About Me
.Net Software Developer with over 16 years of experience writing software.
Father of 2, who enjoys mountain biking, walking, and spending time with family.
Where I started
Fresh from uni at Sheffield Hallam, I started working for a company as a Software Developer writing embedded C++ for set-top boxes for satellite TV.
Here I got my first taste of enterprise software development, code-review processes, testing, and working as part of a software team.
C++ ALM
Levelling up
From here I moved to a manufacturing firm and wrote and maintained a variety of software ranging from Windows Services, ASP.NET MVC Web Apps & Windows Forms. Most of the code here was VB6 or VB.Net, but this is also where I got my first taste of C# and I have never looked back!
I spent quite a lot of time here, and after starting as a Analyst Programmer, I progressed to Team Leader and lead a small team creating the company’s customer portal and asset management software. This is also where I first dipped my toes into DevOps and created build and deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps (VSTS back then) and Octopus Deploy. Check out the Projects page for more info on what I did here.
VB6 VB.NET ASP.NET MVC OData C# Javascript Devops T-SQL TFS
Moving on
I then joined a large retail firm as a Senior Developer, working within a team responsible for software running the operations in the warehouses. Here I’d like to think I made a big contribution in bringing my existing DevOps knowledge to help the teams update their manual build & deployment process. I led the way in migrating source control away from TFS to git to help streamline DevOps practices, and also started using Azure, and began my path to becoming certified. Having successfully delivered a number of Projects, I was promoted to Lead Developer, this means I have slightly less time to write code and focus more on architecture and mentoring, but I still have a love for technology and continue to expand my skills.
C# ASP.NET Core Angular Blazor Web Api Azure IaaS/PaaS Azure Service Bus Azure Cosmos DB Git MicroServices
Architecting
After 4 years as a Lead Developer, I then progressed into an Application Architect role responsible for assisting teams with better ways of working, aligning standards, and guidance toward appropriate solutions.
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