Time to move on maybe?

With all the talk about Yahoo! in the news, I've been reworking my CV just in case... Some of it's blanked out on purpose - don't want anyone identity thefting me!

Matthew Painter

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Nationality British

Marital Status Single

Profile

• An IT professional with experience in web design, programming, software design and IT support.

• Capable of learning quickly and rapidly adapting to changing environments.

• Flexible committed team-player with excellent communication and troubleshooting skills, specialising in web-relevant technologies.

Skills

• Proficient programmer in multiple languages, with extensive experience across multiple frameworks.

• Good working knowledge of agile methodology techniques.

• Competent Object Oriented software designer familiar with UML modelling techniques.

• Skilled relational database designer and maintainer, with an excellent knowledge of SQL, mySQL and PostgreSQL.

• Translation of graphic design concepts to working models adhering to standards such as WCAG 1.0.

• Excellent understanding of Web 2.0, and the underlying techniques, technologies and trends such as AJAX and tagging.

• Well-versed in many programming and creative environments such as Eclipse, ZDE, Dreamweaver, Flash and Photoshop.

• Good planning, time management and organisational skills.

• Thorough working knowledge of many software packages and operating systems, including Microsoft Office, Windows, Linux, and OS X.

• Extremely familiar with internet resources and usage.

Work Experience

October 2006 - Present, Yahoo!

• Conceptualised, architected, designed and implemented international product.

• Implemented continuous integration using agile methodologies based on Scrum.

May 2006 – October 2006, RealVNC

• Planned redevelopment of current disparate systems into an integrated web application.

Oct 2005 – May 2006 BBC New Media Online Commissioning System, Sapient

• Technical lead (architect), team of 5 developers.

• End-to-end involvement on project.

• Variation of Extreme Programming methodology utilised.

• MySQL & Perl framework designed and solution developed within existing BBC guidelines.

• Extensive personal involvement with clients throughout design, development and testing of system.

Mar 2005 – Oct 2005 Technology Division, Sapient

• Working as a Prototyper, System Administrator, Developer, Analyst and Tester across a wide range of industries and projects.

• Specialising in J2EE, PHP and Perl.

Sept 2003 – Dec 2004 Technical Director, Head Porter

• Responsible for all technical matters within the company, including software development, customer support, and internal IT systems.
• Designed and produced content management systems and a web portal system for communications with complex back-end functionality.
• Utilised technologies including PHP5, SMPP, MySQL and Javascript.
• Communications portal had over 200,000 users as of Dec 2004.
• Hired and liaised with graphic designers, and other contractors.
• Provided support and troubleshooting to clients.

2001 Contractor, British Agency for Adoption and Fostering

• Developed a Perl driven Flash enabled web front-end to a database of adoption and fostering agencies for both public viewing / searching, and data administration.

2001 Committee Co-President, Robinson College May Ball

• Profit-making black tie ball for 1,000 guests
• Managed a committee of 15 members
• Responsible for a budget of circa £75,000

Education

1999 – 2003 Robinson College, University of Cambridge

B.A., M.A. (Cantab.) Mathematics & Computer Science (First Class)

• Highest final year mark achieved
• Elected as a principal scholar of Robinson College
• Final Java project entitled “Internet distributed factorisation of large integers by number sieves and randomness based methods”

1997 – 1999 King’s School Worcester

• A-level Mathematics (A), Further Mathematics (A), Chemistry (A), Physics (A)

1997 Old Swinford Hospital, Stourbridge

• GCSEs, including English (7A*/2A)

Personal Summary

My personal interests and hobbies include collecting vinyl, snowboarding, swimming and keeping tropical fish. I have previously completed the Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award, and been a member of the RAF Combined Cadet Force. I believe in treating others with respect and have strong moral principles. I enjoy working with people and spending time with my friends.

References

References are available on request.