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Freelance
Nov 2020 - Current
Limassol, Cyprus
- development of unique solutions for clients not available as off-the-shelf software
- 3rd party services integration by means of API or custom code
- comprehensive test suites using TDD style including unit, integration, functional and acceptance tests
Personal Projects
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
Limassol, Cyprus
- practice ES6 and NodeJS skills including TypeScript and Yarn 2 PnP
- complete a number of exercises on freeCodeCamp
- practice with Javascript tooling such as webpack, grant, gulp and custom npm scripts
- try Zurb Foundation, Framework 7 and Jest frameworks
Eltoma Corporate Services
Jan 2018 - Jan 2020
Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
- plan and coordinate work of the entire IT department (four direct subordinates)
- budget the department using man-hours and cost codes
- conduct quarterly performance reviews using self-implemented KPIs
- use agile methodology for software projects (user stories with story points, kanban board, CI, unit tests)
- undertake disciplinary procedures in conjunction with HR department
- participate in recruitment process (draft up job descriptions & test assignments, conduct interviews and assess test assignments)
- conflict resolution among colleagues and other department’s staff
- create comprehensive infrastructure documentation from scratch of 5 geo-remote offices
Group of Wordpress Developers
Nov 2016 - Aug 2017
Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
- lead (remotely) self-assembled team of four WordPress freelancers
- help gain necessary web development skills as a part of training sessions
- explain Wordpress eco system and differentiate between good and bad practices
- assist with the necessary tooling as a part of development process
- explain how to handle first clients and how to break user requirements into technical assignments
Vice-President and Treasurer
Sep 2016 - Jun 2018
Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
- hold roles of vice-president and treasurer (different academic years)
- responsible for budgeting extracurricular events
- create formal structure for weekly sessions and allocate (delegate) other committee members to their respective roles
- hold monthly committee meetings to reflect upon performance and provide feedback for future sessions
BA with Hons. Business Studies and HR Management
Sep 2015 - Jun 2019
Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
- write dissertation titled “Popularity of Lean and Agile Among Startups”
- receive high grades for the following modules: 91% in accounting; 75% in business law; 78% in entrepreneurship; 70% in project management
- balance full-time job, full-time study and actively participate in the society’s committee
FeedSyndicate
Nov 2014 - Nov 2016
Limassol, Cyprus
- create private “Status Page” plugin to read Nagios (SQL) output and create meaningful user-friendly output (status page)
- support existing WordPress plugin “FeedSyndicate” which grabs RSS feed and creates posts from that on a regular basis (schedule) with user configurable settings
Eltoma Corporate Services
Jun 2011 - Dec 2013
Limassol, Cyprus
- provide tier-1 support level to internal staff
- provide front desk support including technical issue resolution and staff training
- resolve assigned support tickets
- address (occasionally) issues with Windows Servers and troubleshoot VPN connection between Cisco ASA 5505 endpoints