Nicholas Shiell
London Based Web Application Developer
Key Skills
- PHP
4.x – 5.4
- Symfony
1 & 2
- ZEND
1 & 2
- jQuery
JavaScript
- Linux
- Agile
- MySQL
Postgress
- Mercurial, Git
SVN
- Doctrine
1 & 2
- HTML5 & CSS
Twitter Bootstrap
- PHPUnit
- Python
Profile
I started coding HTML and CSS when I was 15 years old. I have watched web development grow from a cottage industry to a major business. I enjoy using new technologies and employing novel techniques and design patterns to my work. I am also passionate about art and enjoy consulting on projects involving creative use of software.
Recent Contracts
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Streamworks International
Nov 2012 – Feb 2013
[Agile Team]
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- Worked in a team that developed ruptly.tv for selling video feeds
- Used Twitter Bootstrap with Zend Forms for displaying forms elegantly
- Mentored other developers on how to write code that fits Zend2’s coding style
- Used Composer to find other code libraries on GitHub to include in the project
- Used MySQL Workbench’s diagram tool to build the database and PHP Entities
- Organised catch-up meetings with other developers
- Parsed annotations into project documentation with Doxygen
- Used Selenium2 inside a Virtual Machine for functional testing of ZEND forms
- Reviewed other developers code commits
- Discussed which features could be implemented in order to meet deadlines
- Wrote ZEND forms and entities using class abstraction to limit code duplication
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Ipsotek
Sept – Oct 2012
[Small Team]
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- Took ownership of an intranet site for monitoring surveillance video camera feeds
- Used JavaScript with jQuery for building complicated website frontend features
- Allowed operators to group surveillance cameras, and “snooze” false alerts
- Wrote code using sysmfony2 and Doctrine 2 with Unit tests for my code
- Wrote code for creating Postrgress databases - so that the app can install itself
- Provided consultation on system architecture and new features
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Kin Design
July – Aug 2012
[Support Role]
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- Supported a web app that displayed 3D videos of visitors at the Olympic park
- Stayed late in the evenings to make sure the app worked flawlessly
- Wrote a scheduler to provide XML data to a large LED screen at the Olympic park
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Lonres.com
Feb – June 2012
[Agile Team]
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- Worked in a scrum team that built a new lonres.com website
- Pair programmed using Python, SQLAlchamy, Celery and other python packages
- Wrote a PHP model to persist data through a Python/Django webservice
- Used jQuery UI and OO JavaScript to build a WYSIWYG template editor
- Ensured all work done had good test coverage to prevent regressions
- Reported to the Project Manager on progress of Jira tasks
- provided consulting on web development best practices to python developers
- Used elements of “eXtreme Programming”
- Gave time estimates work and provided retrospective feedback after each “sprint”
Older Contracts
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Whitewater
Oct – Nov 2011
[Agile Team]
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- Fixed bugs and added new features to a Symfony1.4 based fundraising platform
- Fixed bugs for “The British Heart Foundation” and “Maggie’s Cancer Centres” sites
- Wrote jQuery code to load data from a Symfony view using AJAX
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N3RD
Sept – Oct 2011
[Small Projects]
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- Built micro-site nutsaboutmobiles.com and setup a webserver to host the site
- Developed a “content unit” for Pierre Vacancies to be shown on partner sites
- Used Photoshop to crop images and provide consultation to management
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Kingston College
May – Aug 2011
[Support Role]
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- Redeveloped an enrolment system to run on IIS Webservers with ZEND framework
- Redeveloped code to generate PDFs and consult on the MVC design Patten
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Short Term Contract Roles
Oct 2010 – March 2011
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- Built facebook “like-gate” pages and consulted on using “SOAP” for TBG Media
- Wrote CRON scripts to fetch data and compiled documentation for Ideal Cruising
- Wrote valid HTML for pages for vCars used car dealer site
Permanent Roles
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Hachette Filipacchi
Nov 2009 – Sept 2010
[Agile Team]
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- Created new micro-sites using the ezPublish CMS
- Trained editors in making updates
- Refractored existing JavaScript code by turning them into jQuery plugins
- Wrote a taskboard intranet site for my team to manage SCRUM tasks
- Supported websites:
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LOVEFiLM
May 2009 – July 2009
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- Used Photoshop to enhance/crop images for use on their German website
- Ensured all work met WAI, xHTML, CSS standards
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Digivate
March 2008 – April 2009
[Agile Team]
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- Created e-commerce websites for mail order companies
- Logged into remote LINUX servers to do backups and deploy bug fixes
- Used Symfony to build a white label e-commerce website for future clients
- Supported websites:
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Earlier Roles
Aug 2003 – Dec 2007
[Freelance]
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- Created a WYSIWYG editor for a microsite for the Jewish Lads and Girls Brigade
- Developed a web-based questionnaire for the Institute of Biology
- Worked for a small design house designing vinyl signs for cars and shop-fronts
- Worked for NetecGC providing IT support for companies in London
- Created a system for storing 86,000 paper records for the Jewish Military Museum
- Created a bespoke touch-screen museum exhibit for the Jewish Military Museum
- Acted as the IT go-to-guy for The Association of Jewish Ex-servicemen and Women
Education
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Industry & Personal
2002 – 2013
[Training courses & personal work]
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- Had official training on eZ Publish CMS and brief training in Drupal
- I have a RackSpace server for production of personal work
- Had training using Linux and I Develop using a Ubuntu (and own a MacBook)
- Went to a SensioLabs conference for (Makers of Symfony)
- Met Fabien Potencier (createor of the Symfony project)
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Euro RSCG Skybridge
March 2002 – April 2002
[Internship]
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- I learnt how websites are developed in a team for business
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Epping Forest College
Sept 2001 – Aug 2003
[Btec National Diploma in Computing]
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- Studied 16 units (including: -
- Website Development
- Network Administration
- Systems Analysis
- Low Level Programming
)
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King Solomon High School
Aug 2001
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- AS Level:
- GCSEs:
- Art
- Science: Double Award (x2)
- Mathematics
- Electronics
