Mike Chadwick

Experience

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  Accenture Technology Solutions

  Nov 2004 - Sept 2005

  Software Engineer

  Junior ASP.NET Developer, worked in Financial Services on the Lloyds TSB registrars project, which was a n-tier architecture, responsibilities were coding views and managing data validation.

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  SENSiX Ltd

  Jun 2007 - Sept 2016

  Director, Umbraco & CMS Web Development Consultant

  I work as an Umbraco CMS web development consultant and developer, providing freelance, remote, consultancy and development services in Umbraco CMS and ASP.NET, C# and ASP.NET MVC. I have full stack experience and specialise in CMS systems mainly Umbraco CMS. I am a limited company and fully insured.

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  Wunderman UK

  Oct 2009 - Aug 2010

  Contract .NET Developer

  Projects:Wunderman.co.uk, Microsoft HP Promotion, Nokia CMS, Land Rover corporate HTML emails, Ford HTML Emails, Ford Mondeo Launch Microsite, Nokia OVI Christmas Cracker CampaignTechnologies:ASP.NET 3.5, Umbraco CMS, C# .NET 3.5, MS SQL Server 2008, HTML w3c, XHTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, AJAX, MS Visual Studio 2008, XHTML Development, AJAX, LINQ, XML, JavaScript, IIS 7, Windows 7.Role:▪ Using Umbraco CMS developed amendments to Wunderman’s Live Website http://www.wunderman.co.uk based on given designs and specifications.▪ Developed 2 XHTML Web Landing Pages for Microsoft’s HP Campaign.▪ Developed 3 W3C HTML Email Templates for Ford’s Mondeo ECOnetic Campaign.▪ Developed Ford Mondeo Launch Microsite HTML version.▪ Built a range of w3c standard HTML emails.▪ Built new page for Nokia C7 product using Nokia CMS system.▪ Development of the HTML Landing Pages and HTML Email Templates for FedEx Big Bang Campaign 2010. Developed .NET Backend to collect call-back information collected by the system. Plus secure online backend to allow client to view and download data in excel format.▪ Created Lufthansa Experts’multi-lingual website for 9 locales using the MS Globalization Framework in ASP.NET 3.5.▪ Redesigned using MVC design pattern using C# 3.5, LINQ and SQL Server 2008▪ Full responsibility for database design and architecture design and coded single handed as the only developer.▪ Development of the HTML Landing Pages and HTML Email Templates for Nokia’s Xmas Cracker Campaign 2009.▪ Used Photoshop to go from design to sliced Images for HTML Development. Developed to W3C standards.▪ Developed Windows Application to generate HTML Email Variations based on a general template with XML input for 9 different 3G Phone Applications.▪ Developed .NET backend for Wunderman’s Internal Winter Wunderland Application allowing employees to send Xmas Messages and Photos to family and friends, Flash front end. HTTPHandler and Webservice Based Backend with DB. Show less

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  WeSEE.com

  Nov 2010 - Sept 2011

  Contract Umbraco CMS Developer

  Projects: www.wesee.com, Umbraco CMS based corporate websiteTechnologies: ASP.NET 3.5, Umbraco CMS, C# .NET 3.5, MS SQL Server 2008, HTML, W3C, XHTML, CSS, Photoshop, AJAX, MS Visual Studio 2008Role:Using Umbraco CMS developed multi-lingual WeSEE Corporate Website http://www.wesee.com based on given designs and specifications. Developed 2 main product sites WeSEE:Ads and WeSEE:Filter similarly. Lead technical architect for this project working with designer and PM.

