Pascal Opitz

Current

• Contractor PHP / Zend Framework / Kohana at Photobox
• Owner at ILikeCode Ltd

Past

• Contractor PHP / Zend Framework at Photobox
• Contractor UI Development at UKTV
• XSL / UI Developer at Opta Sportsdata

• Contractor UI Development at UKTV
• Contractor PHP Development at Pitch (now Playphone)
• Contractor UI Development at IVIS Group
• Web Developer at Redwire Design Ltd
• Web Developer at Recollective Ltd
• Junior Web Developer (Apprenticeship) at Leonhardt Multimedia
• Junior Web Developer (Apprenticeship) at Skileon AG
• Junior Web Developer (Apprenticeship) at High End Multimedia AG
• Placement Candidate Web Design at Cosa Logo GmbH

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Education

• Osz druck und medien, Berlin
• Gutenbergschule Frankfurt

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• ILikeCode
• Pascal Opitz
• Content with Style

Pascal Opitz’s Summary

I am a highly proficient web developer based in London, with more than 7 years of commercial experience and a good understanding of the full lifecycle of a web application.
The main focus of my work is PHP5 (OOP), MySQL and User Interface development, utilizing a variety of technologies such as JavaScript, AJAX, various JS libraries, XSL, distributed APIs, MVC Frameworks like Zend, Kohana or CakePHP and LINUX system tools.

Previous projects include Photobox, Team Oakley, William Hill Livescores, UKTV channel rebrands, Tesco, The Economist, BP Gas Operations, Sodexho, Robert Bosch GmbH, Unicef, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Eurohypo, Mainova and others.

Pascal Opitz’s Specialties:

PHP5, MySQL, Zend Framework, other PHP based MVC Frameworks, JavaScript, AJAX, JS libraries (mainly jQuery, but also Mootools, YUI, Prototype), (x)HTML, CSS, Subversion, Automated Testing, Content Management, Accessibility, XSL transformations, E-commerce

Pascal Opitz’s Experience

• Contractor PHP / Zend Framework / Kohana

  Photobox

  (Internet industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Working on Zend Framework based middleware as well as a Kohana based website that interfaces with remote JSON APIs.

• Owner

  ILikeCode Ltd

  (Internet industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

• Contractor PHP / Zend Framework

  Photobox

  (Printing industry)

  February 2009 — May 2009 (4 months)

• Contractor UI Development

  UKTV

  (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2009 — February 2009 (2 months)

• XSL / UI Developer

  Opta Sportsdata

  (Privately Held; Media Production industry)

  November 2008 — December 2008 (2 months)

• Contractor UI Development

  UKTV

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  June 2008 — October 2008 (5 months)

• Contractor PHP Development

  Pitch (now Playphone)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)

• Contractor UI Development

  IVIS Group

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2007 — December 2007 (8 months)

  During this contract I was exclusively working on the TESCO groceries website, one of the biggest online groceries website in the world.

• Web Developer

  Redwire Design Ltd

  (Internet industry)

  April 2005 — April 2007 (2 years 1 month)

• Web Developer

  Recollective Ltd

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

  February 2004 — March 2005 (1 year 2 months)

• Junior Web Developer (Apprenticeship)

  Leonhardt Multimedia

  (Internet industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

  Technically I wasn't actually employed at Leonhardt directly, but at the subsidiary company Skileon AG. However, I did loads of their work as well and therefore list it in my references.

• Junior Web Developer (Apprenticeship)

  Skileon AG

  (Internet industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

• Junior Web Developer (Apprenticeship)

  High End Multimedia AG

  (Internet industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year )

• Placement Candidate Web Design

  Cosa Logo GmbH

  (Internet industry)

  March 2001 — August 2001 (6 months)

Pascal Opitz’s Education

• Osz druck und medien, Berlin

  Mediengestalter fuer Digital- und Printmedien , Digital and Print Media , 2002 — 2004

  This was the last two years of my german apprenticeship "Mediengestalter fuer Digital- und Printmedien", which translates "media designer for digital and print media".
  A german apprenticeship consists of going to class for one day a week and vocational training during the other 4 days.
  
  I passed the final exam with distinction.

• Gutenbergschule Frankfurt

  Digital and Print Media 2001 — 2002

Additional Information

Pascal Opitz’s Websites:

• ILikeCode
• Pascal Opitz
• Content with Style

Pascal Opitz’s Interests:

Netaudio Culture, Martial Arts

Pascal Opitz’s Groups:

•    UKTV

Pascal Opitz’s Contact Settings

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