Alan Dean

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Educational History

• Leeds University, 1989.
  
• Oakham School, 1986.
  

Professional History:

• Consultant, Charteris plc
• Technical Staff / Information Systems, LastMinute.com
• Technical Staff / Information Systems, Sequel Business Solutions

Bio

A seasoned professional, with over 10 years of software development experience; I am a capable individual with a high degree of self-motivation. I have a broad interest in software development both with reference to the hands-on task of writing effective code, alongside architectural considerations, and the process of producing software as a team.

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Bio

A seasoned professional, with over 10 years of software development experience; I am a capable individual with a high degree of self-motivation. I have a broad interest in software development both with reference to the hands-on task of writing effective code, alongside architectural considerations, and the process of producing software as a team.

Personal slogan or motto

Software development teams should be led from the front line.

Areas of expertise

• C# (7 years) • SQL / T-SQL (11 years) SQL Server 6.5 to SQL Server 2008 • XML / XSD / XSLT (8 years) Extensive usage: including specialised dialects e.g. RDF • Web Services (5 years) Various dialects: including WS-*, REST, and POX services • Web Sites (9 years) (X)HTML, JavaScript, DHTML / AJAX • Process (11 years) Various: including Agile, RAD, RUP • Design (9 years) User Stories & Personas, Use Cases, UML

Personal Website/Blog URL

http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean.html

Public Profile

http://www.fastcompany.com/user/alan-dean

Professional History

Consultant, Charteris plc

Public, 101-500 employees, Consulting industry

I am currently Senior Technologist, providing a broad range of capabilities to clients, from hands-on development, process change and strategic technical guidance.

Technical Staff / Information Systems, LastMinute.com

Public, 101-500 employees, Travel / Tourism / Lodging industry

Lead Developer 

Technical leadership of re-architecting system to .NET with particular focus on B2B trading web services.

Technical Staff / Information Systems, Sequel Business Solutions

Private, 51-100 employees, Insurance industry

SBS are an ISV providing software to Lloyds of London syndicates. I led a team of six developers.

Technical Staff / Information Systems, Intelligum

Private, 21-50 employees, Consulting industry

A short-term contract to provide ASP.NET expertise to facilitate the successful delivery of a training site for Dell Computers.

Manager, The Retail Experience

Private, 21-50 employees, Retail industry

Product Development Manager

 

Owned by Faith Footwear, The Retail Experience provided a wireless front-of-house retail application for shoe retailers.
Achievements:
• Drove a re-architecture of the solution to .NET, including support for Windows Mobile devices.
• Collaborated with Microsoft as an early adopter of BizTalk 2004, leading to the achievement of Managed Partner status.
• Cross-trained staff from VB6 to C#
• Implemented Agile development practices

Technical Staff / Information Systems, IVIS Group

Private, 51-100 employees, Consulting industry

National Stores Team Lead

 

Achievements:
• Delivered TOM3 for Tesco.com ahead of schedule and to a high quality after being given the Team Lead role in the shadow of significant problems with TOM2
• Qualified as MCT
• Provided pre-sales support

Technical Staff / Information Systems, Phoenix Database Technologies

Private, 51-100 employees, Consulting industry

Systems Consultant

Technical Staff / Information Systems, Interactive Colour Solutions

Private, 21-50 employees, Retail industry

Lead Software Developer

Educational History

Leeds University, United Kingdom
1989.
Areas of study: JH/BA Economics & Geography

Oakham School, United Kingdom
1986.

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