James Dobb - Curriculum Vitae

james.dobb@gmail.com | Mobile Number Not Available Online | Address Not Available Online
DOB: 19-Aug-1991 | Clean driving licence & own car

Personal Statement

I began programming at a very early age; as did my general interest in computers begin. Since then I have covered many aspects of computing with strong aspirations to design the best possible solution for every problem that I undertake. I am versatile with the languages that I utilise both to use different languages and to change my writing style to suit an efficient team project.

Key Skills

  • Very good knowledge on VBA, (X)HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, JavaScript and Apache
  • Some knowledge and previous experience on C#, C , ASP, ActionScript and MQL4
  • Some of the applications that I am very capable with:
    • Adobe Photoshop CS5
    • Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
    • Adobe Fireworks CS5
    • Microsoft Access 2010
    • Microsoft Excel 2010
    • Microsoft Word 2010
  • Very good understanding of the operating systems Windows XP, Vista and 7.
  • Extremely competent and fast learner
  • Flexible in both the programming language and the application of it in a team project
  • I strive for design standards which function correctly across browsers
  • I strive to create orderly and logical code with important comments to ensure updates and debugging are much easier and quicker tasks.

Education

  • Studying a masters degree in ITO (Information Technology in Organisations) at Southampton University which was rated #4 in the UK by Times Online for Computer Science 2010.
  • 3 A levels of AAB in Computing, Electronics and Business respectively

Self-Employment

Half way through my gap year between 6th form and university I started to teach myself website design and development. Since then I have registered as self-employed and designed websites for a number of clients (sample URL’s can be found below). The websites which I design are controlled by my own CMS systems designed to suit the client’s specific needs, and the feedback I have had has been extremely encouraging especially on the usability aspect of my designs. I endeavour to continually improve my work and learn more to realise the visions of my clients.


Being self-employed has helped me to gain and improve on some important business skills, one of which being marketing. One way in which I promoted myself was by making business cards and leaflets and going the Royal Welsh Show to talk to business owners of stalls. I managed to secure 2 clients from a day at the show, and am in talks at the moment with a 3rd who has contacted me recently.


Samples: www.wyeside.co.uk | www.oakwoodlodges.co.uk | www.acklinsbonefishlodge.com
Business Website: www.jd-systems.co.uk | Personal Website: www.jamesdobb.co.uk

Employment

Employer: Rhayader 2000
Job Title: Website Manager (www.rhayader.co.uk)
Job Role: To update and maintain the existing website and gain as many new entries as possible.

  • Organised their ‘database’ and converted it to a Microsoft Access application, this has reduced the time required to enter and manage data in the system by at least 30-40%.
  • Managed to bring in more subscriptions for the site and increased revenue.
  • Managed to bring back some old subscriptions that had not renewed before I started the position.

Employer: Llandrindod Wells High School
Job Title: Temporary Computer Technician
Job Role: To remove a virus from all the computers around the school, Install new software on computers and resolve hardware problems.

  • Without any previous knowledge of a large network managed to operate servers and re-wire switches where required (no information provided on the operation of any servers).
  • Successfully removed virus and installed updates on all computers to protect against the virus in future.
  • Implemented a remote control feature on all computers to allow the school technician to control any computer from his workstation in future; this also enabled me to increase my efficiency when working on the computers.
  • Fixed various hardware issues, mainly broken hard drives however a couple of sticks of RAM also had to be replaced.
  • Optimised all computers around the school and managed to decrease the login time of many computers by as much as ~2 minutes to ~10 seconds.
  • Installed new software on all computers successfully.

Personal Interests

Many of my personal interests are in computers, but apart from this I also am very interested in motor racing, and I’m sure that I will be taking part in many events in the future. Since starting university I have joined the skydive society and at the time of writing thrown myself out of a plane twice, and I’m sure I’ll keep doing this for many years to come! I also have a fascination with understanding how things work, and like to create. In my A level Electronics Project I designed an object avoiding robot by myself. This robot went above and beyond what was required and functioned very well, gaining me 100% for my project.

References available on request

Last updated: 04-Nov-2010