Chisel Colin Wright Personal Information Date of Birth: 2^nd October 1974 Nationality: British Full Driving License: Yes Position Type: Permanent Availability: One Calendar Month Computing Experience Key Skills: * Perl - over 8 years commercial, including: * [1]Catalyst * DBIx::Class * PostgreSQL - over 4 years commercial * HTML - over 4 years commercial, including: * Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI) * Javascript * CSS2 * mySQL - over 4 years commercial * C - 3 years University + 7 months commercial * Visual Basic for Applications (Access 97) - 14 months commercial Other Skills: * familiar with SVK, SVN and CVS * shell scripting (bash) * installation and maintenance of Linux, FreeBSD and Microsoft workstations * previous experience with lex & yacc * previous experience with Delphi (v3) and Kylix Work Experience Nov 2006 - Present [2]Net-A-Porter London [3][ Map ] Perl Programmer Main Technologies Used: * Perl (mod_perl, CGI scripts, standalone scripts, modules) * PostgreSQL * Apache * HTML Projects, Roles and Responsibilities: * ongoing maintenance and improvement of custom stock/order system (xTracker) * implement Perl-SOAP interface to US Tax Calculation service (Vertex) * implement Photography Workflow and Management project * implement Promotions project * provide feedback and suggestions for project specifications Jan 2002 - Oct 2006 [4]EHS Brann London [5][ Map ] Lead Developer Main Technologies Used: * Perl (mod_perl, CGI scripts, standalone scripts, modules) * PostgreSQL * mySQL * Apache * HTML Roles and Responsibilities: * ongoing maintenance and development of large scale email newsletter tool * maintenance of various data collection and presentation tools * Involved in the design and implementation of the volvo-i.co.uk campaigns * Wrote Special Offers tool for Al Italia * Maintenance of Canon Europa (UK) Product Finder and Driver Downloads * Database design for volvo-i marketing campaign and importing a number of 3rd party data sources * Modifying existing scripts and modules to increase performance Jan 2000 - Dec 2001 [6]moneyextra.com London [7][ Map ] Perl Programmer Main Technologies Used: * Perl (mod_perl, CGI scripts, standalone scripts) * mySQL and Oracle * Apache (configuration, including dynamic perl configuration) * HTML Roles and Responsibilities: * Maintenance and enhancements to the discussion boards * Maintenence of services on the site * Dealing with technical questions and problems for site users * Contact Centre and Mortgage Centre software * Modifying services for portal sites Jul 1998 - Jan 2000 [8]CGG-PECC Forest Row, East Sussex [9][ Map ] Software Engineer * MS Access 97 database development (including VBA) * HTML design, including Perl-CGI scripts * Firewall maintenance * Set-up and maintained local (anonymous) FTP server Dec 1997 - Jul 1998 [10]Geodetic Crawley, West Sussex [11][ Technology Map ] Software Engineer * Design and implement software solutions for a cutting machine * Develop user-interface for operation machine * Develop wirh real-time OS, Q[N]X (Unix based) * Provide general technical support for other PC users in the company Nov 1996 - Nov 1997 Mastercare Nottingham, East Midlands [12][ (Dixons) Map ] Technical Service Advisor (Telephone) * Hardware support for all PC related products sold by Dixons Stores Group * Arrange on-site engineer for diagnosed hardware faults * Software support for any software and PC hardware on a premium rate helpline Education 1993 - 1996 [13]Manchester (Victoria) Manchester [14][ Map ] University Joint Honours, Computer Science and Mathematics * Received B.Sc. Hons (III) 1993 - 1996 Arnold Hill Comprehensive Nottingham [15][ Map ] A-Levels: * Maths * 'A' * Further Maths * 'D' * Chemistry * 'D' * Physics * 'E' GCSE: * 7 'A-C' grades Additional Skills * I passed the First Aid at Work course in September 2001 and requalified in August 2004. * I've been a Fire Warden at both CGG/PECC and moneyextra.com Interests * I enjoy programming for personal pleasure. Where possible I make solutions available through various online resources, including the CPAN (CPAN id: [16]CHISEL). * Founding member and (current) sole developer of the [17]Parley project. Parley is a web-based forum written in Perl (using Catalyst, DBIx::Class and Template Toolkit). * I'm a keen amateur photographer. Samples of my work can be found at [18]chizography.net. Other Information * I can be contacted via email at [19]chisel.wright@herlpacker.co.uk * Visit [20]http://www.herlpacker.co.uk/personal/ to make sure you have an up-to-date copy of this document Designed and maintained by [21]Chisel Wright. (c) 2002-2008 Chisel Wright. All rights reserved. References Visible links 1. http://catalystframework.org/ 2. http://www.net-a-porter.com/ 3. http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=W24YN 4. http://www.ehsbrann.com/ 5. http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=EC1M5NR 6. http://www.moneyextra.com/ 7. http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=E17HD 8. http://www.cgg.com/ 9. http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=RH185HE 10. http://www.hexapods.com/ 11. http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=RH102QR 12. http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=NG72NR 13. http://www.man.ac.uk/ 14. http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?GridE=384422&GridN=396786 15. http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=NG56NZ 16. http://search.cpan.org/~chisel 17. http://www.herlpacker.co.uk/tech/development/projects/parley/ 18. http://chizography.net/ 19. mailto:chisel.wright@herlpacker.co.uk 20. http://www.herlpacker.co.uk/personal/ 21. mailto:chisel@herlpacker.co.uk