Dominic's Curriculum Vitae

Career Objectives

Pursuing a career in Software Engineering, specifically in building web based applications, an area I have a keen interest in.
Learning and keeping abreast of new technologies and acquiring new skills.

Sept 2005 - Jan 2007

Results: PostGrad Diploma (PGDip)

Emphasis on OO programming with Java, Swing, and distributed computing with EJBs.
Web applications development with Java Servlets and JSP (some ASP, PHP and JavaScript).
Mobile internet development with J2ME, WML, XHTML.
XML technologies such as XSLT and XPath.
Currently researching and developing web project based on Ajax technologies.

Sept 2000 – June 2005

Results: 1st class honours.

Emphasis on internet technologies.
Computer networking and security.
User interaction and interface design.
Client/Server software.
Mobile web development.
Databases – including theory (Normalisation etc.).
Final year project – intranet database driven web application for a real company (see portfolio).

Sept 1997 – June 1999

Results: History (C), Design & Technology (D), Psychology (B)

Jan 2007 - Present

Programming:: C#, ASP.NET 2.0/3.5, ASP.NET MVC 1.0, JavaScript (jQuery), ORMs (Object Relational Mappers) including NHibernate, LINQ 2 SQL, SubSonic, and Entity Framework.
Databases:: SQL Server 2000/2005, Database design/theory (normalisation etc.). Stored Procedures, triggers, views, security, optimisation.
Web:: XHTML/CSS, XML/XSLT, Semantic/Standards based mark-up, WAI (Web Accessibility), JavaScript/DHTML (with jQuery) and Ajax, SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) techniques, Advanced Website optimisation/performance techniques, Web application security concepts (SQL Injection, XSS, Session hijacking etc.), REST/SOAP, some Silverlight.
Tools/Software:: Visual Studio 2005/2008, Team Foundation Server, Subversion (VisualSVN), Umbraco Content Management System, Vista/Windows Server 2003/2008 + IIS 6/7, Office 2007.

Collaborated with clients at SCRI (see portfolio) on a regular basis for requirements elicitation, and technical scientific knowledge extraction, for the Seed Archive System.
Given presentations on complex technical subjects (web application security).

Worked on a team of 3 for final year university project, successfully resulted in a finished product.
Worked as lead developer for project at work, providing assistance to peers, and communicating ideas.

Enjoy analysing and solving complex technical software engineering and programming problems, and analysing existing solutions to see how they work.
Get a buzz when a solution comes together.

Reading about good software development/design practices such as Agile Methodologies, Design Patterns, architectural design solutions (n-tier, SOA) and coding practices.

Keen PC hardware enthusiast, enjoy building PCs, updating, tweaking and overclocking, reading up on latest hardware and innovations in technology.
Keen video game fanatic, especially playing games online with friends.
Socialising with friends; music and films.

(Available on request)

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BTW: that last tweet was a joke, no actual money will be forthcoming
58 minutes ago from Echofon
I'll give £10 to anyone who retweets this message before 6pm
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about 1 hour ago from Echofon
@ronskidoodles promises illustrations for anyone who retweets his new website. Gets over 210 RT (so far). Welcome to Twitter :-)
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