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I am enthusiastic, determined and an incredibly fast learner. I have used these qualities…
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European Association of Urology Guidelines
Sep 2011 - Present
The EAU had partially designed a web application to dramatically speed up their production of guidelines procedure. The project was started in-house but fell behind due to the complexity of what is required.
I was brought in to the project and inherited what had been done to date but quickly realised the architecture of the system as designed, would not be able to support the features required.
I advised the EAU that the best course of action would be for ekpSoftware to design a brand new…
The EAU had partially designed a web application to dramatically speed up their production of guidelines procedure. The project was started in-house but fell behind due to the complexity of what is required.
I was brought in to the project and inherited what had been done to date but quickly realised the architecture of the system as designed, would not be able to support the features required.
I advised the EAU that the best course of action would be for ekpSoftware to design a brand new system.
The new system is still in development but has the majority of the features required and has been demonstrated internationally to a good reception. The system will go in to beta testing at the start of the New Year, well in advance of the previously expected date.
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Aug 2011 - Present
Dr Wake of the Warwick Business School had an idea for revision app for students on specific modules at the University. The business school did not have the expertise in-house to develop the solution, so ekpSoftware tendered and won the contract.
I was tasked with designing and developing the solution from start to finish over a period of two months before the next academic year started.
I set about creating a multi-platform mobile app that combined with a web based back end to engage…
Dr Wake of the Warwick Business School had an idea for revision app for students on specific modules at the University. The business school did not have the expertise in-house to develop the solution, so ekpSoftware tendered and won the contract.
I was tasked with designing and developing the solution from start to finish over a period of two months before the next academic year started.
I set about creating a multi-platform mobile app that combined with a web based back end to engage both students and faculty to have an easy to use system. I used Agile development, which enabled the project to move fast and hit its short deadline.
The app started on a pilot scheme in October 2011 and the result of which has been that the app is now being approved to move into other parts of the university.
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Oct 2011 - Nov 2011
Huntzz Ltd have developed a successful iOS application that includes advanced features such as in-app payments and location based services.
Huntzz Ltd wanted to expand into the Android market place but did not have the expertise in-house to undertake this development.
ekpSoftware were tasked to develop a comparable Android application for Huntzz Ltd.
I used my previous experience with Android Development to implement and develope the application. This involved extensive Java, Android…
Huntzz Ltd have developed a successful iOS application that includes advanced features such as in-app payments and location based services.
Huntzz Ltd wanted to expand into the Android market place but did not have the expertise in-house to undertake this development.
ekpSoftware were tasked to develop a comparable Android application for Huntzz Ltd.
I used my previous experience with Android Development to implement and develope the application. This involved extensive Java, Android API and Google API skills.
The result is that at Huntzz Ltd's first major partner release, the company will be able to offer their application on the two leading mobile platforms.
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PHPCalDav
Feb 2011 - Jun 2011
PHPicalendar is an open-source web calendar package used to render ical files to a browser. However, the software is read only and does not allow the user to make any changes to the events.
I was tasked with extending PHPicalendar into PHPcaldav so the software could render ical files from a caldav and push back edits.
I built the software while maintaining as much of the original PHPicalendar code as possible.
The result has been that PHPcaldav is now used on a number of sites.
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May 2010 - Jul 2010
While attempting to win a contract with Deutsch Bank, LogLogic were asked by the Customer if their software could run a real-time dashboard application on top of their appliances. LogLogic had developed an in-house web services API but didn't have the expertise to utilise it for a real-time dashboard.
Andrew Morris of LogLogic came to ekpSoftware and asked if a prototype real-time dashboard using their web services API was possible. I took on the project. As this would be the first…
While attempting to win a contract with Deutsch Bank, LogLogic were asked by the Customer if their software could run a real-time dashboard application on top of their appliances. LogLogic had developed an in-house web services API but didn't have the expertise to utilise it for a real-time dashboard.
Andrew Morris of LogLogic came to ekpSoftware and asked if a prototype real-time dashboard using their web services API was possible. I took on the project. As this would be the first application to use this API I had to work through bugs and deal with poor documentation.
I made the decision to code the project in C# as this was the language that LogLogic engineers were used to. This meant I had to learn both the API and C# languages in a very short space of time.
The real-time dashboard prototype was built within the time frame that enabled LogLogic to win the business.
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Honors & Awards
Computer Science and Business Prize
The University of Warwick
Jul 2011
The department prize is for the top graduate student in their degree course. I not only graduated top of my class but also was one of the all time best achievers on my degree course.
Dissertation Prize
The University of Warwick
Jul 2011
This award was given to me for achieving the highest grade in the graduating class for my project on Improving Augmented Reality with Camera Image Analysis
Dean's List
HKUST
Jun 2010
The Dean's list is a list of the highest achieving student in each faculty and it is almost unheard of for an exchange student, like myself, to be awarded a place on it.
Award for Outstanding Achievement
IBM
Jun 2009
Each year 4 departments within the university are asked to nominate students who have achieved exceptional levels within their work. I was nominated separately by professors from both the Business School and the Computer Science Department. Sadly IBM had a policy of only allowing one award per student.
Scholarship of Excellence
British Council
Mar 2009
The British Council awarded me a scholarship to study at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Languages
English
Native or bilingual proficiency
French
Elementary proficiency
Chinese
Elementary proficiency
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