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Jan 2006 - Oct 2006   Inmeres Solutions - 81 Waterhouse Business Centre, Cromar Way, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2QE

Web Application Developer:

Working on maintenance and enhancements to white label Insurance Application used by clients such as Ryan Air & Debenhams to generate quotes & sell travel insurance policies over the web & through call centre.

Responsible for :

  • Ongoing Development & Bug fixing of Insurance System, addition of new functionality
  • Re-purposing code to make more scaleable for other insurance types (wedding & event) for Greenbee
  • Assisting in adding medical screening module

For Goodhealth insurance I developed a multi-lingual asp.net interactive web form with validation, mail sending and pdf generation capability. I also developed an asp suite of tools to allow files to be viewed and uploaded from a development server to a live production server.


Jan 2005 - Dec 2005   S2 Geospatial - Manchester House, 113 Northgate St, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1HP

E-Business Developer:

Working for GIS consultancy business. Responsible for design & development of company website using XHTML & CSS (W3C compliant). Responsible for creation of Internet based mapping site St. Edmundsbury Borough Council Local Plan (www.mapfinity.co.uk/sebc) using ASP/MySQL/Javascript and Manifold Internet Map Server GIS product.


March 2004 - Nov 2004   Forest Heath District Council - College Heath Road, Mildenhall Suffolk IP28 7EY.

Contract Web Developer:

Contract to assist in the redesign and building of a new website for Forest Heath District Council. The site is fully W3C XHTML1.0 and W3C CSS compliant, and also conforms to Bobby AAA accessibility guidelines, a requirement for government websites.


Sept 2003 - Nov 2003   Pizza Italiano - East Hill, Colchester, Essex

Contract Web Developer:

Short term contract to design & implement a bespoke web application for local restaurateur. The site features an online menu, and during opening hours, an online ordering system that sends the completed orders to the restaurant electronically. Also implemented was a backend tool for editing and amending the online menu. The site was constructed using HTML, ASP and a MS Access database, running on IIS5.


July 2002 - Oct 2002   Health Media - Unit 3, The Unicorn, Orwell Place, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1BB

Contract Web Developer:

Full time contract to assist in the deployment of new on-line reporting software product for NHS projects. Testimonial from employer.

Duties included:

  • Working on National Primary Care Development Team (NPDT) Management Information System in a Support & Development capacity using ASP, SQL Server & HTML, with JavaScript and VBScript.
  • Making any design & development changes as per client requests.
  • Bug fixing.
  • Working on The National Collaborative Medicines Management Service Online Reporing System in the same role.

July 2000 - Nov 2001   Centaur Communications - E Business Development Dept. 50 Poland Street, London W1V 4AX

Web Developer:

Working for B2B publishing company whose titles include Marketing Week, New Media Age, Design Week & Creative Review, on the MAD project (www.mad.co.uk), providing online content for 14 of Centaurs main publications.

Duties included:

  • Most recently I constructed a 'breaking news' suite of tools for MAD editorial dept which allows them to very quickly publish/edit/delete news stories on the site, using a combination of ASP/XML technologies
  • Maintenance of user registration database and writing of SQL for userlists, data extraction & bulk mailouts for marketing, stored procedures & triggers
  • Creation of ASP scripts to allow admin staff to access & manipulate database & send bulk emails
  • Responsible for creation of ASP web based forms & questionnaires for visitors to submit data
  • Assisting in web hosting activities such as setting up FTP access/websites under IIS 4/5, compilation of user statistics etc.
  • Responsible for Userland Frontier Content Management system.

Sept 1999 - July 2000   Centaur Communications - Mad Project. 50 Poland Street, London W1V 4AX

Assistant Web Developer:

Working on the development of the Mad Site (Marketing, Advertising & Design), the online community of Centaur flagship publications, inc. Marketing Week, Design Week, New Media Creative and InStore Marketing


July 1999 - Sept 1999   Essex Returners Unit - Chelmsford College, Chelmsford

Web Designer: (3 month Contract)

Design & Implementation of a website for the M.I.D.A.S project (Multimedia Interactive Distance Access Service), an E.U funded venture to help minority groups find employment.


Sept 1997 - March 1998   Aztec Computers - Yule Lodge, Elmstead Market, Colchester

Hardware Engineer/Software Installer: (Part Time)

A small consultancy operation with a exclusive client base, duties included:

  • Building & Upgrading Home P.C's
  • Software Installation
  • Home P.C Troubleshooting

June 1996 - August 1997   Odeon Multiplex Cinema - Crouch Street, Colchester

Assistant Manager:

  • Directly responsible for I.T administration, software installation
  • Responsible for the day to day running of a busy, multiplex cinema
  • Directly responsible for Payroll & Stock control (responsible for creation of new Stock control spreadsheets)
  • Responsible for Recruitment & Training of uniformed staff
  • Responsible for preparation of staff rotas and control of staffing arrangements
  • Responsible for ensuring compliance with local licensing authority and other statutory requirements including COSHH
  • Dealing with customer complaints
  • Assisting in marketing, Advertising and Promotion
  • Assisting in the preparation of targets, budgets, and operational plan for the cinema, and the implementation of these

April 1996 - June 1996   Gray Dawes Travel Agent Ltd - Peartree Road, Colchester

Hotel Unit Consultant:

Booking of hotel accommodation for corporate delegates in worldwide cities using either the Galileo computerised booking system, or by telephone.


Dec 1995 - Jan 1996   PC World - Tollgate Retail Park, Colchester

Sales Advisor: (Seasonal Vacancy)

Selling to the customer the correct computer system and peripherals for their wants, needs and budgetary constraints.


Oct 1992 - April 1996   Odeon Multiplex Cinema - Crouch Street, Colchester

Customer Services Sales Assistant:

General work in dealing with the public, both ushering, and through a promotion, computerised ticket sales and reception duties, with large cash handling responsibilities, cashing up all points of sale within the cinema.


May 1989   Lloyds TSB Bank, High Street, Colchester

Work Experience:

Work experience in general administration and clerical work, securities, stocks and shares, foreign currency exchange, cashier work shadowing and cheque processing and clearing.

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