Simon Harriyott

Contract .NET Developer

Tonbridge, United Kingdom

Current
  • .NET Developer at Revenue Plus
  • Developer at Community Sites
  • Open Source Developer at OpenPlaques.org
  • Owner at Pleasant Development
  • Owner at MatchMatix
  • Founder at Sussex Geek Dinners
Past
  • Developer at KJR
  • Developer at Cubeworks
  • Software Consultant at Watford Football Club
  • Developer at Cubeworks
  • Senior Developer at Madgex
  • Web Developer at Friday-Ad
  • Developer at EurotaxGlass's
  • Developer at Glass's Information Services
  • Software Engineer at WS Atkins
  • Software Engineer at Boward Computer Services
  • Software Engineer at APV
  • Programmer at Geodetic
Education
  • University of Exeter
  • Lewes
  • Chailey
  • Fletching
Connections
395 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Simon Harriyott’s Summary

I'm an experienced software development contractor, specialising in C#, ASP.NET, WinForms and SQL Server, and working in the Sussex area. I love spending my days coding, grappling with technical problems and making well thought out software that's a pleasure to use.

Simon Harriyott’s Specialties:

Project processes, such as build machines, wikis, tool development and code generation.

Sports analysis software and consultancy.


Simon Harriyott’s Experience

  • .NET Developer

    Revenue Plus

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    July 2009Present (1 month)

  • Developer

    Community Sites

    (Computer Software industry)

    June 2009Present (2 months)

  • Open Source Developer

    OpenPlaques.org

    (Civic & Social Organization industry)

    May 2009Present (3 months)

    I'm a contributor to the Open Plaques project, which aims to catalogue and display photos of commemorative plaques found on buildings. The code is written in Ruby on Rails. As well as writing code, I've been curating plaques on the site; photographing, geo-coding and transcribing.

  • Owner

    Pleasant Development

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

    February 2007Present (2 years 6 months)

    I am a software consultant specialising in .NET development, both ASP.NET and Windows Forms, with XML and SQL Server. I work on a freelance or contract basis.

  • Owner

    MatchMatix

    (Sports industry)

    July 2006Present (3 years 1 month)

    I'm writing MatchMatix, an advanced sports analysis software package which creates live, real-time reports. As well as collecting statistics on individual events, data on sequences of events can be analysed - a first for sports analysis software.

  • Founder

    Sussex Geek Dinners

    (Non-Profit; Myself Only; Events Services industry)

    February 2005Present (4 years 6 months)

    I started Sussex Geek Dinners to bring people together to talk about technical things over some food, as many people don't have other technical people in their family or friendship groups.

    The evenings start with a guest speaker talking on a technical subject, followed by a buffet, and a couple of hours to socialise with other programmers, web developers, system administrators, students and anyone else with an interest in computers, gadgets and the internet.

  • Developer

    KJR

    (Computer Software industry)

    October 2008April 2009 (7 months)

  • Developer

    Cubeworks

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    August 2008November 2008 (4 months)

  • Software Consultant

    Watford Football Club

    (Sports industry)

    January 2008August 2008 (8 months)

    Integrating MatchMatix, my own sports analysis software product, into Watford FC's analysis infrastructure.

  • Developer

    Cubeworks

    (Internet industry)

    October 2007January 2008 (4 months)

    Contract web development for client websites and the company's own content management system.

  • Senior Developer

    Madgex

    (Internet industry)

    August 2007October 2007 (3 months)

    I worked on a .NET 2.0 job board website, integrating the .NET back-end with HTML and CSS for customisable themes. I also added a web service to another job site.

  • Web Developer

    Friday-Ad

    (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

    March 2007July 2007 (5 months)

    A short-term contract ASP.NET developer working on a car classified ads website.

  • Developer

    EurotaxGlass's

    (Computer Software industry)

    November 2004March 2007 (2 years 5 months)

    I was part of a team working on a Windows Forms application for the car insurance industry, using C#, SQL Server and XML. I set up a daily build machine using MSBuild to improve the build process and reduce bugs. I set up a wiki for the team to make communication easier and documentation less frustrating.

    I also wrote a reusable web framework using ASP.NET 2.0, incorporating some of the new features, such as master pages.

  • Developer

    Glass's Information Services

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)

    November 2004March 2007 (2 years 5 months)

  • Software Engineer

    WS Atkins

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    20012004 (3 years)

  • Software Engineer

    Boward Computer Services

    (Computer Software industry)

    19982001 (3 years)

  • Software Engineer

    APV

    (Computer Software industry)

    19971998 (1 year)

  • Programmer

    Geodetic

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    November 1995November 1996 (1 year 1 month)


Simon Harriyott’s Education

  • University of Exeter

    BSc (Hons) , Computer Science , 19921995

  • Lewes

    19891992

  • Chailey

    19841989

  • Fletching

    19771984


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