that count. I have many clients who readily contact me with repeat business and recommend my services to others.

I have a passion for software development which I believe is evident in all of my work, both inside and outside of the office. I enjoy continually learning, building on my skills and remaining up-to-date with industry developments. I attend conferences and user groups and enjoy sharing my experience and passion for software with others.

I am in good physical condition, enjoy life and have a healthy sense of humour.

Specialties

C#, .NET, .NET Framework, ASP.NET, NAnt, NUnit, NHibernate, Castle Windsor, CruiseControl, Subversion, Log4Net, ReSharper, SQL Server, SOA Architecture, Design Patterns, TDD, DDD, Agile, SCRUM, XP, DHTML, CSS, jQuery, XML, SMPP

Co-founder

Nebius Ltd / Lead Magpie

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry

June 2010 – Present (2 years) Bristol, United Kingdom

Lead Magpie is an online marketplace for high quality, real-time UK mortgage leads.

The aim of Lead Magpie is to differentiate itself from the competition by operating a fair pricing policy and providing its customers with total flexibility in the selection of leads they are interested in.

Lead Magpie operates by entering leads in an eBay-style auction where the highest bidder wins the lead. Leads are automatically checked for invalid data and are delivered within seconds via e-mail and text message. All leads have given their true express consent to be contacted and full refunds are offered for invalid leads.

C# .NET Consultant / Developer

Codebrain

December 2005 – Present (6 years 6 months) Bristol, United Kingdom

Codebrain is small IT consultancy which develops bespoke software for businesses using the latest Microsoft technologies.

Senior .NET Developer

Principality Building Society

Financial Services industry

September 2011 – March 2012 (7 months) Cardiff, United Kingdom

Implementing forbearance activity reporting for delinquent mortgage accounts. The goal is to ensure the society is adhering to FSA guidelines on managing repayment difficulties with customers.

Working with the arrears management team, mainframe team and business change department to ensure the IT deliverable is fit for purpose.

Developing primarily in C# ASP.NET Webforms MVP with unit testing and TFS.

Senior .NET Developer

Northgate Information Solutions

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

September 2009 – June 2010 (10 months) Bristol, United Kingdom

Northgate is the primary software solution provider for PentiP, a national Police system designed to streamline fixed penalty notice processing and enable information sharing between forces. PentiP is a high-profile government-funded project with a £20m budget. Due to the nature of the system I was security cleared for access to restricted information.

Senior .NET Developer

Amnesia Razorfish

Public Company; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry

July 2008 – November 2008 (5 months) Sydney Area, Australia

Razorfish is the world’s largest digital agency and has won numerous international awards for its work. I was involved with two projects in the Sydney studio:

- MSN Friend Magnet – Senior .NET Developer

Design & development of a high-profile web game designed to increase the number of registered MSN Messenger users.

I was solely responsible for the design and development of a prize engine service, which was audited by the many different Gaming and Gambling boards across Australia. I also made considerable contribution to the back-end game code and implemented a repeatable build and deployment system for the overall project.

Friend Magnet was the first commercial internet game to use the Windows Messenger API. It was a huge success for MSN, with several million games played. The prize engine service ran without error or interruption, servicing over 10 million game play requests.

- Channel [V] – Technical Lead / Senior .NET Developer

Channel [V] is a subscription television station which broadcasts music video content to several million homes across Australian.

My role as Technical lead was to architect the overall solution and to provide leadership and technical problem-solving abilities within the development team. My client-facing responsibilities included running requirements workshops and supervising sprint meetings. I prepared and conducted technical interviews and recruited 4 developers. I supervised and led 3 other C# developers, an AJAX developer, 2 flash developers and liaised with 4 non-technical staff.

I contributed significantly in the education and adoption of agile development methodologies. I introduced the Scrum framework for the project, winning ‘Employee of the Month’ in the process.

Co-Founder / Senior Developer

Cholo Consultancy Ltd

November 2002 – December 2005 (3 years 2 months)

Cholo Consultancy was a young and vibrant software development consultancy that I co-founded with two other developers. My role in leading the company strengthened my motivation, discipline and business acumen. Our first 15 month turnover exceeded £160k, with all business originating from client referrals. My responsibilities included:

- Requirements gathering, specification, design, development and delivery of numerous software solutions
- Research and development into cutting-edge technologies
- Management of sub-contracted developers, including prioritisation and task delegation
- Financial planning, payroll and accounting

Software Developer

OD2

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry

October 2000 – November 2002 (2 years 2 months)

OD2 is Europe’s #1 supplier of white-label digital music platforms, acquired by Nokia in 2006 for USD $60m.
My primary role was to develop the core e-commerce and distribution services. My responsibilities included:

• Design, development and maintenance of the white-label e-commerce platform and supporting sub-systems
• Research and development into relevant web and digital media technologies
• Code and architecture optimisation for high-performance and high-availability websites
• Interviewing, selecting and training additional developers
• Integrating the platform with high profile partners, including; MSN, BT, Virgin and Blueyonder

It was very rewarding to work within a team of talented developers on the cutting-edge. I gained invaluable knowledge and experience in developing enterprise applications and the myriad of complex issues involved.