Senior Practice Consultant at EMC Consulting
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Senior Technical Consultant at Conchango
- Senior Practice Consultant at EMC Computer Systems
- Past
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- Senior Technical Lead / Architect at London Underground
- Technical Lead / Architect at Pearson
- Consultant Developer at M & C Saatchi
- Consultant Developer at FFastFill
- Web Applications Manager at EMC
- Consultant – Web Services and Advanced Systems at Data General
- Operations Analyst at BSS Group PLC
- Education
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- University of Nottingham
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Stuart Harris’s Summary
Stuart is a highly skilled and dynamic (C#, .Net) Developer, Technical Lead and Architect with more than 10 years commercial experience in Object- (and Service-) Oriented software design (20 years in IT). He is creative and quality-driven, implementing appropriate design patterns using agile methodologies, domain-driven design (DDD) and test/behaviour-driven development (TDD/BDD). He leads and mentors in all aspects of the agile software development life cycle.
For the past six years, Stuart has been leading large teams of developers, consistently delivering robust solutions on time and within budget. His strong leadership, coaching abilities and personal approach have allowed him to build capable teams with a culture of learning, productivity, quality and consistency.
Stuart has expert skills in modern enterprise software design and architecture. He constantly studies to keep abreast of emerging technologies giving him a keen ability to build solutions that are current and compatible with future innovation. This direction, together with his attention to detail and quality, ensure that the solutions he delivers exceed expectations and provide a good return on investment.
Stuart has worked with Microsoft at their Technology Centre in Reading to build two PoC projects in WPF – one for London Underground and the Windows Vista launch (Nov 2006), and one for Bob Geldof and the BBC (Dictionary of Man Project – Aug 2007).
Stuart Harris’s Specialties:
C# to 3.0, .Net to 3.5, LINQ, LINQ to SQL, WCF, WPF, OOP, SOA, ESB, Agile (XP), Patterns, BDD, TDD, Refactoring, CI, Visual Studio to 2008, Expression Blend 2, ReSharper, Subversion, NUnit, Team City, Target Process
Stuart Harris’s Experience
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Senior Technical Consultant
Conchango
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Senior Practice Consultant
EMC Computer Systems
(Public Company; EMC; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Senior Technical Lead / Architect
London Underground
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
June 2004 — June 2008 (4 years 1 month)
Technical lead for the Real Time Information Portfolio - 10 developers, 5 testers, 2 BAs. Interim Technical Design Authority/Architect. Interim Development Manager.
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Technical Lead / Architect
Pearson
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSO; Publishing industry)
May 2002 — May 2004 (2 years 1 month)
Team Lead - 10 developers building greenfield c# ERM system for book production
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Consultant Developer
M & C Saatchi
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
November 2001 — February 2002 (4 months)
Consultant Developer at eMC Saatchi (digital consultancy arm of M & C Saatchi)
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Consultant Developer
FFastFill
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; FFA; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 4 months)
Building web based trading application for futures and options on 13 electronic derivatives markets.
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Web Applications Manager
EMC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EMC; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1999 — July 2000 (1 year 7 months)
Intranet, Extranet, E-Commerce, Business Process Automation
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Consultant – Web Services and Advanced Systems
Data General
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DGN; Computer Hardware industry)
August 1992 — January 1999 (6 years 6 months)
Intranet, Internet, Extranet, E-Commerce. Windows, UNIX
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Operations Analyst
BSS Group PLC
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BTSM; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
January 1988 — August 1992 (4 years 8 months)
DG/UX, UNIX
Stuart Harris’s Education
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University of Nottingham
2:1 Hons , Agriculture , 1984 — 1987
- Activities and Societies:
- Students Union, Amateur Dramatics
Additional Information
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Stuart Harris’s Groups:
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Silverlight UK User Group
Stuart Harris’s Contact Settings
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