Web Developer CV

Nadjib Amar
Web Developer
London SE1 4DT
E-mail: contact@nadjibamar.co.uk

Marital status: Civil partner
Nationality: French

I started working in web development in 2001. My projects have been varied: insurance statistical web applications, a legal library system, e-learning and e-commerce websites. I code in VB.Net, ASP VBScript, Ajax, DHTML, Javascript, CSS and SQL Server 2005. To manage my projects, I use Visual Studio and SubVersion.

Employment History

Since April 2008
Web Developer
Emap (London)
  • Moving a large Retail Statistics web application to VB.Net
  • Enhancing the ranking of our public website through search engine optimization
January 2006 - March 2008
Web Developer
Axco Insurance Information Services (London)
  • Developed a web application from the ground up: Axco Global Statistics. I worked on the whole life cycle from initial requirements to development and delivery.
  • Interfaced Excel with web applications to load and export data.
  • Tuned SQL Server performance for complex reporting tasks, reducing execution times by a factor of 10 in some cases. Regular use of "SQL Server Profile" tool (SQL 2005 name to be confirmed) to check indexing and build new indexes where necesssary.
  • Managed the transition of Axco suite of web applications to Rackspace. This involved working weekends and careful planning to minimise the impact on our users. I also setup ASP PDF generator, OWC (Office Web Components), Application Pools and FTP accounts.
  • Created and documented the standard with which Axco developer write code: VBScript classes and stored procedures to allow for code reuse and ease the development, maintenance and enhancement processes.
  • Documented the requirements of my project from meeting notes and planned the delivery of our work to tight schedules. On my initiative, all Axco developers started to log hours against projects and their time allocation.
  • Improved several existing web applications with better functionalities for the data administrators and more usable reports for Axco clients.
June 2004 – January 2006
Web Developer
Nexus Internet Solutions (Brighton)
  • Developed content management systems, e-commerce websites and intranets.
  • Worked with ASP VBScript, JavaScript, SQL Server, IIS (Internet Information Services), Visual Studio and Source Safe.
  • Produced work plans, rigorous test scenarios and high quality live implementation documentation. I was often given live release management responsibilities.
  • Started to learn and use ASP.Net, VB.Net and DNS (Domain Name Services).
  • Helped to develop the Quality Management System for ISO 2001 accreditation.
  • Dabbled in Search Engine Optimization and some XML.
June 2002 – May 2004
Web Developer and Trainer
Silicon Beach Training (Brighton)
  • Taught ASP VBScript, HTML and Javascript courses. The courses were short and intensive. Delegates came from various businesses who desired to have their staff trained to be in-house Web Developers.
  • Wrote students' course material with instructions on how to code, sample code and exercises.
Some of my freelance clients: Anglo Packaging, Young People Centre and Liberation
  • Developed websites using ASP VBScript, JavaScript, HTML and CSS. For Anglo Packaging I used Actinic to manage its catalogue of products.
November 2001 – May 2002
Web Developer
Bailey Solutions (Hove)
  • Added features and fixed bugs on a legal library system to let lawyers manage the books they borrowed and lend them directly to their colleagues. Librarians could lend resources, track where they where and when they were due.
  • Developed a community website for Legal Librarians and the corporate website of my company.
  • Documented requirements, supported existing users and bid for new development work.

Education

1998 - 2001
2:1 BA Media Production with Multimedia
University of Bedfordhire
  • Specialised in website development.
  • Produced interactive CD-ROMs and short films.
1996 - 1998
Degree in Philosophy (DEUG)
Université de Provence (Aix-en-Provence, France)
  • Debated abstract ideas concerning politics, moral and science.
  • Built Boolean logic formulas.
1993 - 1996
French Baccalauréat (with distinction: "A Bien")
Lycée M.M.Fourcade (Gardanne, France)
  • Studied Philosophy, literature, history, geography and sciences.
  • Specialised in foreign languages: English, German and Italian.

Interests

References available on request.

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