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  MerchantCantos

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2011

  Contract Technical Lead and Lead Umbraco CMS Developer

  Projects: www.safegov.org , www.tescoplc.com (Both Umbraco CMS)Technologies: Windows Azure, ASP.NET 4.0, Umbraco CMS 4.6 – 4.7.1, C# .NET 4.0, Razor, MS SQL Server 2008 R2, HTML, W3C, XHTML, CSS, Photoshop, AJAX, MS Visual Studio 2010, SVN, Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS 7, Umbraco Accelerator for Windows Azure, Cloudberry Explorer Windows AzureRole:Based upon Umbraco CMS and hosted on Microsoft Windows Azure maintained Tesco PLC Corporate Website http://www.tescoplc.com. Responsible for maintenance of site and management of roll outs of new functionality. Mentored other members of the team. Also Senior Developer on Safegov http://www.safegov.org a blog based Umbraco CMS project. Show less

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  Addison Group London

  Nov 2011 - Aug 2013

  Senior Developer

  Projects: www.essentraextrusion.com, http://login.thalesgroup.com/, http://bg-group-databook.com, www.movementtowork.com, www.perfettivanmelle.com/Technologies: ASP.NET 4.5, Razor, ASP.NET MVC, Umbraco CMS v6, C# .NET 4.5, MS SQL Server 2008 R2, MS Visual Studio 2012, Adobe Photoshop, Drupal, Wordpress, HTML5, CSS 3.0. .LESSRole: Lead DeveloperRapid website development using CMS frameworks mainly Umbraco in .NET and others incl. Drupal and Wordpress. This role was front end & backend based development wise. Lead developer role in 3 major projects including Ericsson online AR report managing 5 contractors and a designer. Perfetti Van Melli Corporate Site and Movement to Work (a WPP recruitment based initiative site). Projects involve working closely with designers, project managers and developers to build CMS pixel perfect websites to signed off spec, timescales and budgets. Show less

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  AnalogFolk

  Jan 2012 - Apr 2012

  Contract Lead Umbraco CMS Developer

  Projects: www.desperadosbeer.com & Desperados Facebook (Umbraco CMS) (Heineken)Technologies: Windows Azure, ASP.NET 4.0, Umbraco CMS 4.7.1, C# .NET 4.0, Razor, MS SQL Server 2008 R2, HTML5, W3C, CSS 3, Photoshop, AJAX, MS Visual Studio 2010, SVN, Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS 7, Umbraco Accelerator 1.1 for Windows Azure, Cloudberry Explorer Windows AzureRole:Based upon Umbraco CMS and hosted on Microsoft Windows Azure, developed Desperados Beer website and custom Facebook tabs. Responsible for design and development of back-end architecture to manage 21 countries and 9 languages. Configuration of Azure deployment.Mentored other members of the team. Lead small team of 4 developers. All built to W3C standards using cutting edge development technologies. Show less

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  Ogilvy Action

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Contract Umbraco CMS .NET Developer

  Projects: www.dermquest.com (Umbraco CMS)Technologies: ASP.NET 4.0, Umbraco CMS 4.6.2, C# .NET 4.0, Razor, MS SQL Server 2008 R2, Mongo DBRole:Used Umbraco CMS for a project with DermQuest to produce a community website for Dermatological professionals based on Umbraco 4.6.2 .Put together the Umbraco CMS framework for the CMS part of the site.Building all the data types, templates and macroscripts using Razor in C# for all page logic.Played a technical team lead role liaising with the project manager to update on team progress and assist in assigning work to the team.Used Mongo DB and Elastic Search to power the rapid search Image library as system had a fairly complex architecture and deployment process. Show less

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  Bit10 ltd.

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2012

  Remote Contract Umbraco Developer

  Projects: CMGTechnologies: ASP.NET 4.0, Umbraco CMS 4.7.2, C# .NET 4.0, Razor, MS SQL Server 2008 R2RoleUsed Umbraco CMS for a project with CMG to produce a government embeddable website for helping people with family problems like seperation.Designed and built the Dynamic Questionnaire System database and appPut together the Umbraco CMS framework for the CMS part of the site.Building all the data types, templates and macroscripts using Razor in C# for all page logic.Played a lead role liaising with the project manager to update on progress. Show less

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  STEAK

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Contract Umbraco Developer

  Projects: Londonlaunch.comTechnologies: ASP.NET 4.0, Umbraco CMS 4.9.0, C# .NET 4.0, Razor, MS SQL Server 2008 R2, XSLT.Role:Umbraco CMS based project for latest version of Londonlaunch.Main role was working on the Lucene based search engine and contact forms.Responsibilities were building data types, templates and macroscripts using Razor in C# and also in XSLT.Played a consultative role liaising with the lead developer to assist in final development stages.

