Personal Summary
Software Development Engineer in Test interested in Health tech, Augmented Reality and Open Source software. Very interested in Lean and Agile & building and working in great teams that build products that deliver the most value to the user through continuously improving quality and processes.
Work Experience
Lead a delivery cell of three Developers, one Tester and one Business
Analyst to deliver new functionality and refactor client's existing
website.
Working for a international gambling sector client to launch their New
Jersey offering. Moved from Development to Test Automation as they grow
their global platform for new markets. Developed a regression suite for
testing a Kafka based sports data platform with bi-directional traceability
in JIRA
Working within a team of four to continue the work I did at my previous
job but in an enterprise setting. Working with Python and JavaScript to
help shape the way that hospitals run wards and care for patients, while
ensuring the product met the needs of the user by using validated learning
techniques, TDD and BDD.
Leading a team of eight amazing people to create high quality software
with a focus on delivering value to our users via Lean and Agile methods.
Co-ordinated the adoption of Scrum and Continuous delivery practices as
well helped to build a culture of validated learning and knowledge sharing
within the company. Conducted staff performance reviews, appraisals and
one-to-ones as well as other managerial duties.
Built a patient safety messaging platform for St George's Hospital's
Patient Safety Manager to use to communicate effectively with staff.
Creating responsive frontend for OpenERP/Odoo based Open Source mobile
electronic patient observation platform using Python, Coffeescript, D3.js
and LESS. Built a custom reporting module for Odoo to print reports with
PhantomJS.
Working with NHS Somerset, the New Economics Foundation and AttDigital
I was commissioned to design and develop an app for Android and iOS that
helps user to keep track of their wellbeing and helps them set activities
that will increase it. The app was built using Apache Cordova (formerly
PhoneGap) to give the app an even playing field across both platforms as
due to the project timeframe and also that I was still working my 9-5 job
there was a very limited amount of time. The app runs on HTML, CSS3 and
JavaScript using plugins to use the devices local storage, SQLite database
and to fire the local notifications which remind the user to do the activities
they set. While doing this project I increased my knowledge of PhoneGap
/ Cordova and updated a number of widely used plugins to use the newest
version of Cordova.
I worked as a Web Developer and Designer in the Communications Unit at
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust. As well as maintaining the Trust's
website and developing new features for the website I also managed the
Trust's Social Media accounts. My work with St George's Healthcare's
Social Media accounts has been mentioned in the Financial Times and the
Guardian Healthcare Network blog. I also lead a project that saw St George's
Hospital become the first UK hospital to offer interior maps on Google
Maps as well as redesigned and redeveloped the St George's Healthcare
website.
Awards
Nominated by St George's (with an excellent nomination letter penned
by Mike Frame) for my work over year building and launching the Welcome
to St George's Hospital app, the indoor maps project I did with Google
for the hospital (first hospital in the UK to offer indoor maps) and my
work redeveloping the St George's website.
The NHS web technology audit scraped 167 acute NHS Trust websites and
built an overall picture of the technologies in use across the acute web
portfolio.
Won Scraper of the weekend at NHS HackDay. Awarded by ScraperWiki for
the best use of their scraping tools to power the project I was working
on during the event.
Publications
Article covers the use of social media by nurses, the available networks
and how it can improve healthcare
Confidentiality is key when dealing with patients on digital networks
and formal training should be required, explains Colin Wren