Patrick McAndrew

Near Queens Road Peckham Station, London SE15

Phone: 0203 355 0507

Email: consulting@urgsystems.com

Online portfolio: /projects.aspx (demo / d3m0)

1. Career profile

   A senior IT professional with a strong background in web and win form development as well as windows and linux network admin seeking a contract role in London.

    

2. Key skills and qualifications

• BSc Computer Science
• Web & Application development in ASP/.NET, C#, and SQL
• Network administration experience with Windows and Linux

1. Career history

   Untitled (London, UK) Senior Developer (Contract)

   May - Jun 2011

• Key Skills: .net 4.0 Web Forms, Umbraco 4.7, MySQL
• Implemented Amex B2B FX Exchange website (based on existing B2C) requiring refactoring of UltraPos Api code, adding unit tests, & rewriting Javascript Ajax libraries

   

Haygarth (London, UK) Senior Developer (Contract)

Jan - May 2011

• Key Skills: .net 3.5 Web Forms, Umbraco 4.5, SQL Server 2005
• Implemented several new modules with custom backend Umbraco integration including "Ask Our Nutrionist", Polls, and Videos
• Refactored code and added Unit & Selenium Testing
• Maintained Heinz Baby UK website and performed basic SEO

Greenwich Leisure (London, UK) Developer (Contract)

Sept - Nov 2010

• Key Skills: .net 3.5 Web Forms, SQL Server 2005
• Implemented Phase III of custom Asp.Net web application including migration to Asp Membership Provider and Entity Framework

Blueview Group (London, UK) Developer (Contract)

Aug - Sept 2010

• Key Skills: Umbraco 4.5, .net 4.0 Web Forms, SQL Server 2005
• Implemented and deployed several Umbraco websites
• Maintenance work on legacy Asp CMS System

freeform.London (London, UK) Senior Developer (Contract)

Jun - Aug 2010

• Key Skills: .net 3.5 Web Forms, .net 4.0 Win Forms, SQL Server 2008R2
• Designed and implemented website to index, search and display PDF files
• Imported data feeds from various sources into SQL Server
• Created sync app from Azure to SQL Server using MS Sync Framework

Citrix (Cambourne, UK) Senior Developer (Contract)

Mar - Apr 2010

• Key Skills: .net 3.5 service, SQL Server 2008, WCF, Agile
• Implemented Powershell commandlets with WCF integration for ZenDesktop

Orbus Software (London, UK) Developer (Contract)

Oct 2009- Jan 2010

• Key Skills: .net 3.5 Web Forms, SQL Server 2008, Umbraco, WCF
• Migrated website from PHP to Umbraco CMS
• Developed custom Umbraco Package (dynamic question/answer/responses)
• Created sync application between Umbraco and Microsoft CRM

Reach-Data (Radlett, UK) Senior Developer (Permanent)

Mar - Oct 2009

• Key Skills: .net 3.5 Web/Win/service, SQL Server 2008, WCF, MSMQ, Agile
• Administered Linux and Windows servers + implemented various services (Monitoring, Source Control, Wiki, Active Directory)
• Designed and partially implemented a distributed SMPP system using C#, MSMQ, Asp.Net, web services and replicated databases (MSSQL)
• Released white label SMS website (txtkwik.com)

   

1. Previous Roles include

• Contract Senior Developer at Rockshore (2008)
• Contract Developer at Orbus Software (2008)
• Contract Systems Programmer at Ace (2007)
• Contract Lead Web Developer at JustRingRing (2006/2007)
• Permanent Developer at Christopher Little Literary Agency (2005/2006)
• Permanent Web Developer at DataFort (2004/5)

1. Education

2. BSc Computer Science

   Georgia Institute of Technology 1996-1998, 2000-2003

    

   International Baccalaureate Diploma

   Atlanta International School 1993-1995

   Higher levels (equivalent to A levels): Biology, History, Mathematics, & English

    

3. Certifications

4. MCPD: Web Developer 4; MCTS: .Net Framework 4 (Web Applications) & .Net Framework 3.5 (Window Forms Applications); Umbraco Certified Professional (Level 1 & 2)

    

5. Memberships

6. ACM; British Computer Society; IEEE; IEEE Computer Society; ACCU

7. Selected Conferences Attended

   SQLBits 7 & 8 (2010-11); DDD 8a (2010), Codegarden 10 & 11 (2010-11); web 2.0 Expo (2010); VBUG 11 (2008)

    

8. Personal details

    

   Date of birth:        August 1977

   Driving License:     Full, clean

   Interests:    Cycling and Travel

   Nationalities:    British, American

    

    

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9. Numbers inside () indicate approximate years of experience.

