Neil Blakey-Milner

Current

Lead Architect at Yola

Past

Python Specialist Developer at CareerJunction
Lead developer at KnowledgeTree
Lead developer at Independent Online

Senior Systems Developer at iTouch
Systems Administrator and Security Officer at Sunesi Clinical Systems

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Education

Rhodes University

Recommended

9 people have recommended Neil

Connections

256 connections

Industry

Computer Software

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Neil Blakey-Milner’s Summary

Open Source systems developer and security specialist, particularly interested in high-performance and scalability.

Neil Blakey-Milner’s Specialties:

Open Source, Security, performance tuning, web scalability, web development, databases

Neil Blakey-Milner’s Experience

Lead Architect

Yola

(Internet industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Python Specialist Developer

CareerJunction

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Human Resources industry)

January 2007 — November 2007 (11 months)

Develop new web applications in Python, and migrate existing applications to Python.
Lead developer

KnowledgeTree

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

August 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 5 months)

Architect and lead developer for the KnowledgeTree Document Management System.
Lead developer

Independent Online

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

June 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 3 months)

Performance tuning, new features, refactoring, writing frameworks, leading development team, coaching.
Senior Systems Developer

iTouch

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

April 2001 — June 2003 (2 years 3 months)

Development of group-wide failover firewall/VPN, maintenance of firewalls and group systems, advised on group security and network issues
Systems Administrator and Security Officer

Sunesi Clinical Systems

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Medical Devices industry)

November 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for patient privacy procedures, Internet security, administration of systems, B2B and B2C portals, liaising with external auditors

Neil Blakey-Milner’s Education

Rhodes University

BSc , Computer Science, Information Systems , February 1997 — November 1999

Activities and Societies:

Committee Member of Rhodes University Computer Users' Society

Additional Information

Neil Blakey-Milner’s Websites:

Neil Blakey-Milner’s Groups:

Linux Professional's Association (LPA), Internet Society of South Africa (ISOC.za), The Hivemind, Cape Linux User Group (CLUG), Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA), GeekDinner, StarCamp, Hivemind