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  Head London

  May 2013 - Jun 2013

  Contract Senior .NET Developer

  Projects: Estates & Management www.e-m.uk.com/Technologies: ASP.NET 4.0, C# .NET 4.0, MS SQL Server 2008 R2, MS Visual Studio 2010, Barclays ePQD APIRoleBarclays have released the latest version of the online ePDQ payments processing API. I was brought in to update the component of the web application that deals with processing of online payments to handle the new API and its new features.

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  Hill+Knowlton Strategies

  Aug 2014 - Feb 2015

  Technical Lead

  Projects: One Day - ICap Charity Day 2014 http://oneday.icapcharityday.com, IPIECA - http://www.ipieca.org/, OGP Sound & Marine Life http://www.soundandmarinelife.org/, H&K Strategies Middle East, Angola, Movement To Work Phase 2 http://www.movementtowork.com/Technologies: ASP.NET C# 4.5, Razor, ASP.NET MVC, Umbraco CMS v6 & v7, SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012, MS Visual Studio 2012/13/Community, GitHub, TeamCity, MS Server 2012, Adobe Photoshop, CSS 2.0/3.0, Koala SASS, DoneDoneRole: Senior to Lead DeveloperDeveloped all sites using Umbraco v6 or v7 and ASP.NET MVC. Involved hands on with various projects simultaneously, responsible for the deployment, project setup using TeamCity, server administration and web development. This was a role which evolved quickly with business demands. Whilst acting as a developer using existing skills, new skills were learned including continuous integration using GitHub and TeamCity allowing for a collaborative Agile approach to development. This role also required liaison with designers, developers, project managers, directors and managing team work loads at project level using DoneDone. The role was also client facing making frequent visits on client site. Show less

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  TMW Unlimited

  Apr 2015 - May 2015

  Contract Senior Umbraco CMS Developer

  Projects: Captain Morgan's Rum https://www.captainmorgan.com/Technologies: ASP.NET C# 4.5.2, Razor, ASP.NET MVC 4, Umbraco CMS v7.2.6, Umbraco MVC, SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012, MS Visual Studio 2013/Professional, Bitbucket, TeamCity, MS Server 2012, Adobe Photoshop, CSS 2.0/3.0, Slack, Mockups, BasecampRole: Senior Umbraco CMS Developer.I was the senior Umbraco CMS developer on this role to develop the backend, reusable components for the rebuild of Captain Morgan's global product site. The development process was very tightly designed and was provided with full technical specifications for each component. Each component was designed for multiple front end templates and the system was also multi-lingual. Each component was custom built using latest technologies in Umbraco 7. Working with the tech lead, designers and developers and responsible for development of all backend functionality which was component based and built using SOLID principles and strongly typed Umbraco MVC architecture. Show less

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  PHM Group Limited

  May 2015 - Nov 2015

  Contract Senior Umbraco Developer

  Projects: CCESG 2.0 (FISA)(Greenfield rebuild project for Ford of Europe- Sales & E- learning publishing system.) http://fisa.online.Technologies: ASP.NET C# 4.5.2, Razor, ASP.NET MVC 4, Umbraco CMS v7.2.6, Umbraco MVC, Web Services (WCF), SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012, MS Visual Studio 2013/2015/Professional, Bitbucket, TeamCity, MS Server 2012, Adobe Photoshop, CSS 2.0/3.0, DoneDone, Atlassian JIRA.Role: Senior Backend/Umbraco CMS Web Developer & CMS ArchitectResponsible for the design, development and architecture of an enterprise level Umbraco 7 web application and CMS system to manage the live sales data for the latest current Ford models with full technical specifications for all Ford dealerships across Europe. The system backend was behind webservices, which in turn communicated with the tablet, mobile and web versions of the system. Responsible for CMS system architecture following SOLID principles. CMS system managed all content and settings for the web application and native tablet versions of the app on IOS, Android and Mobile. This was a hands on role working within the team and liaising with the Project Manager and Technical Leads of back-end and native app development. Show less

