12 Craneford Close
Twickenham, Middlesex TW2 7SD
Tel: 07527 155170
jim@jimohara.com
www.jimohara.com
| Profile: |
Contract ASP.NET Developer
with specialization in relational database backed websites. Seven years experience with SQLServer/ASP, Ten years experience building databases, over Four years of commercial experience with ASP.Net using both VB.Net and C#. Ability to complete all phases of a project from client facing and architecture planning to maintenance of high traffic E-commerce sites.
| Major Achievements: |
- Acted as development team leader during beta launch of BBC iPlayer, completing the most user story points for the team to date
- Responsible for Customer Service Software on major television shopping channel that processed approximately £15 Million of orders
- Helped build and Managed 4 terabytes of content on the download store used by Real.com and NTL.Com
- Performed major re-write of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" SMS game used by 20,000 people every Saturday night.
- Acted as Key Technical Consultant for Unilever HPCE's intranet content management system
| Skills: |
Core Skills: ASP.Net 2.0, VB.Net, SQL Server 6.5 / 7.0 / 2000 / 2005, ASP, VBScript, T-SQL, HTML
Additional Skills Used Commercially: Visual Studio.Net, Web Services, SQLServer Reporting Services 2005, SQL Server Integration Services, Visual Basic, Microsoft IIS Web server, Visual SourceSafe, Subversion, Trac, XML, Scrum
| Career History: |
Siemens Internet Services
(Technical service provider to the BBC)
Aug 2007- Nov 2007
Team Leader / Developer
Interim team leader for the BBC iPlayer development team. Led team of 3 developers, 3 testers and a business analyst using Scrum to introduce new functionality to an extremely high profile project. Responsible for immediate fixes to failing SLA measures that carried financial penalties. Managed deployments of web service code and database updates across 4 networks and 34 servers. Initial 3-month contract was renewed for an additional month as a hands on developer.
Skills Used: C#, Web Services, SQL Server 2005, Scrum, Subversion, Trac
Click here for a reference from the Senior Programme Manager at Siemens.
Hampshire County Council
(Council IT Services)
Feb 2007 - Jun 2007
Jan 2008 – March 2008
Contract Developer
Created 360 Degree Assessment application to be used by senior management. Responsible for requirements gathering, writing the technical specification, database design, application design and development and report development in SQL Server Reporting Services 2005. This application passed a formal code review as well as a security review before being successfully deployed to users. Contract was renewed for another 2 months in 2008 for projects involving SQL Server Integration, Windows Forms
Skills Used: ASP.Net, SQL Server 2005, T-SQL, SQL Server Reporting Services, Web Services, SSIS, Windows Forms, IBM Document Manager
iBuy
(TV Shopping Channel)
May 2006-Feb 2007
Contract Developer
Responsible for converting the intranet and Customer Service Software from Classic ASP to ASP.Net 2.0 as well as maintenance and new development. During the conversion process, approximately £15 million of orders were processed when I was solely responsible for its operation. Also responsible for various software used in the live studio
Skills Used: ASP.Net 2.0, SQLServer 2005, T-SQL, Navision, Classic ASP, Needs Analysis
Click here for a reference from the Head of It at iBuy.
Music Choice Ltd
(Music Broadcaster)
July 2004-April 2006
Contract Producer
Developed a download store currently used by Real.com and NTL.com, as well as managing all content for these stores. Responsible for the design and development of storage mechanism for over 4 terabytes of music from Warner, Universal and Sony. This 6-week contract was renewed for a total of 22 months
Skills Used: ASPNet, SQLServer 2000, T-SQL, Extensive XML and Asset Management
(Consultants to Pharmaceutical Industry)
July 2003 - October 2003
Feb 2004 - May 2004
Short-Term Contractor
Developed event management application in ASP.Net, completing all parts of the development process, including requirements gathering, database design and coding. This process was completed exactly within the time estimated. Made major improvements to an existing VB6 application to be distributed by GlaxoSmithKline throughout the UK.
Skills Used: ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, SQLServer 2000 (including triggers), VB6, Object Oriented Programming
Click here for a reference from OCC
(SMS Game Developers)
January 2003
Short-Term Contractor
Performed major re-write of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" SMS game, as well as performance testing and optimization. This application handles 20,000 people using it every Saturday night.
Skills Used: SQLServer 2000 with extensive use of triggers, T-SQL, optimization and query analysis.
(Web Applications Development Studio)
May 2002 - April 2003
Senior Developer
Lead Developer creating Web Applications exclusively using Visual Basic .NET. Worked as part of a team creating a web based print management solution for one of the UK's largest print managers. Involved in all stages of the project, including needs analysis, database design, specifying code standards and coding a complete reverse auction solution.
Skills Used: ASP.NET, VB.NET, User Controls, Forms Creation, Forms validation, Forms Based Security, Server Controls, ADO.NET, Stored Procedures and SQLServer 2000
(shopping comparison site)
Nov 2001 - April 2002
Interactive Developer
Part of a 4-person team responsible for London's premiere shopping comparison site. Created registration procedure and viral marketing campaign that increased traffic by 150% including management tools using Visual Basic. Created web interface allowing retailers to update products and styling using database of over 398,000 products. Some updates to site using XML and XSL. Extensive database development including stored procedures and DTS.
Skills Used: Visual Basic, JavaScript, VBScript, SQLServer, Homesite, SMTP, XML/XSL, T-SQL, HTML, COM
www.abcaz.com
(Web Design Studio, Technical Consultant for Unilever)
Apr 2000 - Sep 2001
Senior Developer
Senior technical decision maker responsible for all aspects of Aktiv's work, including acting as consultant to Unilever during the transformation of the Intranet for the entire European division to an NT platform. Performed extensive work on Unilever's bespoke Content Management System involving rewriting COM object to greatly improve performance. Technical architect for the E-Ching, Aktiv's example of publishing information to the Web, WAP, SMS, Avantgo and Native Palm applications. Created the only native Palm application of the ancient book of I-Ching for the Palm OS as well as PocketPC.
Skills Used: Visual Basic, Client Facing, WAP, SMS, Avantgo, CASL, Embedded Visual Basic for PocketPC, HTML, JavaScript, Access, VBScript, SQLServer, Webtrends, Homesite, SMTP, COM
(Publisher of 3 English Language Business Newspapers)
Dec 1998 - Mar 2000
Senior Web Applications Developer
Senior technical decision-maker and implementer during all phases of the creation of the four Business Journal Web sites (more than 100,000 page views per month) using ASP and SQLServer. Responsible for design, installation and Administration of SQLServer database for storage of 50,000 articles, including editorial user interface, automated backups and replication to US Mirror server. Also designed an automated e-mail news service and profitable re-distribution system. Responsible for installation and administration of Microsoft IIS web server including Ad Banner management, traffic analysis, creation of a registration procedure and cookie-based security system allowing customers to purchase access instantly with a credit card.
Skills Used: HTML, JavaScript, Access, Access Basic, VBScript, SQLServer, Webtrends, Homesite, SMTP
www.wbj.pl
www.bbj.hu
Click here for a reference from the General Manager for New World On-line
| Education: |
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Bachelor of Arts, May 1989
Major: Political Science GPA: Cum Laude, 3.6 on a 4.0 scale
| Industry Specific Training: |
Essential C# and .Net Framework, Developmentor, November 2007
(5 day class covering advanced topics related to C#)
Intensive Workshop in Web Usability, University of Sussex School of Cognitive and computing Sciences, March 2001
| Personal: |
- Citizenship: US, UK work permit as spouse of EU National.
- Date of Birth: September 8, 1966
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