Renfrew, Scotland
[email protected]

• 2022-now: Corporate Modelling Services
  • Design and implementation of new software and deployment infrastructure (Kubernetes, Kong, Istio, Keycloak, Prometheus, Grafana, Open Policy Agent, Redis, Lua)
  • Built-from-scratch CI system for .NET/JS/JVM projects (GitLab, Docker, Gradle, Maven, Bash)
  • Standard webservice and library templates for company-wide use (.NET Templating, OpenTelemetry, OpenAPI 3, Fastify, JSON Schema, Python, WSGI)
  • A service to execute a user-defined series of "chained" webservice requests (Go, SQL Server)
  • Webservices and webapps for business logic definition and evaluation (.NET 6/7/8, Microsoft Rules Engine, TypeScript, Jest, React, Redux-Saga)
  • Creation & deployment of SourceLink proxy and symbol server proxy for internal GitLab system (SourceLink, Git Credential Manager)
  • Implementation of web dashboards (Razor, DevExpress)
  • Integration between CMS systems and NICE backoffice software (C#, Redis, TPL Dataflow, SQL Server)
  • Dynamic metrics expression evaluator and alert system (C#, Roslyn, Redis TimeSeries, Grafana, Microsoft Teams)
  • Injectable authentication/authorization sidecar framework for Kubernetes (Kubernetes, Keycloak, Kotlin, Auth0, OpenID Connect, Open Policy Agent)
• 1999-2022: Idox Software
  • Development of Enterprise-level document management software, built on OpenText Documentum and IBM FileNet (C#, Java, Ant, Maven)
  • Integrations with desktop applications such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, and Microsoft Office. (C#, C, WiX)
  • Development of prototype in-house document management system & web UI (Spring, Kotlin, TypeScript, Node.js, React, MinIO, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kafka, JOOQ)
  • Maintenance of education & healthcare web portal (PHP, JavaScript)
  • Development and maintenance of iOS, Android & UWP apps for local authority planning (C#, Xamarin, GitLab CI)
  • Automation of packaging, curation and management of third-party components (Bash, curl, nuget)
• 1997-1999: Sirius Seven
  • Development of desktop GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software (C++, MFC)

• My GitHub projects
• Stack Overflow
• Code Golf

• BeatPrompter for Android
• One-time contributor to MAME

• BSc Software Engineering (Distinction, awarded Court Medal) from University Of Paisley (now UWS)
• HND Computing
• 4 Higher grades, 7 Standard grades (including A/1 in mathematics)

• I have been a professional software developer for approximately 30 years, with an appetite for solving problems and making things work well, with a particular focus on streamlining and automating working practices, and creating re-usable components and projects.
• I tend to pick up new technologies fairly quickly. I've seen enough over the years to flatten most learning curves. I may not be au-fait with the exact set of technologies that you use, but I’m pretty confident I can handle it.
• I have been interested in software development since I was a kid, wondering "how does this work?" while playing games on my Atari 2600.

• Amateur musician
• Keen karaoke singer and host (using my own KaraokeManager software and display and audio plugins)
• WFMU listener

• I don't use it