A proactive, dynamic, communicative Full Stack Software Developer with a love of performing and writing music, reading, food, travel and helping others to realise their potential.

Previously in my career I was a qualified musician and teacher, subsequently moving into a further education senior manager role. I was drawn towards software development due to its potential to be applied in all manners of industry and life, offering varied and exciting opportunities.

Having graduated from the highly selective and intensive bootcamp at Makers Academy, London. I am looking to combine my leadership and management experience, creativity and problem solving skills in an exciting and challenging development environment. Enjoying every facet of the tech industry since making my change, coding and development has brought the best out of me, coupling my career experience with the opportunities to create new and exciting websites, apps and programs. Seeing an idea from planning to completion brings a sense of accomplishment and joy that I hope to achieve in a positively cultured organisation.

Head of School (Senior Management), – Public Services, Science and Computing - (Aug 2018 – December 2022) West Herts College, Watford

• Lead, manage, and direct school staff (~50) to ensure high performance standards for learners (~950)
• Develop school in line with college policy and strategic plans, addressing learner, employer, and community needs through strategic reviews and manage school budget allocation
• Liaise with stakeholders and management at all levels, showing strong communication and negotiation skills
• Manage resources within Uni of Hertfordshire College Consortium
• Develop teaching strategies for quality, active learning opportunities (FE, HE, Adult, Apprenticeship)
• Evaluate and integrate new staff across all areas of the school.

Teaching & Learning Leader/Senior Practitioner - (Sep 2016 – July 2018) - West Herts College

• Drive outstanding teaching and learning practices cross college (further and higher education)
• Manage and mentor new members of staff
• Create and monitor Quality Improvement Plans, formulating bespoke training and measuring impact Course Leader and Lecturer (Music Practice & Music Technology) (Sep 2014 – July 2018) - West Herts College
• Teaching sound creation, sequencing, sound for the moving image, solo music performance, band units and more
• Responsible for the planning and running of a two year Level 3 BTEC course
• Tracking student progress, achievement and attainment

Git Github Visual Studio Postman HTML CSS Bootstrap
Javascript React npm Node.js Express Jest Webpack
Ruby PostgreSQL mongoDB Cypress macOs

• Developed understanding of core programming concepts with a focus on OOP
• Combined previous management experience with agile processes which was integral to effective communication throughout all projects
• Planned and developed projects using multiple tech stacks such as MERN and Ruby on Rails
• Developed understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Consistently strived to adhere to test driven development practices
• Able to write meaningful tests (behaviour vs state)
• Understood a consistent debugging process to resolve issues, enhancing my problem solving skills
• Deployed web applications using light cloud services
• Built on existing communication skills to effectively pair program and contribute to group projects
• Took an active leadership role, leading retros for cohort as well as standups for group project work
• Used previous mentoring and teaching skills to voluntarily assist other learners in their studies
• Used branch/PR/merge git workflow and code reviews
• Built web applications fetching and updating remote data using JS, with and without React

• BMUS (Hons) 1st Class, Music

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management

• Level 5 Diploma - Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector

• A2-Levels: Chemistry B, Biology B, Music B
• GCSEs: 4A*, 4A, 2B

• Musician (drums and keys), video gamer, parent, conversationalist, part-time gym goer...