Kevinjohn Gallagher, Bsc MT, ACP, MMCP, MFD, Prince2 Address: 41 Meadowfield Avenue Edinburgh EH8 7NW 29 Furlong Road London N7 8LS Mobile: 07788 718382 E-mail: cv@kevinjohngallagher.com D.O.B: 22nd November 1978 Degree: Multimedia Technology Management, Napier University. Qualifications: Prince2 Management Methodology Allaire Certified Professional Macromedia Certified Web Professional Macromedia Certified Flash Developer Macromedia Certified Professional Scottish Enterprise: Manager of the Year Microsoft's "Reserved for Excellence" for MSDNAA Web Services Over 15 years experience working in cross-functional teams as a technical expert. Detail-orientated, IT Specialist; with a strong background in Web Development, User Experience, Project Management, Consultation and Internet-related technology. Distinguished performance over ten years in both private and public sectors; specialising in building Client relations through continued objective analysis, communication & consultation. Dynamic, award-winning career, reflecting pioneering expertise in Internet-based multimedia solutions; offering a rare combination of N-tier architecture experience from multiple perspectives. Comprehensive development skills across the front and back-end range; focusing on the open source and OOP orientated market in the last 5 years. Proven leader with a strong entrepreneurial spirit; displays a real strength for identifying and encouraging talent by building and motivating teams to work cooperatively to achieve goals. Expert in the design, development and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology and communications solutions to meet challenging business demands. Major roles detailed below. Experience of smaller roles available on request: Pure Web Brilliant Director and Developer January 2009 – Dec 2009 - Carved out business model based solely on PHP-orientated sustainable open source technology. - Hand coded solutions and additions to the WordPress and bbPress cores. - Promoted the use of reusable OOP classes to speed up development time and reduce bugs. - Developed and documented coding standards for web page development. Endemol Project Manager January 2008 - Oct 2008 - Led tech-heavy cross medium projects for major brands such as Big Brother, Deal or no Deal & the BBC. - Responsible for Full Life Cycle, prioritizing and scheduling briefs from multiple sections. - Managed infrastructure migration including all external internet sites, the intranet, hardware, and servers. - Ran critical short term projects, with heavy weighting towards user submitted content (Texts and Video). Personal Project s Developer January 2007 - Jun 2007 - Overseeing the end to end delivery of key user-centric systems, ensure all objectives fulfilled. - Nurtured multi-national teams, developing in PHP based Web 2.0 using agile & scrum techniques. Full Six Agency Development Manager August 2006 - Nov 2006 - Integrated Development and PM role in a senior capacity with abundant stakeholder management. - Ensured momentum of project by providing direction, by absorbing many different personalities & roles. - Quantified web 2.0 initiatives and their use, when faced with the re-purposing of client goals, needs, requirements and issues across an ever changing roadmap on high profile public facing websites. Them Agency Project Manager April 2006 - Jul 2006 - Emergency PM to oversee integration of new management team and structure, from Director level down. - Initiated full Agile methodology to revisit under-estimated project plans that had a single point of failure. - Recruited 3rd party partners and freelancers on varying contracts to ensure projects met given deadlines. - Coordinated consultation with clients, AM’s and board members to capitalize on given opportunities. T101 Development Manager January 2005 - Feb 2006 - Applied leadership & motivational skills to raise team enthusiasm for critical, yet non-principal projects. - Oversaw the design, development, support & infrastructure teams; with direct reports & personal reviews. - Delivered a doubling of market Share that saw online number & log-ins per minute triple. - After initial analysis, defined technical and business procedures for restructuring workflow through UML. - Controlled all interaction with 3rd party vendors including tenders, specifications, and actualization. Microsoft Specialist UI.Net Developer July 2004 - Dec 2004 - Building Microsoft’s pioneering C# Content Management System; used on MSN and partner websites. - Involved in Architecture of control-based C#, to allow multi-developer integrated component creation. - Designed dHTML interaction using advanced XML data-islanding, AJAX only CSS based expressions, multiple client-side dialogs, and client-side WebService proxies to reduce the number of user postbacks. Cisco Systems Lead Developer July 2002 - Sept 2003 - Facilitated recruitment of resources. Orchestrated daily team meetings and one-on-ones to ensure personal development plans were being met. Devised training procedures to promote continued growth. - Communicated value of user tracking and initialized analysis of website interaction. - Coordinated development and site restructure towards automation, including transfer to in-house CMS. British Government Lead Developer August 2001 - Jan 2002 - Developed a new .NET framework back-end for the Scottish Executive using VB.net & C#, while in beta. - Liaised with clients, stakeholders, partners and 3rd parties to ensure Project Plan was properly managed. 2001online.net Hands-on Development Manager 2000 - Mentored junior members in skills development. Formulated print & online advertising campaign. Beechwood Web Team Manager 1999 - Converted client remit to procedures for team. Instigated testing & market research into usability. Arcas Web Team Leader 1998 - 1999 - Increased involvement in Client Facing & Project Manager, and use of dHTML, multimedia & CD-ROMS. Web Concepts Web Developer 1996 - 1998 Web apprenticeship (HTML, JavaScript, Perl & image manipulation). Increasing Client interaction. Skill Set: HTML 10+ years JavaScript 10+ years CSS 10+ years XML 10+ years SQL 10+ years PHP 10+ years ASP/.Net 10+ years * Flash/AS1/AS2 10+ years * * It should be noted that my knowledge of the very latest version for each of these software releases is limited. I have a fundamental grasp of the technology, but haven't had a need to use the cutting edge versions for a considerable number of years. C/C++/Java 0 years ** ** While having worked with and around compiled technologies for the majority of my web career, I want to stress that I am not a developer in the old-fashioned sense, and have no ability nor desire to become one. Links: The following list is the last 10 websites on which I worked that are currently public facing. www.KevinjohnGallagher.com www.WilliamHill.co.uk www.TheFringeThing.com www.bbc.co.uk/thewall www.Channel4.com/bigbrother www.CelticFansite.com www.MovieCenter.net www.ElegantTouch.co.uk www.Energizer.eu/uk/en www.WilkinsonSword.co.uk/women/showroom/quattro_for_women