Since finishing studying at Makers Academy, an intensive developer bootcamp, I have been working using C# and Azure at a London based charity. I have a passion for technology, tinkering with robotics and microcontrollers to see how things fit together. In my spare time I have created wearables with LEDs and sensors coding different light patterns to the environment.
In my previous positions, good communication skills were vital. A large part of my job was working with children and adults to teach new concepts. I needed to make sure that the subject matter was presented clearly and that by the end of the session everything had been understood. While at Makers Academy I further developed this skill through the group projects and pair programming.
Working as part of a team I am comfortable being in a leadership position as well as taking direction. In my previous position I managed a small team of teachers ensuring that each school had a member of staff to teach the clubs that I was responsible for. In my final project at Makers I facilitated morning standups as well as evening retros daily to ensure that we were on track with our objectives to deliver the final project. In our other group projects, I followed direction given by other group members ensuring to communicate what my pair partner and I had accomplished each day.
Project | Summary | Technologies |
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Raspberry Pi Security Sensor (Github) (Heroku) |
Final project for Makers Academy made with Raspberry Pi, this project sends photographs, taken when a motion sensor is activated, to a website build in Ruby on Rails. | Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Heroku, Travis CI, Bootstrap Testing: Rspec |
Bank Tech Test (Github) |
Command line app allowing users to make deposits, withdrawals and print bank statements. Individual project completed in two days | Python, Raspberry Pi, Heroku, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Travis CI, Bootstrap Testing: Rspec, Unittest, Capybara |
Acebook (Github) (Heroku) |
Team project building Facebook inspired social media website while focusing on agile practices and TDD. First time using Ruby on Rails and project completed in two weeks | Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Heroku, Travis CI, Bootstrap Testing: Rspec, Capybara |
Notes App (Github) |
Team project building a single page JavaScript website in one week with our own testing framework | JavaScript |
MakersBnB (Github) |
Team project building a property booking website. Project completed in one week as part of a team using TDD and agile practices | Ruby, Sinatra, PostgreSQL Testing: Rspec, Capybara |
CFG Website (Github) |
Team project building a website. | HTML, CSS, Bootstrap |
- OOP, TDD, MVC, TDD
- Agile/XP, Pair programming
- Ruby, HTML, CSS, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Python
- Rspec, Jasmine, Capybara, Unittest
- SQL PostgreSQL
- HTML
- CSS/Bootstrap
- JavaScript
- UX
Bachelor of Education, Early Childhood Education (Birth to Twelve)
Anthony Nolan (March 2020 - March 2021)
Backend Developer C#
At Anthony Nolan I worked on their backend services and API's in C# and .Net. I worked in an agile environment in two week sprints working within multiple projects and functions. I worked directly with the frontend team, business analysts and product managers to deliver updated and new features.
Freelance Consultant (April 2019 - September 2019)
As a freelance education technology consultant, I worked with a variety of companies writing and facilitating coding and computing workshops and camps. This often involved ensuring teachers were familiar with the curriculum and were supported in teaching the required content.
Jewish Interactive (August 2015 - April 2019)
J-STEAM Director/Computing Lead
As the STEAM Director at Jewish Interactive, my role included coordinating Hakathons and STEAM activities in the UK and United States. I also ran and coordinated computing clubs and holiday camps for primary school students focusing on coding with Scratch, micro:bit and Raspberry Pi. For these activities I wrote and designed customised curriculum solutions for each club and camp which varied depending on the available resources and the level and experience of the attending students.
Menorah Primary School (January 2014 - March 2015)
Computing Coordinator/Computing Teacher
While working at Menorah Primary School, I was the Computing Coordinator as well as the Computing Teacher. I managed the computing lessons for years 3 - 6 in the afternoons while still teaching my regular year 1 class in the morning. My responsibilities in this role included writing the Computing Curriculum for the school as well as training staff on new elements of the curriculum including new technologies which needed to be incorporated into the classroom.
- Hardware - I enjoy tinkering and building with hardware such as the Raspberry Pi, Micro:Bit and Adafruit's Gemma board. I create and design wearables based on these devices with LED's and sensors
- Travel - I try to experiencing as many new cultures, cities and countries as possible
- Cooking and Baking - In my spare time I like to try new recipes