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Giles Roadnight |
Flat 1, 55 Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, SW19 3SF |
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Mobile: 07974 340702 |
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Email: giles@roadnight.name |
I am a highly experienced RIA developer and have been
working with Flex since 2006. I really enjoy programming and finding elegant,
re-usable solutions to problems. I spend a lot of what little spare time I have
thinking about and working on projects at home.
I particularly enjoy building interactive custom components that really grab a
users attention. I also enjoy using Air to build desktop applications to
simplify some of the routine tasks that I find myself doing often.
I have worked with Flex 2 and 3 and Air. I have also worked with AS1 and AS2 in Flash. I have been working with Actionscript of one sort or another since 2003.
I believe I am a highly capable developer who is both adaptable and able to use my own initiative. I cope well under pressure and have the ability to work alone or as part of a large team. I am a highly motivated individual who will always strive to achieve the highest standards.
· Adobe Flex Builder 2 & 3 / Flash Builder (Flex 4)
· AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime)
· FlexUnit (Unit testing, Test Driven Development)
· SQLite, XML, OO Design, Eclipse, SVN, Unix, perforce, ColdFusion, Flash
July 2009 - present |
Lead Flex Developer |
HSBC, Canary Wharf |
· Led a team of flex developers working on a client facing application
· Designed and implemented application architecture
· Performed code reviews
· Used lessons learnt on previous projects to build easily maintainable, modular application
· Trained an existing flex team in Hong Kong how to skin applications and how to use unit testing, resource bundles and ANT
· Used Parsley IOC framework
· Developed custom components and custom Flex 4 skins
· Worked with pre-release Flash Builder 4
· Flex Unit 4
June 2008 – July 2009 |
Flex Developer |
Adobe Consulting, London |
· Worked as part of a team of 30 flex developers on a high profile project for a world leading investment bank in London’s financial district.
· Managed small groups of developers to ensure functionality was delivered on time and to requirements
· Developed a number of complex custom components
· Helped to make framework decisions and to design re-usable patterns for use throughout the project
· Extensive use of TDD and Flex unit
· Agile environment with Scrum, code reviews, pair programming and continuous integration
· Use of flex profiler to ensure correct garbage collection and to fine tune performance.
May 2008 |
Flex Developer |
Ogilvie Digital, London |
· Worked on a slideshow presentation project.
· Developed an air application to edit presentation and save as an xml file
· Developed a flex application to play the presentation from a USB drive at clients offices
· Developed a template system to easily create a presentation and include text and images.
Mar 2008 – May 2008 |
Flex Developer |
LMG, London |
· Worked as part of a team on an AIR application that queries a 4TB database and downloaded report data as SQLite databases
· Wrote tests for FlexUnit writing tests for the report generation and display classes
· Fixed bugs reported by testing team and implemented new features as requested by business users
· Worked with eclipse, flex builder 3 plugin and svn
Jan 2008 – Mar 2008 |
Flex Developer |
Wunderman, London |
· Worked as part of a team on an online magazine for a high profile client
· Flex application communicated with drupal back end
· Worked closely with design mock-ups to produce visually impressive application
· Developed numerous custom flex components
· Worked with eclipse, flex builder 3 plugin and svn
· Initial 1 month contract extended to 6 weeks
· http://www.xeroxthesource.com/
Oct 2007 –Jan 2008 |
Flex Developer |
Photobox, London |
· Worked as part of a team on a flex application to build and order products that incorporate customers photographs
· Worked on internal tools to manage data and repair users creations
· Maintained and improved existing code and added new features
· Worked with eclipse, flex builder 3 plugin and svn
Jul 2007 – Oct 2007 |
Flex Developer |
Verizon, Reading |
Employed as a Flex expert resource for large multinational telecommunications company.
· Developed front end for global reporting tools
· Internal billing systems for clients
· Tools to monitor customer credit
· Used eclipse with Flex builder plug in and SVN plug in
· Used Cold Fusion to develop CFCs to communicate with Sybase database
July 2007 |
Flex Developer |
Leapfrog, Horley |
Short term contract to complete a project which had been very poorly developed. The project was in danger of missing its delivery date, however I was able to meet all the deadlines and milestones.
· Improved the standard of code
· Resolved the development related issues
· Finished the project
· Initially a 2 day contract, extended to 7 days
· http://www.reita.org/flash/REITGame/REITA.html
Apr 2007 – June 2007 |
Flex Developer |
Tequila, Soho |
· Using Flex and the Cairngorm framework working on an interactive photo browser and management tool for a major Campaign on behalf of Canon Europe.
· Used AS2 to build flash movies to be used in other locations on the same site
· Worked both as part of a team and on projects by myself
· Used Flash 8, Eclipse, Flex Builder 2, MS Sourcesafe and Dreamweaver
· Initial contract for 2 months, extended to 3 months
Jan 2003 – Mar 2007 |
Lead Web Developer |
Mixipix, Glasgow |
· Extensive use of Actionscript in a variety of public facing sites
· Designed and implemented sites allowing users to download and customize animation to their mobile phones
· Developed Flash and Flex applications to create and manage the cartoons that were available to the public
References available on request.
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