Will Thorpe

Assistant Configuration Manager

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United Kingdom

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About me
Software Engineer at Pod Point Ltd.
Education
- Loughborough University
  2016 - 2020
  Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science First
  Activities and Societies: Loughborough Students Union Computer Society Loughborough Students Union Hiking Society 2nd Year modules included were Operating Systems, Networks and the Internet, AI Methods, Software Engineering 2, Team Projects, Professional Issues, Computer Graphics, Mobile App Development, Formal Specification1st year modules included were Computer Systems, Databases, Embedded Systems, Introduction to Algorithms, Logic and Functional Programming, Mathematics for Computer Science, Object Orientated Programming, Programming for the WWW, Server Side Programming and Software Engineering… Show more 2nd Year modules included were Operating Systems, Networks and the Internet, AI Methods, Software Engineering 2, Team Projects, Professional Issues, Computer Graphics, Mobile App Development, Formal Specification1st year modules included were Computer Systems, Databases, Embedded Systems, Introduction to Algorithms, Logic and Functional Programming, Mathematics for Computer Science, Object Orientated Programming, Programming for the WWW, Server Side Programming and Software Engineering 1. Show less
- Bexley Grammar School
  2009 - 2016
  International Baccalaureate- 35 points, 6,5,5 HL 6,6,5 SL
  Activities and Societies: International Baccalaureate: 35 points. 655 at Higher Level- Computer Science (6), Maths (5), Physics (5)665 at Standard Level, 2 for Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay12 GCSES: 4A* (including Maths and Physics), 7A (including Computing), 1B
Experience
- Financial Times
  Jul 2014 - Jul 2014
  Assistant Configuration Manager
  Designed and released a new app in Visualforce which acts as the main portal into the configuration management database which halved the time needed for employees to access the database.Communicated with users inside the organisation to create new page layouts and list views in Salesforce which showed the database information that they needed to see.Worked with the Configuration Manager to push required database updates from the development environments to the live production environments. Show less
- GTT
  Jul 2018 - Sept 2018
  Undergraduate Cloud Specialist
  Working as part of a 12 strong team on frontline support for clients using the virtual data centre platform through the live chat support system and associated tickets.Completed a project to create a more user-friendly graphical interface to the company database involving displaying detailed virtual machine information using PHP and SQL which was then used by coworkers
- Convertize
  Nov 2018 - Sept 2019
  Junior PHP Developer
  Responsible for the maintenance and development of new features for internal marketing systems. Development of webhooks to link and funnel data from marketing APIs.PHP 5/7 and Laravel.
- Pod Point
  Aug 2020 - now
  - Senior Software Engineer
    Mar 2024 - now
  - Software Engineer
    Apr 2022 - Mar 2024
  - Junior Full Stack Developer
    Aug 2020 - Mar 2022
Licenses & Certifications
- Emergency First Aid at Work
  Walkers Training Service
  Mar 2016
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Will Thorpe
  Societies Officer's Award Loughborough Students Union Societies Executive Officer April 1, 2018
- Awarded to Will Thorpe
  Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award DofE September 1, 2016
- Awarded to Will Thorpe
  Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award DofE February 1, 2014
Volunteer Experience
- Assistant Scout Leader
  Issued by The Scout Association on Dec 2015
  Associated with Will Thorpe
- Young Leader
  Issued by The Scout Association on Apr 2012
  Associated with Will Thorpe
- Chairman
  Issued by Loughborough Students' Union Computer Society on May 2017
  Associated with Will Thorpe