In my reasonably short working career I have achieved a lot of experience with the help from excellent mentors and managers. This includes software engineering, architecture, development life cycles, project management, line management and business analysis.
I enjoy working with passionate people and enterprise technologies. My ambition is to be instrumental in developing innovative solutions which benefit the generations to come. I very much enjoy being part of a dynamic and fast moving company.
My goal is to establish a legacy of my own in which I hope would inspire others to try as hard as I do.
Specialties: XHTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, AJAX, ASP.NET, C#, MVC, Razor, SOLR, ColdFusion, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, WCF, Web API, NServiceBus, nHibernate, moq, NUnit, IoC, SOA, Mongo, mySQL, Query Optimisation, XML, XSLT, SOAP, Active Directory, IIS, Apache, ZXTM, CVS, SVN, GIT, Vagrant, Virtual Box, Puppet, PowerShell, DSDM, Agile, XP, SCRUM, Pair Programming, Line Management, Coaching, Mentoring, Leadership, Business Analysis, Project Management, Resource Management, Roadmap Management.
Head of Software Development @ From August 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Principal Software Engineer @ Leading an agile, multi-disciplined team of developers and QAs responsible for creating and supporting solutions to maintain, stock and sell a catalogue in excess of 170,000 products through a bespoke ERP system.
Key Skills:
• Advanced knowledge of ASP.NET MVC 4, C#4.5 and ColdFusion 9
• Extensive experience of MS SQL 2008 R2, including query optimisation
• Service-Orientated Architecture (WCF, Web API, NServiceBus)
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery experience
• Team leader, mentor and functional lead
• Successful project delivery using agile disciplines (DSDM, SCRUM, XP, Lean)
• Programme management (maintaining a roadmap)
• Business analysis and design
• Managing a pipeline of support and maintenance
• Strong communication and collaborative skills From February 2013 to July 2014 (1 year 6 months) Lead Software Development Manager @ From July 2010 to January 2013 (2 years 7 months) Senior Software Engineer @ From July 2008 to June 2010 (2 years) Software Engineer @ From January 2007 to June 2008 (1 year 6 months) Web Developer @ From July 2006 to December 2006 (6 months) Assistant Web Developer @ From January 2006 to June 2006 (6 months) Junior Web Developer @ From July 2005 to December 2005 (6 months) Assistant to the IT Dept. (Summer Employment) @ Hexcel is a global corporation that manufactures materials (mainly) for the aerospace industry that are light weight and extremely strong. This position involved assisting the IT department to install new PC’s that were being upgraded company-wide. This involved following strict procedures, communicating and working with other employees to outline their requirements (as well as physically installing the new equipment).
This position also involved helpdesk work, and forming positive and strong relations with other employees including members from foreign offices (European and US). From June 2004 to September 2004 (4 months) Computer Network Technician @ This was a ‘gap year’ (full-time) occupation. This was similar to the previous work that I completed for the college in the summer periods, however demanded many more responsibilities. On top of previous duties, the position involved project management, departmental liaison, user support (staff and student), aid to the implementation of a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server environment and also training year 10 works experience school students for their 2 week placement in the department.
There were also periods whereby I had to conduct departmental training on systems implemented and tasks completed. From June 2001 to September 2002 (1 year 4 months)
BSc, Internet Information Systems, 1st Class Honours @ University of Sunderland From 2002 to 2005 Sawston Village College From 1995 to 1999 Chris Godfrey is skilled in: Microsoft SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, jQuery, C# 4.0, Continuous Integration, ColdFusion, Business Analysis, Project Management, DSDM, TDD, Web Development, Test Driven Development, Software Development, SOA, JavaScript, IIS, ASP.NET, AJAX, Git
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