Founder at WebGate Ltd
Plymouth, Devon
United Kingdom
http://www.webgateinternational.com
November 2012-Present

Founder at Webgate Ltd, an independent Scrum Training, Consulting and Contracting organization. I have created, and provided, Scrum training course both in-person and live online.

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Agile Coach / Scrum Master at RippleRock
London, London
United Kingdom
http://www.ripple-rock.com
July 2012-November 2012

I worked as an Agile Coach / Scrum Master / Scrum Trainer at ASOS.com (contracted via RippleRock). ASOS.com is the UK’s largest independent online eCommerce fashion retailer. I trained teams in Scrum and Agile techniques and helped them on the road to high-performance and achieving increased productivity. I also acted as the Scrum of Scrums Master for four Scrum teams, both internal and external, working on a project to convert an eCommerce solution onto new technology. I had additional responsibilities as an Agile Coach where I would provide coaching for senior management as well as mentoring for permanent Scrum Masters. I also trained internal and external resources on Scrum. Technology Used: C#, .NET 4.x, ASP.NET (MVC 3), FredHopper, Azure 1.7, TFS 2010, VS2010

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Founder at WebGate Ltd
Plymouth, Devon
United Kingdom
http://www.webgateinternational.com
September 2010-June 2012

Founder at Webgate Ltd, an independent Scrum Training, Consulting and Contracting organization. I have created, and provided, Scrum training course both in-person and live online. WebGate Ltd is a Microsoft BizSpark member. I provide training and consulting services in deploying, managing and maintaining Scrum and Agile practices. In addition, I do presentations for User Groups and speak at seminars and conferences on business of Scrum and Agile. Training testimonials available here: http://www.webgateinternational.com/testimonials/ I maintain a blog on Scrum at http://www.webgateinternational.com/category/news/ and have a membership list including people from companies such as Intel, HP, Cap Gemini, Greenpeace, UBS, Logica (CGI), Tata, ING and Cognizant. Technology Used: C#, .NET 4.x, ASP.NET (MVC 3), ADO.NET (Entity Framework 4.1), LINQ, jQuery

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Software Development Manager at Connaught PLC
Exeter, Devon
United Kingdom
http://www.connaught.plc.uk
August 2008-August 2010

Connaught PLC was a FTSE 250 company with over 10,000 employees, engaged in the provision of integrated asset services to the public and private sectors. (nb: Company now defunct) I managed a team of 26 internal staff and 35 outsourced, external staff using Agile / XP on both new and BAU software products. Managed entire contract for outsourced development team (Ukraine based) achieving significant savings for no loss of service over the contract period. Delivered services to 10000+ users in multiple offices all across the UK. Managed fast paced change across the business as a whole and in software development in particular by successfully introducing new estimation, scheduling and project delivery processes. Successfully achieved on-time, on budget deliverables over the term. Utilized Agile methodologies (Scrum / XP) Technology Used: Java, Hibernate, Microsoft Project, Agile (Scrum / XP)

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