Jamie McAllister

Current

Consultant at Northridge Solutions Ltd

Past

Technical Lead .NET at Atos Origin
Senior Software Developer at CIS
Senior Software Developer at Royal & SunAlliance

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Education

University of Liverpool
Sheffield Hallam University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Jamie McAllister’s Summary

Provision of web based solutions to clients in a wide variety of industries. Team player with excellent communication skills. Experienced in large scale ASP.NET solutions, with additional experience in non-traditional web content for mobile devices and Digital TV. Strong focus on MOSS 2007 solutions to provide web portals, multi-lingual publishing sites, and collaborative applications.

Jamie McAllister’s Specialties:

Agile Development, Client Facing, Requirement Gathering, Presentation Skills, Technical Design Documentation, Technical Approach Consultation, Problem Solving,

ASP.NET, C#, VB, SQL Server, Database Design, Sharepoint, MOSS 2007, WSS 3.0, AJAX, WPF / XAML, non-traditional web delivery; Mobile devices, Digital TV, MOSS Site Variations, MOSS Publishing Sites, CMS, WCM, ECM

Jamie McAllister’s Experience

Consultant

Northridge Solutions Ltd

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

November 2007 — Present (1 year)

Leveraging 12 years IT experience to design and develop bespoke software for client organisations. Specialising in Sharepoint and ASP.NET web/intranet/mobile solutions. Current focus on WSS 3.0 / MOSS 2007 configuration and development. Manchester based, UK mobile as required.

[Been having loads of fun with a Sharepoint portal that uses the site variations feature to deliver multilingual content to tens of countries for a FTSE 100 company. It is a challenging bit of technology to use on occasion, but once you get used to the quirks you realise it's an excellent feature to have available.]
Technical Lead .NET

Atos Origin

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ATO.PA; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2001 — November 2007 (6 years 10 months)

Involved in the design and development of bespoke software systems for a wide range of client organisations. Team lead, and technical lead positions. Specialising in .NET and web/intranet solutions.

[When there's a novel client problem that needs solving with a Microsoft platform, I'm often the guy who gets the opportunity to roll up my sleeves to do or to teach, or both. Never a dull moment as they say. Very excited by the developments coming out of Redmond these days. I can often be heard evangelising about the benefits of .NET or Sharepoint to collegues and clients.]
Senior Software Developer

CIS

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

January 2000 — February 2001 (1 year 2 months)

Development and maintenance of a three tier Motor Insurance Quotation system. Introduction of modern software development practise into the organisation.

[I had two really great mentors whilst at the company, one in management and one in software development. They helped me gain the knowledge and experience that I've since used to perform well in subsequent more demanding roles.]
Senior Software Developer

Royal & SunAlliance

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; RSA.L; Insurance industry)

October 1995 — January 2000 (4 years 4 months)

Provision of supporting software for the 'More Than' brand of direct insurance products. Database design authority for the underwriting reference data. Full life cycle experience in both batch and event driven software. Supervision and coaching of graduate trainees as software developers. Gained distinctions in the Chartered Insurance Institute exams P03 and P04.

[An ex-collegue tells me that my reference data engine for 'More Than' is still being used in anger. So, my work has been used to help literally millions of clients. Who could ask for more?]

Jamie McAllister’s Education

University of Liverpool

Science Teaching 1994 — 1995

This year really taught me how to present technical material to a (sometimes) hostile audience. Tens of lessons a week, taking care of the health and safety of my charges when the nasty chemicals or the electricity were on display. I was made of stronger steel after being tempered in this particular forge.
Sheffield Hallam University

BSc(Hons), Engineering Physics, 1990 — 1994

For academic study Physics was my one true love. It doesn't get any bigger or better and was immensely enjoyable.
The course included a rewarding 1-year full time position as a scientist at ICI ImageData, Manningtree, UK, researching novel laser printing techniques. Wouldn't change that year for the world, but it did make me realise that carving out a lifelong career in Physics wouldn't be the best direction for me.
If you're not cut out to be a great experimentalist or theorist either, it's time to be honest with yourself and do something else.