
IT Manager at Fiji Times Limited
Fiji

IT Manager at Fiji Times Limited
Fiji
Web developer and designer. Expert (X)HTML and CSS coder, insistent on standards-based development and progressive enhancement techniques. Extensive backend development and database integration experience.
Comfortable with Python (with a preference for the Django framework), and ASP.NET (C# or VB.NET). Have also developed with or maintained systems in Lotus Domino, Perl, classic ASP and ColdFusion. Database exposure includes MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Sybase and Pervasive.
Major projects have included development public website and content management platform for www.airpacific.com (including GDS booking engine integration), 4 telephone directory services sites in Fiji and PNG (www.yellowpages.com.fj , www.whitepages.com.fj , www.yellowpages.com.pg , www.whitepages.com.pg), award-winning news and informational sites for Fiji's largest media company ( www.fijitimes.com , classifieds.fijitimes.com , www.sotiacentral.com , www.myfijiguide.com , www.1degree.com.fj ), and web-based applications for private sector and government organisations.
CIW Pro, MCAD on .NET 1.1
(Newspapers industry)
July 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Ongoing maintenance and development of http://fijitimes.com and http://classifieds.fijitimes.com. Launched http://myfijiguide.com, http://rugby.fijitimes.com, http://1degree.com.fj and http://www.sotiacentral.com. Analysis and support for all departments with infrastructure and software requirements. Planning and supervision of in-house software development. Supervision of daily IT operations.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
July 2006 — June 2007 (1 year)
Ongoing maintenance and development of http://fijitimes.com. Analysis and support for all departments with infrastructure and software requirements. Planning and supervision of in-house software development.
(Internet industry)
July 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 1 month)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; DGL; Internet industry)
July 2002 — July 2004 (2 years 1 month)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)
January 2002 — June 2002 (6 months)
Managed in-house technology requirements. Technical pre-sales, implementation, support for high-end network printers and POS solutions.
Standards-based web development, accessibility, CSS, unobtrusive javascript
ACM