10. Font style indicates strength level (bold = strong; normal = average; italics = basic)

     

• Languages: SQL (9.25), HTML (9.25), TSQL (9), JavaScript (8.75), DHTML (8.75), CSS (8.75), Batch & Shell Scripts (8.5), .Net Framework 1.0 to 4.0 (5.5), C# (5.5), ASP.Net (5.25), XML (5), ASP (4.5), Visual Basic 6.0 (4.25), WScript/VBScript (3.5), COM (3.5), Perl (3.5), XLST (3.25), CFML 3.1 to 6.1/MX (2.75), Ajax (2.5), PHP [Only Maintenance] (2), WMI (1.5), Jscript(1), Silverlight (0.75), DTS (0.5), Java (0.5), SSIS (0.25), PL/SQL (0.25)
• Development Software: SourceSafe (5.5), MS Visual Studio .NET 2003 to 2010 (5.5), MS Visual Interdev (3), Eventum (3), Tortoise (2.75), Gimp (1.75), Crystal Reports XI (1), Trac (1), Firebug (0.75), Vault (0.5), Ontime 2007 (0.5), Cruise Control (0.5), NAnt (0.5), Perforce (0.25), NCover (0.25), MS TFS (0.25)
• Libraries: Linq [-Objects, -SQL, -Umbraco] (3), MSMQ (2.5), MS Enterprise Library (2.25), Log4Net (2), Ecommerce Payment Gateways (1.75), ManagedWinApi (1.5), ASP.Net Membership (2), NUnit (1.75), NMock (1), SQLite (1), WCF (1), Telerik Asp.Net Ajax (1.25), Ajax Control Toolkit (1), RhinoMocks (1), jQuery (1), NHibernate (0.5), csdialup (0.5), HardwareHelperLib (0.5), ManagedPipe (0.5), Zedgraph (0.5), NeatUpload (0.5), Ado Entity Framework (0.5), Selenium (0.5), JQuery Ajax, MS Sync Framework (0.25), jScrollPane (0.25), FancyBox (0.25), DevExpress Ajax Controls (0.25), JQuery Tools (0.25) Flowplayer (0.25), JW Player (0.25), UltraPos API (0.25)
• Client Software: MS Office 95 to 2007 (9.75), Antivirus McAfee, Symantec, AVG, Avira & Norton (8.75), Goldmine (2), Sage (0.5), OpenOffice (0.5), QuickBooks (0.25)
• System Software: MS SQL Server 6.5 to 2008R2 (9), MS IIS 4.0 to 7.0 (9), MS VSS (5.25), MRTG (3.5), ArcServe 6.0 Novell & 6.5 NT (3), MS Exchange 5.5 & 2003 (3), Cold Fusion Server 3.1 to 6.1/MX (2.75), Subversion / Collabnet (2.25), Allaire Forums (2), Verity (2), Sitescope (2), Nagios (2), Umbraco 4.0-4.7 (1.25), MySQL (1.25), Apache (1.25), NTCronD (1), Opalis Robot (1), MS ISA Server (1), Postgres 7.4 (1), hMailServer (1), Backup Exec (0.5), Oracle 8i (0.25), MS CRM (0.25), XenServer (0.25), Postfix (0.25), Teamviewer (0.25)
• Operating Systems: Windows 3.1 to 7 (10.25), Windows Server NT to 2008 (8.5), Linux (5.25), Novell 3.12 & 4.11 (1), MS DOS (1), Amazon AWS (0.25)
• Networking: TCP/IP (10.25), FTP (9.75), SMTP (8), DNS (8), Ethernet 10/100 (7), DHCP (7), WINS (5.25), SSL (4.75), VPN (4), DS-1/T1 & DS-3/T3 (2.75), SNMP (2.5), WLAN (2), DSL (1.25), IPX (1),
• Hardware: Routers/Switches/Hubs Cisco & 3-COM (7.5), PC's (5.75), RAID (3.5), Cisco Local Director (1), Compaq Servers (1), Cisco PIX (0.5), Dell Servers (0.5)