John Griffiths' Resume (Last updated May 14th 2008)

Experienced Information Technology Professional with proven expertise in developing innovative Web Applications for large corporations. Works closely and effectively with all levels of management to satisfy project and productivity requirements. Offers logical, forthright thinking and is able to provide effective solutions to solve difficult problems.

Capable of objective analysis and skilled at making quick decisions based on wisdom, experience, and judgment. Demonstrates commitment to superior customer service through positive attitude, leadership & hands-on teamwork.

Great team-player & fun attitude, competent time management, very dependable under pressure and passionately dedicated to the task.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/red91

Web:

• ASP.NET 7 years, C# 3 years, Ruby on Rails 3 years, PHP 2 years, AJAX 2 years, Python 1 year.
  

• Strong AJAX skills with Prototype, Scriptaculous and MooTools frameworks.
  

• Day-to-day knowledge of LAMP environment, remote SSH deployment and code security.
  

• Agile aptitude, unit testing, version control within current projects (git / svn / sourcesafe).
  

• Skilled with CSS, XHTML, SEO, layout design, typography and web standards.
  

• Practical knowledge of OOP, Design Patterns, JQuery, Prototype, REST and SOAP data services.
  

• Photoshop skills, creating graphics for layout and markup.
  

• Worked with Flash and ActionScript to create interactive material for press campaigns; and experience with Adobe media tools.
  

Data:

• 10 years using SQL Server, management, design & maintenance.
  

• Exposure to Oracle 10g and PostgreSql.
  

• 5 years using MySQL.
  

• Studied Business Intelligence in 2006.
  

Certified:

• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
  

• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
  

Work Environment:

• Windows Vista, Linux, Mac OSX
  

• Visual Studio, Eclipse, TextMate, DreamWeaver, SVN, SourceSafe & GIT.
  

• Cross Browser Testing against Firefox, IE6/7, Safari & Opera browsers.

Company: Winner of Yahoo Peoples Choice Award 2008

[Global specialist in management and integrated services in the built environment]
In a team, primary role to develop & enhance sites for internal and external clients. Employing the latest tools and technologies such as AJAX, C#, JAVA, CSS, XML, PHP, JavaScript and more recently Ruby on Rails; plus development and deployment of SQL and MySQL data platforms.
Constructed discussion forums, chat rooms, content management systems, online procurement system for global offices. Co-developed JAVA extensions for GIS mapping site for Ordnance Survey.
Helped integrate CRM solution working with SAGE Saleslogix. Replaced IIS search engine with Google Mini appliance. Also modified meta key's and created robot files to increase crawl traffic to external sites; implementing SEO techniques for greater market exposure. Put in-place SVN version control on VS.NET, refining code base with AJAX to increase user's experience; and developing with Agile methods to lessen time-to-market and maximize clients ROI.
www.wspgroup.com

[Fortune 500 company publishing electronic news & financial data]
Working in a team, started work assisting with the millennium upgrade of the warehouse and asset tracking system; developing new tools to automate data calculations and management of the SQL Server. Notable work includes developing system to produce automated code generation, custom tool libraries, timers, calendars, SMTP and email handlers. Helped port existing code to new systems, using OOP.
www.reuters.com

Role focused on software development, database design and admin for company's asset network; worked as a team leader designing company's IT network. Permanent and part-time while finishing eduction. Notable projects include creating online property management package, adding support for auto backup, restore and mail-merging. Provided staff training and learning labs for staff.

While at University, contract role while at university, duties involved creating complete package for local timber yard to handle stock estimation, documentation, re-ordering and tracking. Carrying out full life-cycle design, plus round-table discussions with staff and managers to build the perfect system. After which supplied training, support and on-site visits overseeing final deployment and completion.

While at University, contract position while at university, role was to help re-engineer existing database & software within a limited time-scale for large shipping firm. Rapidly refactored code to refine current processes and enhance operation. Produced documentation and carried out black-box testing to reverse engineer and fault-find existing system. Presented final system to managers, meeting with IT support to help document new features.
www.brointermed.co.uk

While at college, work experience position arranged by myself with the hotel manager to supply software package to handle stock-taking and tracking. Constructed complete RDBMS package including reporting, recovery, mail-merge and archival. Developed custom tool-sets for future database engine. Determined business needs from staff interviews, questionnaires, group presentations and brain-storming sessions. Then later provided support and training till final roll-out.

Lynn Smyth, Project Manager
WSP Group PLC

John is a highly motivated, structured senior developer. I worked with John for over 5 years and relied on him as my technical expert in delivering solutions to WSP and their clients. With strong technical and problem solving skills I would highly recommend John in a senior technical architect position. On a personal side John is a top guy and works very well in a team environment. Set him loose and lap up the rewards!

John Withers, Software Development Manager
Reuters Group PLC

During his time with Reuters I was greatly impressed with his dedication to each task, should a technical problem arise John would dedicate his work and home time to solving the problem. He is a resourceful and very capable individual who has developed his skills through self-learning and enquiry.

Michelle Clark, Interior Designer
Canbridge Management Limited

John has a gift with managing every aspect of a project at once, keeping a firm eye on the ball and on the stop-watch. His user-centric views always ensure the end product is something smart, powerful and simple to use. His technical firepower let's him dive into the heart of any problem. Couldn't recommend him more highly

Red91.com

• Running under Rails, personal blog site with over 5 years of technical tutorials, code dictionary and experimental research.
  

AtomPad.com

• Web-Based Rails note taker similar to 37signals basecamp.
  

DatesWithMates.com

• Rails based online dating social network recently featured on UK tv and numerous tabloids
  

2007

• Photography work for Air Canada & The Daily Mail.
  

1998

• Published Thesis on User Interface design

Field Work:

• Awarded Most Outstanding Student in college.
  

• Presented at BarCamp & GeekDinner tech conferences.
  

• Active in Web Design, providing support and feedback to new players & projects in the community.
  

Languages:

• Fluent English, Intermediate French, some Spanish and German.
  

Interests:

• Psychology, Photography, Snowboarding, Hockey, Baseball & playing guitar.

Confident, energetic, determined, dependable, web designer, collaborative team player, learning, social networks, semantics, business intelligence.

AJAX, ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails, Python, PHP, LAMP, C#, JAVA, Web Portals, OOP, MySql, Apache, Agile, SEO, PostgreSQL, SQL