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Nuts.co.uk / NME : IPCMedia
Nov 2009 – Apr 2010: Contract PHP Developer for IPCIgnite (part of IPCMedia) I was invited back to IPCMedia to help them with their ongoing Zend / Drupal integration, develop a photo moderation tool for Nuts and an image server for the NME rock photography project. Part of an Agile development team migrating enterprise CMS [...]
Sony Fantasy Festival: AltogetherDigital
Aug – Oct 2009 – Contract PHP Developer for Altogether Digital (part of http://www.theenginegroup.com) One of a team of developers working on Sony Fantasy Festival for Sony and last.fm – http://fantasyfestival.last.fm. Site developed using Zend Framework 1.9. Built an AMF gateway using Zend_Amf for Flash / PHP Communication. Developed graphing data classes and REST API. [...]
Whitelabel Microsite Framework: HomeServe
Sept 2008 – July 2009: Senior Freelance PHP Developer for HomeServe (http://www.homeserve.com). Re-architected a whitelabel system which enables HomeServe to resell their products through third-party branded websites such as http://partner.homeserve.com/anglianwater. Implemented a database-driven multistep form generator using OOP best practices. Liaised with Non-technical stakeholders, an external design agency and testing team. Owned all project stages [...]
Google Maps API : Orange Business Services
Nov 2007 – July 2008: Freelance PHP developer for Connect-Spot (now Connection Services), a provider of wireless services and web media solutions. Implemented a Geocoding service in PHP to convert postcodes to LAT/LONG values for display as markers and overlays on Google Maps. Combined or ‘mashed’ these results with proprietary data to display venue information [...]
Google Maps Integration: BT Openzone
Nov 2007 – July 2008: Freelance PHP developer for Connect-Spot (now Connection Services), a provider of wireless services and web media solutions. Implemented a Geocoding service in PHP to convert postcodes to LAT/LONG values for display as markers and overlays on Google Maps. Combined or ‘mashed’ these results with proprietary data to display venue information [...]
Custom CMS Module: NME.com
Oct – Dec 2006: Freelance PHP developer for IPCMedia Lead developer on the clubnme section at NME.com, Europe’s most successful music website with 15 million page impressions per month and 1.2 million unique users. Architected and built a custom CMS module. Technologies: PHP 5, MySQL, AJAX, HTML/CSS.
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