Curriculum Vitae
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Dougal Matthews
| Phone | +44 (0) 7719 780 595 | Website | www.dougalmatthews.com |
| dougal@dougalmatthews.com | @d0ugal | ||
| Github | github.com/d0ugal | Bitbucket | bitbucket.org/d0ugal |
I am a hard working highly motivated developer with proven skills in software design and development. I enjoy working as part of a team or working as a development lead. With a wide range of skills in web development I have worked in a number of different projects with small start-ups to traditional well established companies. I am interested in finding new challenges and interesting position where I can develop innovating and successful solutions. I also enjoy a highly active social life, skiing and travelling when I get a chance.
Education
| Year | Education Establishment | Qualification | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-2009 | Edinburgh Napier University | MSc Advanced Software Engineering | pass |
| 2005-2007 | Edinburgh Napier University | BSc (Hons) Software Technology | 2:1 |
Noteable Academic Projects
In my 4th year project for University I created an Ajax interface for phpMyAdmin, a highly popular open source database management system written in PHP. This project was very successful and was featured on sites such as Ajaxian.com.
For my Masters dissertation I worked on machine learning and successfully created a learning system that was able to improve its performance at playing Mancala over time. The system has implementations working with MiniMax Search tree, Evolutionary Algorithms, Neural Networks and Ant Colony Optimisation.
Key Skills
| Languages | Database Systems | Technologies/Frameworks |
|---|---|---|
| Python (3.5 years) | PostgreSQL (3 years) | Django (3 years) |
| JavaScript (4 years) | mySQL (3 years) | Facebook Apps (PHP/Python) |
| Java (1 year) | ||
| PHP (5 years) | ||
| XHTML, XML and CSS (8 years) |
Conferences and Training
| EuroPython 2011 (Florence, IT) | EuroPython 2009 (Birmingham, UK) |
| EuroPython 2010 (Birmingham, UK) | EuroDjangoCon 2009 (Prague, CZ) |
| DjangoCon.eu 2010 (Berlin, DE) | Microsoft Visual Studio Conference 2005 (Edinburgh, UK) |
Community Involvement
I co-founded a Python Edinburgh user group in Edinburgh which has been running for over a year now. With the group I have also successfully organised a coding weekend and a small conference. I also try to attend and get involved with any user groups in the local area. I am also keen to try and contribute back and help with open source projects where possible.
Experience
| Date | Company | Duties Description |
|---|---|---|
| 07/2010 - Present | Pitchup | Django and Python development working on the successful campsite directory start up www.pitchup.com |
| 09/2010 - 07/2010 | Aviva plc | Django and Python development working on a number of Aviva's websites including www.rac.co.uk. I was involved in a number of large projects and led development of the RAC route planner. |
| 09/2009 - 09/2010 | Loopo Ltd | Django and Python development working on Zinc Medical Recruitment, A medical trainee recruitment system used by medical schools and colleges in England and Wales. |
| 11/2009 - 12/2009 | Aware Monitoring | Development working on awaremonitoring.com for Viisys Ltd. The work involved Python, Django, RabbitMQ, Celery, jQuery, mySQL and various other related technologies. |
| 02/2009 - 09/2009 | Mobilis Performance | Django and Python development of an online self diagnosis physiotherapist website. |
| 01/2009 - 05/2009 | Landmarts | Django and Python development for an online property and land website. Including implementations of various unique features in this market area. Featuring many Ajax features using jQuery and Google Maps. |
| 02/2008 - 09/2008 | XCalibre Communications | Java and PHP development. Working in the internals of flexiscale and the customer control panel. Development, Maintenance and testing. |
| 08/2007 - 01/2008 | 1576 Advertising | General web development work. Tasks including; PHP, mySQL, JavaScript, Ajax, Software Architecture. |
| 09/2007 - 09/2007 | Gillespie MacAndrew and Hunters Residential www.hunters - residential.co.uk | Full Design and implementation of PHP and mySQL backend. Google maps property search interface with Ajax link to backend. Testing and Documentation. |
| 06/2007 - 08/2007 | Zero Design Ltd. | Training; OO Principles, PHP5 and Ajax/JavaScript |
| 06/2007 | Pure Services | Website Design and mark-up implementation. ASP.NET Programming (C#). Testing and Documentation. |
| 02/2007 | FoAN : Friends of African Nursing - www.foan.org.uk | Website Design and mark-up implementation. PHP Programming. Testing and Documentation. |
| 11/2006 - 02/2007 | Zero Design | PHP Website Development. Full Database Design & Implementation. Lead Programmer |
References and Recommendations
Written and verbal references and recommendations are available on request. A number can also be viewed on my LinkedIn profile. www.linkedin.com/in/d0ugal