Alan Smith

Harry Spink

Web Developer

Personal Profile

I am a highly driven, dedicated and ambitious Web Developer based in Bristol. I am used to working in a high pressure environment, working closely with colleagues and leading small and large teams to meet and exceed objectives and targets. I specialise in working with Drupal 6 and 7 and push myself to excel and deliver great results for my employer.

Work Experience

Technical Director at Sandbox Media

August 2012 - Present

Sandbox Media are a Bristol based web development agency which specialise at creating beautiful websites with complex back-ends.

Technical Director at Hosting Dept

Current

Hosting Dept are specialist providers of managed web hosting and VPS solutions.

My job within Hosting Dept is to ensure the networks in Scotland and London run efficiently.

Senior / Lead developer at Ember Interactive

August 2011 - August 2012

Leading a team of developers to create Drupal websites and HTML based mobile apps.

Senior developer at Commcam

December 2010 - August 2011

Using their in-house framework I created websites for auto part distributors that integrated with their back office system K8. As well as developing websites I managed their server infrastructure and VPN.

Drupal developer at Sift Groups

2010 - 2010

Building websites using Drupal 5, 6 and 7. I specialised at integrating websites with third party applications and payment gateways.

Developer at Commcam

2009 - 2010

Using their in-house framework I created websites for distributors that integrated with their back office system K8.

Web developer at Bray Leino

2008 - 2009

As a web developer at Bray Leino I created dynamic websites using ASP .NET / HTML / CSS / JavaScript. I worked on projects for many large corporations.

Historical activites

October 2004 - December 2006

Between 2004 and 2008 I was active in many online communities creating open source modules in PHP for different software applications used by thousands of companies.

Freelance Work

Ember Interactive

Since leaving Ember Interactive I have continued to do work for them on a Freelance basis.

www.cantfindintheshops.com

2011

Can't Find in the Shops wanted a website to replace their current site which was in development. They had the design and functionality document complete. I was tasked with building the website to those specifications.

Key Skills

  • PHP
  • HTML
  • SQL
  • Javascript
  • Drupal 6
  • Drupal 7
  • CodeIgniter
  • Titanium
  • Linux

Education

Open University

Degree in Computing

Starting this year I will begin studying for a BSc in Computing & IT through the Open University. The course lasts 3 years and will be taken studied for in my spare time.

Somerset College of Arts and Technology

BTEC National Diploma IT General

Between 2006 and 2008 I studied "Technology" at Somerset college. The course focused on development of software and hardware.