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Personal Details
- Name:
- Chris Collins
- Location:
- South Wales, UK
- Nationality:
- Welsh
- Email:
- chris@chrisjcollins.com
- Website:
- https://chrisjcollins.com
- GitHub:
- https://github.com/chriscollins
Profile
An intelligent and hard-working software professional with over eighteen years commercial experience in web development and leadership. Empathetic and adaptable, with an eye for detail and a broad range of skills.
Core Skills
- Object Orientation
- Design Patterns
- Domain Driven Design
- Hexagonal Architecture
- Test-Driven Development
- REST
- Continuous Integration
- Agile
- Mentorship
- PHP
- JavaScript
- C#
- Ruby
- Symfony
- Laravel
- Doctrine
- Ruby On Rails
- BEM CSS
- Vue.js
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Git
- Docker
- JIRA
Experience
Software Delivery Manager - Box UK
- Responsible for the planning and implementation of processes to improve the competency and efficiency of developers.
- Introduced static analysis to the business and facilitated its roll out across all projects.
- Coordinated the successful migration of Continuous Integration from Travis CI to GitHub Actions.
- Founded a working group to discuss and implement improvements around testing and code quality.
- Improved the approach to onboarding new developers in order to increase productivity.
- Provided highly regarded training to all staff on the concept of delivering value.
- Tracked developer skills to provide valuable input to company decisions on recruitment, training and team composition.
- Involved in producing a Career Development Framework to clearly define expectations and progression pathways for developers.
- Helped refine the company's approach to estimation on Agile projects, resulting in improved predictability and better meeting of deadlines.
- Led the development team for the company's largest client.
Principal Developer - Box UK
- Acted as Lead Developer on multiple prestigious projects for large multinational organisations such as RS Components and Sodexo.
- Line managed and mentored less experienced developers.
- Conducted interviews and technical tests for prospective new hires.
- Presented to clients at sales pitches for new work.
- Delivered well-received training courses to clients.
- Managed the company's GitHub account, including seat allocation and permissions.
Senior Developer - Box UK
- Delivered full-stack projects for clients including The BBC and UNISON.
- Gave presentations on multiple technical topics to share knowledge across the company.
- Presented during client-facing sprint demonstrations, showcasing the value delivered.
Developer - Box UK
- Contributed front-end and back-end changes to projects for clients including The National Gallery and Investec Asset Management.
- Received recognition for stepping up to perform project management duties alongside my development role.
Hotel Porter - Morgans Hotel
- Part-time position as a porter at a five-star hotel in Swansea.
Sales Administrator - Comet
- Part-time position at the Culverhouse Cross branch of Comet, in an administrative/sales and customer service capacity.
Education And Qualifications
Scrum Alliance
- July 2013:
- Certified Scrum Master
University of Wales, Swansea
- June 2006:
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science (2:1)
St. Cyres Comprehensive School, Penarth
- July 2002:
- 3 'A' Levels (Computing (A), Biology (A), Business Studies (B))
- July 2001:
- 1 'AS' Level (Chemistry (B))
- July 2000:
- 10 GCSEs (5 A*s, 3 As and 2 Bs)
Outside Interests
Outside of software I enjoy spending time with my wife and son, as well as pursuing my interests in football, chess, playing the piano and guitar. I also enjoy photography and film. I keep fit by playing badminton and going to the gym.
References
References are available on request.