Dominic Burford BSc (Hons) MBCS CITP
Email:
dominic@dominicburford.co.uk
Web site:
www.dominicburford.co.uk
Burton Latimer, Kettering United Kingdom
Profile
I am a professional software engineer with nearly fifteen years commercial development experience, focusing on the design, development
and testing of software solutions using Microsoft technologies. I am highly proficient in .Net, ASP.Net, IIS, web services, SQL Server and other
Microsoft technologies. I enjoy learning new skills and make every effort to ensure that my skills are current. I am passionate about technology and can make a positive impact on any employer.
Skills
- Systems Analysis, System Architecture and Application Design with Unified Modeling Language (UML)
- Visual Studio using C# and VB.Net and the .Net Framework, Visual Foxpro, Visual Basic
- 2-tier / n-tier client-server development with SQL Server (inc. database design, stored procedures, T-SQL)
- Interoperability-enabling technologies including Microsoft Transaction Server, LINQ, XML, web services
- Internet skills including HTML, ASP.Net, Internet Information Services
- Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Design Patterns
- Source Control system experience with Visual SourceSafe and SVN, including administration
- Development of collaboration applications using Sharepoint
- PRINCE2 qualified Project Management
Achievements
- Embedding maps into the East Northamptonshire Council web site. This involved manually integrating Localview
into the ASP.Net web pages to display local services to the users using online mapping software.
- Developed a .Net C# console application to automate the process of extracting timesheet information held in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
The resultant information is written out to XML files each day. No user intervention is necessary. The application automated
what was previously a time consuming manual process.
- Implemented and configured Sharepoint blogs for the Chief Executive of East Northamptonshire Council and its staff user group. Configured the Sharepoint and
Internet Information Services server permissions and settings to enable the required members of staff to administer, view and contribute to the blog.
- Strengthened the Pegasus Opera II proposition by delivering high quality releases of the Developers' Integration Tool
to market, re-energising the Third Party Development Channel in the process.
- Worked as part of a Software Configuration Management team to ensure that all versioning and labelling of source code
and software builds were delivered in a timely and efficient manner, simplifying the process of installing products across the
business.
- Substantially simplified the sales order processing of an e-commerce web site by integrating it with their back end
accounting system, leading to quicker processing of online sales; implemented using XML and SQL Server.
Career History
May 2011 - Present Senior Digital Services Developer.
CDS Global, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Production of technical documentation including class and interaction diagrams, distilled from requirements documentation
- Involved in the design and development of their e-commerce web site inc. online shopping cart / basket, secure online payment and integration of analytics and e-commerce tracking tags
- Developed solutions using ASP.Net / .Net Framework (VB.Net) including web pages, web services and windows services in collaboration with SQL Server
- Development environment consisted of continuous build and integration (nAnt and CruiseControl.Net), unit testing (nUnit), test coverage (nCover) and version control (SVN)
April 2007 - April 2011 Senior Web Developer.
East Northamptonshire Council, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
- Technical responsibility for two local government web sites and Intranets. Involved in all bespoke development (inc. integrating embedded maps into web pages) and
integration of the web sites with back office systems (purchasing system, Revenues and Benefits system, Customer Relationship Management system)
- Hands on development of all web sites, Intranets and online systems
- Proactively identified integration and collaboration opportunities and designed and implemented appropriate solutions utilising Sharepoint,
ASP.Net / .Net Framework (C#) and XML
March 2005 - April 2007 Senior Software Engineer / Project Manager - Third Party Developer Program.
Pegasus Software Ltd, Kettering, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
- Full technical responsibility and ownership of the integration tools used by the Third Party Developers
- Production of high quality technical documentation using a commercial HTML help authoring tool
- Project Management duties responsible for driving software projects to completion
- Introduced new processes and procedures within the business to support the infrastructure required by this position
December 2000 - February 2005 Software Engineer.
Pegasus Software Ltd, Kettering, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
- Involved in the full software lifecycle including requirements analysis, software modeling, test plan documentation and implementation
- Identified and investigated new tools and technologies
- Involved in the development of their key products Opera II, Operations II and Payroll
March 1999 - November 2000 Analyst Programmer and Project Leader.
System Corporation plc, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Substantial input in technical direction at project and company level and which formed the basis for many key initiatives and strategies
- Proactively introduced the Rational Unified Process as the process for software development
- Responsible for the lifecycle of customer projects from requirements analysis through to deployment
- Technical and Project Leader
July 1998 - January 1999 (Liquidated January 1999) Analyst Programmer.
Delta Business Computing, Derby, United Kingdom
- Hands-on training to customers on the use of the Crystal Accounts Developer Toolkit
- Developed and maintained custom software applications
- Second line technical support
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Computer Studies, Nottingham Trent University (1994 - 1998)
- City and Guilds 4400 levels I and II Business Studies and Information Technology, Horizons Training, Lincoln (1993 - 1994)
- 3 'A' levels, North Lincolnshire College, Lincoln, (1986 - 1988)
- 7 'O' levels at grade C or above (including Maths, English , Physics), Homefield School for Boys, Bournemouth (1983 - 1985)
Certificates
- ISEB Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITIL) (8 August 2007)
- ISEB Foundation Certificate in PRINCE2 Project Management (11 July 2007)
- ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing (17 May 2006)
Professional Memberships