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I am a Full Stack Developer with a background in Electronic Engineering, looking for opportunities to continue to accelerate my learning and keep me challenged on a daily basis.

Having come through Makers Academy, an intensive 12 week coding bootcamp, I have developed a passion for writing clean, tested and reusable code. I am now a competent and enthusiastic full stack junior developer looking for my first role in an environment where best practices are promoted and I can continue to learn at the pace set whilst at Makers Academy.

I also run a pretty successful YouTube Channel teaching all about how to livestream, record video and audio, and edit footage professionally.

Many more can be found on my Github.

Makers Academy is a highly selective, 12 week intensive coding bootcamp.

• Focus on Test Driven Development, with an emphasis on pair programming and working in an agile way
• Object oriented programming & software design
• Full stack web development
• Independent learner and problem-solver
• Aspiration to software craftsmanship
• Ruby, Rails, Javascript, Node.js, React, React-Native
• Rspec, Jasmine, Mocha, Chai

• Masters of Engineering in Electronic and Communications Engineering
• I graduated with a 2:1, earning a first in my thesis
• Thesis: Improving error resilience in H.264 video sequences through edge direction based redundancy
• Subjects studied: Image and Video coding, Speech and Audio processing, Advanced Mobile Radio techniques, Advanced Networks, Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile communications, Digital Filters and Spectral Analysis, Software Engineering in C and C++

Jaguar Land Rover (August 2013 to April 2016) Advanced Electrical Design Engineer

I developed new electrical features merging vision technologies from the RADAR and camera systems on the car, including Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control and Auto High Beam. For the last 6 months I also worked as a Project Manager for the 6 Self Learning Car features, responsible for developing the feature concepts and ensuring the project met the engineering and Human-Machine Interface requirements so that it could progress through the 18 Model Year gateways. I managed a team of 3 software engineers and a system lead.

University of Bristol (June 2012 to September 2012) Research Assistant

I completed an 8 week paid summer research project in the networks lab at the University of Bristol, looking at the performance of wireless networks and under what specific traffic conditions the performance drops significantly below the maximum achievable bandwidth.

Norquay Ski School, Banff Canada (November 2008 to May 2009) Ski Instructor

I qualified as a Level 2 CSIA certified Ski Instructor and taught for 6 months at Norquay Ski resort in Banff, Canada. I also worked for 2 months as part of the Ski Patrol, where I responded to radio calls, organised the ski patrols response in emergencies and attended the emergencies myself.

More on my LinkedIn.

• Video : If you've read to this point, I would have thought you might have guessed that video is an interest of mine, hence the YouTube Channel and University Thesis.
• Music : Writing, playing or watching live, I love it all. I've achieved a musical Grade 8 on Guitar and Grade 6 on Drums.
• Football : Unfortunately a Manchester United fan. Fortunately one that is actually from Manchester.
• Skiing : Obsessed, hence the season instructing!