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I'm a web manager and experienced full stack developer working primarily on e-commerce and content-driven websites. I establish project scope by studying strategic business drivers, liaising with subject experts and use analytics and problem solving to formulating objectives, proposals and planning project lifecyles. I ensure quality web solutions are delivered within deadline and budget by monitoring project progress, scheduling/allocating resources, using testing and peer reviews, recruiting when necessary, responding to team concerns and escalating issues/reporting as required. I keep up to date with new and emerging technologies and participating in educational opportunities when available. Specialities: Agile Development, Project Management, Scrum, Kanban, XP, UML, Problem Solving, Verbal and Written Communication, Analysing, Reporting, Testing, PCI DSS, SEO. Development: Python, Django, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, SQL, Java, Ruby on Rails, Android, iOS, System Administration, Linux, Saltstack. http://raymcbride.comWeb and Digital Manager @ I am responsible for the recruitment and day to day management of a small team of web developers, app developers and designers I managed delivery of numerous features on our e-commerce website including an online subscriptions module, wishlists, evouchers, product watch and blog functionality I was responsible for the integration with a new Payment Gateway system, achievement of PCI DSS compliancy and management of this status on an on going basis I managed redeveloped of our main e-commerce website to provide a fully responsive interface. I managed the launched of our new comics website. Written in Python/Django, this responsive site features catalogue and blog functionality and is integrated with a Filemaker backend. This was delivered on time to a very tight timescale. I managed the migration of all web infrastructure servers in a VM environment. I managed the development and launch of several iOS and Android apps. Our e-commerce app includes store and bar code scanning lookup functionality. I am responsible for instigating numerous development practises including testing, peer reviews, infosharing, release management, continuous integration and brief templating. I am responsible for implementing new development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) which have increased developer productivity while enabling us to more accurately forecast timescale and hit deadlines. Key websites: forbiddenplanet.com, titanmagazines.com, titanbooks.com, titanmerchandise.com and titan-comics.com From June 2010 to Present (5 years 7 months) Web Developer (Full Stack) @ As part of a small team of developers, our role was initially to maintain and provide new features for our existing portfolio of Java/Tapestry/Spring/Hibernate and Ruby on Rails websites. We redeveloped our E-Commerce website from the ground up using Python/Django. This included integrating with an existing Filemaker driven mail order system, integrating with an external payment gateway, provided SOAP and RESTful APIs for our internal systems, task handling via message queueing and interacted with external web services such as Mailchimp and Google Merchant Center. We redeveloped our magazine publishing website using Python/Django providing catalogue, blog and competition functionality and 'in page' editing of content. We redeveloped our books publishing website using Python/Django providing catalogue functionality and integration with an existing Filemaker backend system. We also provided a SOAP API to interact with our internal systems. We rebuilt the web hardware infrastructure completely and provided ongoing maintenance. This included installation of new web servers (Nginx/Apache), db/replication servers (MySQL), search engine servers (Solr), web service servers (SOAP), message queue server (RabbitMQ/AMQP) and caching servers (Memcached). In addition we migrated our code repositories from SVN to GIT Key websites: forbiddenplanet.com, titanmagazines.com, titanbooks.com and totalscifionline.com From April 2007 to June 2010 (3 years 3 months) Web Consultant @ Developed a CPD course booking system which enables teachers to book courses held at the centre and also allows admin staff to easily add/amend course details. Developed a website which allows pupils to publish narratives about selective artwork. Primarily used the following technologies: Java, JSP/Servlets, JSTL, Custom tags, AJAX, PHP, MySQL and PostgreSQL. Network/system administration for Linux and Windows servers. Responsible for the specification and purchase of all new hardware. Key website: haringeypdc.org.uk From November 2001 to March 2007 (5 years 5 months) Project Manager @ Delivered, within time and budget, a £4.7M Child Health and Development Centre in Kennington, London. Responsible for 3 junior members of staff. Report directly to Trust Project Board and Stakeholders. Software: MS Project, AutoCAD From 1997 to 1999 (2 years) MSc, Computing Science, Merit @ Birkbeck, U. of London From 2002 to 2004 Ray McBride is skilled in: Django, Python, HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript, E-commerce, SQL, Linux, Project Management, PCI DSS, Web Applications, SEO, Web Analytics, MVC, MySQL