
Business Analyst and Web Developer
London, United Kingdom

Business Analyst and Web Developer
London, United Kingdom
An experienced digital Project Manager and Business Analyst.
Using Agile development methodologies and formal analysis techniques I manage the software development life cycle. I have an appreciation for web application frameworks that make use of reusable and pluggable components.
Particularly interested Linux Ubuntu and Open Source software development.
Project Management:
Management of the scope, budget, and project development life cycle.
Using Agile management my goal is to encourage a spirit of collaboration within the development team.
Business Analysis Skills:
Development of Functional Specifications including CRUD diagrams, process flows and wireframes.
Information Technology Skills:
Web development using Subversion, Bugzilla, LAMP
Competency across Microsoft Office Professional Suite, MS Project, MS Visio.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)
This role required the management of web development teams and analysis of the TLC digital development process.
Using Agile development methodology I managed the daily build of multiple web sites. The the development took place on a LAMP technology stack.
Initial workshops on the TLC business processes lead to documentation describing an enhanced process flow. This documentation was made available through an internal WIKI .This ensured that all stakeholders were able to contribute and take ownership.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Environmental Services industry)
October 2007 — January 2008 (4 months)
Functional Specification and code assessment of an existing website for Monkey World.
Tenders were invited from agencies making use of the following technologies:
Django, Ruby on Rails, Drupal, Joomla
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2007 — September 2007 (3 months)
Technical Project Manager managing teams working on the following accounts within Dare: Vodafone 'Second Life' and 'UEFA' campaign sites, Sony Ericsson 'Cybershot' campaign site. ITV 'Belle de Jour Facebook application'.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)
April 2007 — June 2007 (3 months)
Specification of an Electronic Program Guide for web and mobile devices. Functional specifications were developed through system analysis and requirements gathering workshops.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2007 — April 2007 (3 months)
Delivery of the General Motors Europe Search Engine Marketing campaign. The project included 23 markets and combined Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Pay per click (PPC) to maximise search results.
Delivery of a Yahoo Flickr Web 2.0 mashup for the Opel Vauxhall account.
This campaign focused on the new panoramic windscreen of the Astra GTC.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2006 — January 2007 (3 months)
As a Freelance Producer for KLP I worked on the Nokia, and Teachers Development Agency accounts.
The work included the development of flash movies, online events email newsletters, SMS, web reports.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2006 — November 2006 (5 months)
As a Project Manager for ARC World Wide I managed the development of the 'Tesco Sport for Schools and Clubs' and 'Hewitt Graduate Recruitment' web sites.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — May 2006 (8 years)
Diploma in Business Analysis, Business Analysis, 2001 — 2002
B.Econ, Economics, Business Economics, Marketing, Industrial Psychology, 1991 — 1993
Intentional social networks, open source technology, new economics, travel in third world countries, mountaineering, snowboarding, surfing, wildlife, passionate conversations over long lunches,
Cape Linux User Group