Michael Traher

Experience

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  Babcock Bristol

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1985

  Junior Programmer

  I worked in the data processing department of this engineering company that made the control panels for power stations. Writing reports for senior management • Learnt to navigate a very complex IDMSX database to create bespoke COBOL reports for senior management..

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  TCS Computer Services Ltd

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1990

  Senior Analyst Programmer

  Developer and team leader developing and maintaining applications for clients using COBOL, SCL, IDMSX on mainframes and minis• Often sole representative of the company at customer sites trouble shooting large systems • Design and development of a novel batch program control system in SCL for a large London Local Authority• Promotion from Junior to a Senior Team leading role.

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  ITNET Croydon

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1995

  Project Leader

  Programmer and Project leader analysing and developing systems for a Local Authority using RDBMS, a network database and 4GL development languages.• Converted a Housing Job Costing system from an expensive legacy platform to a Windows server enabling significant cost savings for a Greater London Local Authority • Analysis and development of a case management system for the Legal Department • Analysis and specification of a Land Charges system • Technical lead in adoption of RDBMS to replace IDMSX and flat file systems. • Rapid promotion from programmer to project leader . Show less

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  Priority Pass

  Jun 1995 - Aug 2012

  Systems Manager

  Management of systems and development teams using ColdFusion jQuery, AJAX, SVN, MySQL, MSSQL, HTML, CSS• Redesign and rewrite of 3 legacy systems based around the world to a single unified web based system. • Extensive modernisation of the development process including the introduction of source code control, separation of environments, automated deployment, unit testing, adoption of IDE, issue tracking system, bug logging, coding standards and use of a coding framework. • Introduced developer certification program.• Opening and development of Mumbai office. • Staff recruitment and development Show less

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  Collinson Technology Services

  Aug 2012 - Mar 2016

  Technical Manager

  Management and technical leadership of an agile team split over two locations, supporting and enhancing 5 complex loyalty systems.HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, Zurb Foundation, Angular, Node, Express, MongoDB, JSON.• Introduced agile to the business and coached a team new to agile in a challenging multi-project environment so that they became an example to other teams.• Redesigned the source control and deployment process to enhance quality• Improved quality and efficiency by the adoption of unit testing, regression testing under a continuous integration process• Staff development, recruitment and mentoring• Promotion of Agile across teams, changing the culture to increase efficiency for the business• Introduction and promotion of the adoption of the MEAN JavaScript stack (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node) to our tech stacks.• R&D on hybrid mobile app development• Working with various recruiters and off-shore shore companies to build flexible resources to allow us to scale for projects Show less

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  BMC Software

  May 2016 - now

  Agile Development Manager

  Leading a growing team of highly skilled polyglot developers and QA engineers to grow and deliver a mature enterprise system to a world wide customer base.- Successful delivery of the first SaaS version of the product.