My name is Pete Robinson, I am currently employed as Senior Developer for London based media agency, Wunderman. I have over 8 years (5 commercial) experience specialising in Object Oriented PHP 5 development with MySQL databases and XHTML and CSS front ends, enriched with gracefully degrading JavaScript and AJAX by use of the jQuery JavaScript library.
I use standards compliant XHTML along with cross-browser compatible CSS written to W3C Strict specifications where possible. I am well versed with using the jQuery JavaScript library unobtrusively, allowing for graceful degradation so that should the user have JavaScript disabled, their experience is not significantly interrupted.
Database design and optimising comes hand in hand with my profession as a PHP developer, having both constructed and worked on large scale databases for companies such as Prudential, AXA and Santander.
Using the skill set detailed above, I am able to construct large scale applications and websites with a rich user interface, coupled with multi-platform compatibility. I have also built a number of multi-lingual websites, giving me experience with internationalisation and localisation (i18n).
I have a keen interest in web standards and accessibility guidelines and consider myself a quick learner. I always aim to improve my skill set by learning from any available resource. I subscribe to many blogs and RSS feeds for the latest news in the industry in order to ensure that my skill set is as up-to-date as possible.
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- PHP 5, Object Oriented
- MYSQL and optimisation
- PHP security and design patterns (MVC, Singleton)
- XML
- PHP Frameworks (Kohana, Symfony)
- YAML
- XHTML 1.0 to W3 Strict standard
- HTML5
- RSS (Atom)
- CSS (2 and 3)
- JavaScript and the jQuery
- AJAX
- API integration (Google maps/charts, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc)
- cURL and Rest
Software Experience
- Mac OS X (Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion)
- Windows (XP, Vista and 7)
- Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS and Fedora)
- Proficient with Linux command line
- Apache server (setup and configuration)
- Wordpress (although I hate it)
- SVN
- Adobe Suite
- TextMate
- Productivity applications (Basecamp, Beanstalk, Harvest)
- Amazon AWS
Other Skills
- Project Management
- Team Management and Mentorship
- Visual Basic
- Basic Objective C
- Basic Cocoa
- Basic ActionScript 2.0
- Basic Ruby on Rails
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Career
I am currently employed as Senior Developer for Wunderman UK. My role there consists primarily of front and back end development, AJAX integration, social media API integration and social app development.
My projects have ranged from e-commerce shops and mortgage calculation to insurance systems and large social mash-ups. I am very well versed in XHTML and CSS web layouts along with associated testing (IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox Mac and PC, Safari Mac and PC and Google Chrome Mac and PC).
My main specialism is PHP and mySQL. I have experience with design patterns such as MVC and Singleton and have worked with frameworks following these paradigms (such as Symfony and CodeIgniter). I strive to ensure that all my code complies with the most up-to-date best practice guidelines and web standards, along with following current trends and developments within my areas of interest. I am well versed in Object Orientation and have worked with and written frameworks using this paradigm.
At my previous positions, I have had, as Senior Developer, the responsibility of managing a team a developers ranging from 3 to 8 in numbers. I have been responsible for appraisals, recruitment, candidate selection, project and time management and mentorship.
I am familiar with version control technologies such as GIV and Subversion as well as being proficient with the linux command line. I have also written internal applications for previous employers to streamline workflow and aid in organisation. These include time monitoring, language translation, scheduling and quotation applications.
I am currently working on a bug tracking system (as a personal venture) which will be a free online service aimed at digital agencies to track bugs during the stages of project development. Having used a number of similar systems, and after speaking to many who use these systems, it became apparent that most have a lot of idiosyncrasies that detract from simplicity and user experience. As a result, I came up with a model for an application which has all the benefits and none of the defects of the current popular bug tracking applications available. Thus far, it has had a large amount of interest from numerous individuals and digital agencies to BETA test the app when it goes live in the view of using it as a permanent solution should it meet their requirements.
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Wunderman
Senior PHP Developer
At Wunderman my role entails creating social media applications for use in conjunction with marketing campaigns by clients such as Ford, Nokia, Landrover, P&G and Microsoft.
I also write applications to assist the marketing and SEO teams in their analytics of client's site performance such as a SERPS Google Scraping system and a Twitter spread tracking application.
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My role at Type3 Digital was more as a Senior Developer by experience as oppose to by role. The development team was very small and each developer functioned under their own steam. My role there involved building rich web applications and websites with OO PHP5, mySQL, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript / jQuery.
I gained a lot of API experience in this role which has since proven invaluable as they where very keen on Social integration and mashup projects.
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My role at Game Account Global primarily involved building partner sites and applications for integration with flash and java driven applications. I also managed and mentored the front-end development team. My primary skills used in this role where XHTML, CSS, jQuery and XML.
I also played a part in the planning of an overhaul of their internal struts framework with the goal of making the integration process for front-end developers simpler, faster and more efficient.
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As Senior PHP Developer, I undertook the management and development of the companies larger projects which have included large e-commerce applications, mortgage calculation systems and a insurance quotation, issuing and accounting system for AXA partners. My primary skills used in this role where PHP, mySQL, jQuery, XHTML and CSS.
I was also responsible for the day-to-day running of the development department, managing and mentoring a team of developers. As part of my managerial role within this position, I handled interviews, appraisals, project and time management, code reviews and project scoping in order to ensure the department was as skilled, as profitable and most importantly, as happy as possible..
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As a developer at Spring Digital, I undertook the building of sites and applications ranging form small XHTML and CSS brochure ware websites to e-commerce sites with PHP and mySQL.
One of my more interesting projects at Spring involved building an internal client fault logging system for Prudential. At Spring, I used PHP, mySQL, jQuery, XHTML, CSS and Linux command line on a daily basis.
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