Derek Lawless

Current

Owner at Loop Solutions

Past

Software Developer at Perlico
Software Developer at 123.ie
Technical Lead at Newmedia

Senior Web Developer at Ionet Limited

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Education

Institute of Technology, Tallaght
Dublin Institute of Technology

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Derek Lawless’s Summary

I'm an experienced software developer based in Dublin, Ireland and have specialised in Web technologies for the last 10 years. I'm a Microsoft.NET and associated technologies stack expert.

I've worked with leading organisations including Vodafone, Toyota Ireland, o2, RTÉ, Lever Fabergé, Kerry Group, Independent Digital, and Enterprise Ireland - helping to realise their online projects.

I'm a veteran practitioner of web standards and web accessibility and was an early advocate of both practices in the Irish web industry.

Derek Lawless’s Specialties:

- Web/software application design and development
- Microsoft ASP.NET / ASP.NET MVC
- Microsoft.NET
- Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL
- XHTML, CSS, Ajax / ECMA/JavaScript, XML
- Web standards and accessibility
- Web usability and information architecture
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Derek Lawless’s Experience

Owner

Loop Solutions

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

I've worked on a number of interesting projects at Loop - notably the complete redevelopment of all of Toyota Ireland’s web sites in partnership with Newmedia. The project involved working with a legacy ASP.NET C# code-base to an extremely challenging schedule. The successfully delivered web sites were developed with ASP.NET 2.0 C#, Ajax, and SQL Server 2005.

The Toyota.ie web site has been awarded a 2008 Golden Spider Award.

I've also lectured on ASP.NET web and development and database design on a part-time basis in Senior College Dun Laoghaire.

I'm currently involved in the ongoing development of a customer portal for Ireland's largest mobile telecommunications company.
Software Developer

Perlico

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

2008 — 2009 (1 year )
Software Developer

123.ie

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
Technical Lead

Newmedia

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 5 months)

As technical lead I was responsible for overseeing all development-related activities and practices within Newmedia, as well as mentoring junior members of the development team.

In a client-facing role, I lead web projects and provided consultancy for clients including Toyota, RTÉ, o2, Meteor, EirGrid, Lynx, Alphyra, Tour America, and Cruise Holidays amongst others. The technologies used included ASP.NET 1.x and 2.0 C#, SQL Server 2000 and 2005, MySQL, and PHP 4.x (where dictated by client).

I was also responsible for the design and ongoing development of Newmedia’s ASP.NET C# CMS, Renewmedia.
Senior Web Developer

Ionet Limited

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2001 — February 2005 (4 years 1 month)

In a client-facing role, I lead web projects and provided consultancy for clients including United Drug, The Fulbright Commission, The Dublin European Institute, and Doyle Court Reporters.

Technologies used included ASP classic, SQL Server 2000, MySQL, and PHP 4.x.

Derek Lawless’s Education

Institute of Technology, Tallaght

MSc. , Distributed & Mobile Computing , 2008 — 2010 (expected)
Dublin Institute of Technology

BSc. , Information Technology , 2002 — 2006

Awarded first class honours.