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Profile
- Alex is an IT Consultant with over 4 years hands-on experience in commercial projects for the financial, telecoms and pharmaceutical sectors. Alex specialises in internet-enabled technologies, and has a sound understanding and practical knowledge of object-oriented development and design, delivering presentation- and business-tier components for distributed J2EE systems. He is accustomed to utilising strong analysis and communication skills, learning new technologies and concepts quickly and working in a client-facing, team-oriented environment, under pressure, to meet deadlines.
- Current role is as a J2EE designer / developer for an online financial application for a banking client. Responsibilities include system analysis, documentation, component design and development and testing of presentation-, business- and data-tier components.
Summary
- Broad project-lifecycle experience including detailed design, implementation and subsequent test phases / application support; solid knowledge of object-oriented technologies.
- Specialist in the design and implementation of accessible and usable web sites (hand-coded) and UI’s and presentation- and business-tier components.
- Demonstrates strong analysis skills to pick up and utilise new technologies quickly.
- Accustomed to communicating with and working in teams to meet aggressive deadlines.
Technical Skills
- J2EE - Java, XML, Swing, Struts, Design Patterns, WSAD / RAD, Intellij, JUnit.
- Internet - (X)HTML, CSS, Web Design, Web Standards / Accessibility / WAI, JSP, Tag libraries, JavaScript, Dreamweaver, Paint Shop Pro.
- Modelling - UML, Rational Rose.
- Application Servers - WebSphere, BEA Weblogic.
- Other - Oracle, SQL, Broadvision, ClearCase, VSS, MQ, Documentum: (WDK, DFC, API / DQL), Castor, Test Director, MSOffice.
- Operating Systems - Windows, Unix.
Certifications & Training
- Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer (2.5 years).
- Sun Certified J2EE Web-Component Developer (1.5 years).
Personal Interests
- Scuba diving - PADI certified advanced open water diver.
- Fitness training - Gym work (rowing, cycling, running), 5-a-side football.
- Outdoor activities - Conservation / landscaping, walking.
- Travel - Europe, North America, Africa, Australia.
Projects
- Sector - Leading Financial Company, UK :: Role: Lead Developer / Designer :: Technologies Used - IBM WebSphere, WSAD, UML, Java/J2EE, Swing, AS/400 iSeries, SQL, (X)HTML, CSS, XML, MQ, CVS, JUnit.
- Sector - Leading Financial Company, UK :: Role - Developer :: Technologies Used - IBM WebSphere, WSAD, UML, Java/J2EE, EJB, Oracle, JDBC, SQL, Struts, (X)HTML, CSS, XML, CVS, JUnit.
- Sector - Leading Telecoms Company, UK :: Role - Developer / Designer :: Technologies Used - IBM WebSphere, WSAD, UML, Rose, Java/J2EE, JSP, (X)HTML, CSS, XML, MQ, Struts, DB2, Test Director.
- Sector - Leading Japanese Pharmaceutical Company, Tokyo :: Role - QA Testing :: Technologies Used - BEA Weblogic, Documentum WDK 5 WebTop, Test Director, VSS.
- Sector - Leading Pharmaceutical Company, UK :: Role - Development / Configuration :: Technologies Used - BEA Weblogic, Documentum 4i, WDK 4.2, JSP, HTML, XML, Oracle 8i, MSOffice.
- Sector - Leading Japanese Pharmaceutical Company, Tokyo :: Role - Business Analyst :: Technologies Used - BEA Weblogic, Documentum 4i, WDK 4.2, JSP, HTML, XML, Oracle 8i, MSOffice.
- Sector - GXPharma R&D Development, UK :: Role - Developer / Designer :: Technologies Used - BEA Weblogic, Documentum 4i, WDK 4.2, JSP, HTML, CSS, XML, Oracle 8i, VSS.
Education
- Ph.D. Biochemistry, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester. Thesis on the structural identification of a cell-surface protein implicated in cell-signalling and disease progression. My responsibilities included project management, data gathering, analysis and experimental design and execution, presentation of findings in meetings and seminars, six-month industrial placement. For the final year, I lead a team of three scientists, collaborated with colleagues in Industry, and published our findings in a leading journal: JBC Article
- B.Sc. Genetics (Upper 2nd Hons.), University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- A-Levels Biology, Chemistry, Geography, General Studies (2A and 2B Grades)