Jun 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Sheffield, England, United Kingdom · On-site

• All things AI in Sheffield. We put on talks for software developers, product managers, designers, entrepreneurs, and anyone with an interest in how AI is being used to build the next generation of software tools.

Dec 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs · Wakefield, United Kingdom

• Providing direct feedback to the management regarding team progression and project status. Remaining in a hands-on development role using PHP (vanilla, custom framework and Laravel), MySQL, MariaDB, JavaScript, CSS, VueJS, Cordova, Capacitor, Swift, NodeJS, AWS, GIT. Management of the existing development team both front end and backend as well assisting in the expansion of the team. Implemented version control for legacy, existing and new projects. Provided cost savings by migrating to Amazon SES.
• Expanding Services - Building a live streaming server for use in sports using NodeJS, RTMP, Nginx, Express and JavaScript.
• Best practice - Providing boiler plate code to ease friction on new projects as well as setting firm company best practice and standards.
• Team productivity – Introduced project management software to aid collaboration and accountability as well as high visibility.
• Challenging times – Built a subscription service using Stripe for sports clubs to use during the COVID-19 lockdown, 1 club alone raised over £12,000 in a couple of days.

Sep 2017 – Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Barnsley, United Kingdom

• Leading with a small development team and additional remote freelancers to build SaaS products for education and sports sectors. Utilising PHP as the backend and VueJS as the frontend in a SPA/REST configuration. Reducing client costs through software efficiency. Redeveloping legacy education software and managing the migration and roll out to education establishments throughout the UK as well as a large Multi Academy Trust based in the south of England.
• Expanding - Growing the client base through recommendations and being a provider to half of the RFL Super League and a quarter of the RFL Championship within the first 2 years.
• New technologies – Built a mobile and tablet sports app for Android and iOS using PHP REST API, VueJS Frontend and Cordova which received over 3,000 in the first day.

Feb 2016 – Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Barnsley, United Kingdom

• Working with a local professional Rugby League club in the Super League to develop a suite of software for use in the sports industry. The software is in use throughout the Super League and Championship within rugby league, it includes:
• Ticket management –
• o Back office sales and analysis.
• o Ticket office match day sales with print on demand utilising touch screen devices.
• o Bulk ticket printing for offline sales.
• o Season card management.
• o E-Ticket sales including print at home and scan on device.
• o Custom mobile scanning app for both iOS and Android with offline capabilities. This provides real time attendance data as well as securing the use of each individual ticket and season card.
• Video on Demand –
• o Using Vimeo as a video storage backend.
• o Allowing direct video uploads.
• o Back office management and analytics.
• o Configurable subscription types and intervals using Stripe payment gateway integration.
• Live Audio –
• o Using SHOUTcast to provide a subscription based live audio service for use as match day commentary.
• o Configurable subscription types and intervals using Stripe payment gateway integration.
• Online Sales –
• o Allowing simple products to be sold, mainly used to sell club magazines and merchandise.

Dec 2008 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Leeds, United Kingdom

Jan 2002 – Sep 2017 · 15 yrs 8 mos · Leeds, United Kingdom

• Managing a medium sized team of technical staff and their continuous development. Staying hands on and developing whilst also maintaining legacy software. Implementing and managing cloud servers as well as local servers. Meeting clients and writing specifications. Troubleshooting technical issues and refactoring to produce efficiencies of both cost and speed. Managing the implementation of local servers and network upgrades mainly to the education sector.

Feb 1999 – Jan 2002 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Feb 1998 – Feb 1999 · 1 yr