Ian Saunders

Poole, Dorset hello@ijsaunders.co.uk

I am a keen and enthusiastic graduate, having completed a BSc Hons in Business Information Technology at Bournemouth University. Approacing 20 years post graduate experience I have proven ability in web design and construction, working well both in a delivery focused team-oriented environment, and in an individual capacity. I possess excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and foster excellent relationships with colleagues and clients alike.

Experience

Development Manager

Exchange and Mart

Multiple roles from Developer, to Lead Developer to current role Development Manager - details to follow

February 2010 - Present

Analyst Developer

Towergate Partnership

My role here involves the design / development of the companies internal systems. These are written in ASP.NET / C#, with SQLSERVER backends. Projects are developed in .NET 3.5, and made use of the ajax control toolkit wherever possible. Reporting Services set up for the property management team. Bug fixing of legacy classic asp systems where required.

October 2007 - January 2010

Developer (Contract role, 6 extensions)

Devon County Council

Developing e-enabled forms using Mandoforms, and configuring the Lagan CRM back end. Worked closely with Business analysts, and directly with the customers to tailor forms to meet bespoke requirements. Also writing Oracle and Actuate Reports for Social Services.

June 2004 - October 2007

Technical Consultant

Inspire IT

I worked on the coding of the product, classic ASP Front End with an Access backend database. Migrated the db to SQL Server

June 2003- June 2004

Analyst Programmer (Industrial Placement Scheme)

Zurich System HOuse / ISS ADM South Coast

Largest project worked on was Customer Information Platform (CIP) project. This was a web-based portal with the front end written in Java Server Pages with JavaScript, and a back end in Java code. I wrote an Interest Calculator for the site, which has been used throughout the claims department, produced documentation and demonstrated to management and colleagues. My placement was extended from the original 48 weeks for another 2 months.

June 2001 - September 2002

Sole Trader / co-founder

BOAN DESIGN

Due to redundancy, I registered as a sole trader enabling me to find web dev work. Have continued the odd site for friends to keep skills up to date and practice.

2004 - Present

Education

Bournemouth University

BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology (2:2)

BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology (2:2) Whilst being focused around IT, my degree also encompassed the following key business areas: Finance, Accounting, Law and Marketing. My final year project involved the internationalisation and customisation of an e-commerce site.

1999 - 2003

Poole Grammar School

10 GCSE's, 3 A-Levels, Young Enterprise Certificate

GCSE: Mathematics (B), Technology (B), English Language (B) English Literature (B), Economics (C), Geography (B), French (C), Religious Studies (C), Double Science (CC)

A LEVEL: Computing (B), Economics (E) and General Studies (D)

1994 - May 2009

Skills

A sample of skills I have used during my career listed below.

  • .Net Framework ASP.Net / C# wth Visual Studio, VS Online, .Net Core, MVC, Web API, Entity Framework, Linq to SQL
  • Front end skills including Javascript, JQuery, Html, CSS. Task runner utilisation with SASS, Gulp, Node
  • SEO, Cross Browser Testing, Selenium
  • SQL Server, SSRS, and in the past have uses Oracle / plSQL, MySQL.
  • Source control currently use Git but have used TFS and Source Safe.
  • Adobe Analytics, Google Analatics, Launch and Tealium Tag Managers.

Interests

I enjoy cycling (commuting, Mountain Biking, Road Cycling), playing basketball, DIY Projects, Socialising with friends, trying out new cooking techniques / recipes.