Rik Hemsley

Current

• Senior Developer at Safeware Quasar

Past

• Software Developer at theKompany.com
• Software Developer at KDE Project
• Software Developer at Experian

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Education

• University of Nottingham

Connections

13 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Rik Hemsley’s Summary

Agile, test-driven developer currently using .NET (Windows.Forms and ASP.NET) and Ruby. Linux, Qt and C++ experience.

Rik Hemsley’s Specialties:

Agile, Test-driven, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Windows.Forms, VB6, C++, Qt, Ruby

Rik Hemsley’s Experience

• Senior Developer

  Safeware Quasar

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  Part of, sole developer of, or design/technical lead on, multifarious projects, targetting all versions of Windows, .NET and SQL Server. Code in C#, VB.NET, VB6 and Ruby. Designed and built new products, maintained old products and brought up to date with .NET wrappers and ports. Agile and test-driven where possible.

• Software Developer

  theKompany.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years )

  Designed and implemented a full-featured mail client for the Sharp Zaurus PDA with POP, IMAP and SSL support. Also worked on addressbook component of Aethera, a groupware client.

• Software Developer

  KDE Project

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 2002 (4 years )

  Designed and developed web server (for sharing files over HTTP), various utilities, developed core libraries (kdelibs), maintainer of KDE-PIM project, worked on graphics, provided enhancements in all areas. Provided developer support.

• Software Developer

  Experian

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; EXPN; Information Services industry)

  1996 — 1997 (1 year )

  Part-time work used to finance degree.
  
  Worked alone on a project to deliver a front-end to a database used by the marketing department. This involved database design, UI design and programming, using Access Basic and SQL.

Rik Hemsley’s Education

• University of Nottingham

  1994 — 1997

Additional Information

Rik Hemsley’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Rik Hemsley’s Interests:

Quality software development, acoustic guitar in various styles

Rik Hemsley’s Groups:

•    Senior .NET Developers
•    C# Developers / Architects
•    ASP.NET MVC professional

Rik Hemsley’s Contact Settings

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