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  Decoded Magazine

  Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  Freelance Lead Umbraco CMS Developer

  Projects: Decoded Creative: http://www.decoded-creative.com/Technologies: ASP.NET MVC C# 4.5.2, Razor, ASP.NET MVC 5, Umbraco CMS v7.3.0, Umbraco MVC, SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012, MS Visual Studio 2013/Professional, Bitbucket, TeamCity, MS Server 2012, Adobe Photoshop, CSS 2.0/3.0, Slack, Mockups, Basecamp.Working as lead Umbraco developer, implemented Decoded Magazine's new Decoded Creative Agency corporate website. This was a single handed project working with creative director. Responsible for development of all front and backend functionality which was built using SOLID principles and strongly typed Umbraco MVC architecture. Show less

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  Indivirtual Dubai

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2018

  Technical Lead

  I headed up a medium size development team to deliver high-end web and mobile applications development in Sitecore CMS and Umbraco CMS platforms at Indivirtual Dubai to house hold brands in the GCC region.I focus on DevOps mainly TeamCity, Octopus Deploy and cloud environments including Microsoft Azure IAAS and PAAS and Amazon AWS.We build high quality systems using cutting edge technologies & methodologies including Agile SCRUM, C#.NET, WebAPI, Sitecore CMS, Umbraco CMS and the latest in cutting edge UX/UI frameworks and techniques.We always look to push boundaries and bring cutting edge into our everyday development processes whilst always rising to the challenge and maintaining our high standards. Show less

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  Curate Coders

  Jun 2018 - now

  Founder, CEO

  Working with a cutting edge team of developers and designers. We focus on high-end frontend development, Umbraco CMS builds on Azure. We host our own platform LinearPro.io designed for affordable professional level content driven websites for start-ups and a highly configurable, high performance white label platform for design agencies and small businesses.

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  TMW Unlimited

  Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

  Contract CMS Tech Lead / Umbraco/ Sitecore

  Role: CMS Technical Lead & Senior Umbraco CMS DeveloperManaging the multi-project continuous delivery environment on Teamcity. Overseeing development on Umbraco and consulting on coming soon Sitecore and Azure projects. Supporting the Technical Director, team and projects to ensure smooth running of projects and systems and supporting the wider company departments and clients in achieving their technical goals.

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  Codehouse

  Feb 2019 - May 2019

  Senior Sitecore Azure DevOps Engineer

  Joined Codehouse to assist them in achieving cutting edge DevOps strategies with one of their major clients using the Sitecore platform and Azure PAAS. This role was all about Sitecore and automation. combining a skill set of Web Application development, Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform App Services. We focused on automated deployments to the cloud. Strategies for automated roll-outs of new multi-sites, features and configuration updates. After a solid effort, the solution was successfully delivered.Skills included: ARM Templates, Powershell and AzureRM, Azure, Octopus Deploy, Sitecore 9.1 Platform Show less

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  Capital On Tap

  Sept 2019 - Mar 2020

  Lead CMS Architect

  Lead CMS Architect. Worked with the in-house development team to replace their existing CMS system with Umbraco CMS v8 and an automated deployment and maintenance system. The system was deployed on Azure and we used DevOps extensively to build and deploy to all environments through Octopus Deploy and Teamcity and included content sync between environments.

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  BuiltForYou Digital

  Aug 2021 - now

  Founder, CEO