Simon McManus

I am Simon McManus.

I have worked at BT for a year now doing various web related activities. Please note that the views expressed on this blog are not necessarily the views of BT.

I now work for Osmosoft which is a BT company.

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Below are some extracts from my CV……….

PHP

Extensive knowledge has been gained over four years developing application in my own time and at work. (5 years)

MySQL

Very good knowledge including administration and optimisation. (4 years)

MSSQL

Enterprise level experience gained at BT.

Web Services

Final Year Project was a web service, some limited experience gained at Rapid Web. Experience with PHP 4, 5 and C#.NET using both SOAP and REST. XS-REST was developed to deploy the Final Year Project. (3 year)

XML

Experience using SAX, SimpleXML. XPath, RSS, SVG, and WSDL. (3 years)

XSLT

An XSL template was created for each method of the Final Year Project as part of XS-REST.

Agile Development

While working at BT I trained as an Agile Coach spreading the use of agile methods for Software delivery in the Executive Web Services team.

Other

Organisation, Issue Identification / Resolution, Effective Time Management, Initiative, Good interpersonal Skills, Experience with using Open Source.

TiddlyWiki

Good experience has been gained in developing TiddlyWiki on both the server and client side.

Javascript

A great deal of experience, particularly in the last year, mostly in the form of TiddlyWiki/AJAX development. (4 years)

CSS

Good understanding of CSS. (4 years)

XHTML

For a university project I created a site where users could store and share their programming code. The site conformed to the XHTML Strict standard.

C#.NET

For the XML and Web Services module a windows application was created to consume a number of different web services, which were created in Visual Studio.

Jot

Built MyPages using Jot, MyPages is a Facebook/MySpace style site allowing BT staff to publish information (Blogs, Wiki Files) on the intranet.

Oracle SOA Suite

I am involved with a project in BT to implement the Oracle SOA (Service Orientated Architecture) across the BT Enterprise Management Platform.

Communication

Teamwork, Verbal, Written and Communication with users of varying ability.

 

Previous Experience

Osmosoftian at Osmosoft
July 2007 - Present

I have been working with the ccTiddly and TiddlyWiki open source communities to develop the features that will make ccTiddly suitable for enterprise deployment within BT and other enterprises. I initially started using the BT Web 21C PHP SDK and blogged about it in order to reduce the barrier to entry and increase adoption. The lessons were then integrated into a new release of the PHP SDK in order to further reduce the barriers to entry.

I have built a number of application using Facebook which make use of both the Web21C PHP SDK and the new MOJO interface. I have also investigated Elgg as an Open Source social networking platform. I have investigated extracting data from within facebook using the API and also built a series of TiddlyWiki plug-ins that allow data to be screen scraped from Facebook.

Solution Design - Managing the Enterprise at BT
February 2007 - July 2007

In this role time was spent investigating different multicast solutions for distributing videos from the BT TV studios around the world. I Worked with BT security to investigate the deployment of an integrated IP based security system to be potentially deployed across all BT buildings and IT infrastructure. I also gained experience and understanding of Oracle SOA Suite including technologies such as BPEL and BAM.

I was also involved in ensuring that there was a smooth transition between old and new OUC codes.

Executive Web Services – Web 2.0 Developer at BT
September 2006 – February 2007

I contributed to and helped drive BT’s transformational strategy to adopt and drive business benefit from Web 2.0 technologies, working with senior BT business partners, OneIT teams, and leading technology vendors. I helped to provide systems roadmaps, strategic designs, high level designs, and helped manage offshore contracts, projects and delivery management; my influence extended business partner engagement for new and existing collaborative intranet applications.

Other Work Experience

Employer Role Dates

Rapid Web - PHP Developer - September 2005 - September - 2006

Hornbill Systems Ltd - Technical Support Analyst - July 2004 - August 2005