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- Cofounder at We Make Websites, the highest rated web designers on Shopify. Clients include The Economist, Condor Bikes, Christopher Raeburn and two 2015 Build a Business finalists. - Teach ecommerce at General Assembly - Editor at new online journal Fintech Review - I have spoken on the topic of e-commerce at Social Retail Summit at Google, Digital Shoreditch, London College of Fashion's startup incubator FrontRow I/O, Cockpit Arts, Craft Central and StartupWeekend. At WeMakeWebsites, 40,000 online retailers read our ecommerce advice every month. Our company also have been featured in Computer Arts magazine, The Bookseller and more. We also run the London Shopify meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Shopify-London-meetup/ If you would like to discuss your next project please email our team at hello@wemakewebsites.com For recent examples of our e-commerce projects please visit our site: http://wemakewebsites.com/work RECRUITERS - please do not contact call or email us. We receive enough candidates through our own website.

Editor @ Weekly updates and considered views on #fintech so you stay in the know. The recent excitement around #fintech is just the start of a tremendous upheaval in old finance. Innovative new companies will change the way we bank, invest and spend. Fintech Review covers the latest developments in the fintech hubs of London, New York and San Francisco. Find us on twitter @_fintech From March 2015 to Present (10 months) Co-founder and Director @ WeMakeWebsites work with design-led independent retailers in fashion, furniture, gifts and other industries. We are #1 in the UK for online store advice, web design and marketing and 40,000 independent retailers read our advice every month. If you are a design-focussed retailer get in touch to see how we can help with your online sales. BENEFITS * Free initial consultation. * An inhouse team of professional designers. * You will be speaking directly with the designer working on your website. * We use simple pricing and clear schedules that fit with your business plan. * 5 star rating on Shopify and Google. TESTIMONIALS We really appreciated all the help and professionalism from We Make Websites. From the word go they managed to start bringing our vision to life and we felt they got the concept straight away. They involved us at the right time at every stage and made the whole process very easy. They are brilliant with responding to queries very quickly. Overall we felt we could not have been in safer hands. They have been a pleasure to work with and we would recommend them to anyone in a heart beat. - Katie & Halimah, Folie A Deux When looking for a developer to carry out changes to our existing website, we knew what we wanted and were looking for developers who could carry out the changes with a quick turnaround, within budget and without sacrificing on quality or design. We Make Websites promised and delivered on all of these aspects and we were pleased with the results. They are a friendly, flexible and efficient team and I’d highly recommend them to friends. - Alexandra Koszo, Oh My Love View wemakewebsites.com for more case studies and to find out more about our services. Feel free to get in touch to discuss your Shopify project. From August 2009 to Present (6 years 5 months) Founder @ Over four months we built this studio from an empty shell in to a unique and curious underground photography studio, which is now a prominent engine room for London's avant-garde fashion, magazine and fine art photographers. Past clients include Vogue, Ponystep, Marie Claire, New Look, Channel 4, Men's Health, TopShop, AllSaints, T4, Attitude magazine, Dazed&Confused, Mr Porter and Taylor James. From August 2010 to July 2012 (2 years) Senior Specialist @ Worked as part of EMEA Global Wealth Management supporting a front and middle-office multi-asset private banking technology platform. This included roles during development of the platform and go live, continuing through to application support and various initiatives that improved the functionality and performance of the system for front and middle office staff resulting in bottom line returns and better business. I worked in both Geneva and London in this role. My first three months at Merrill Lynch were spent training at their worldwide headquarters in New York City. From July 2006 to October 2009 (3 years 4 months)

BSc, Computer Science with Business and Management @ The University of Manchester From 2004 to 2007 Heckmondwike Grammar School Alex O'Byrne is skilled in: Software Development, Ruby on Rails, Online Sales, Product Development, Web Applications, Application Development, SEO, Web Development, Agile, User Experience, Mobile, CSS, HTML, jQuery, JavaScript