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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software engineer

  • Education

    • Coursera

      2012 - 2012
      Computer Science

      Studied Algorithms and Cryptography

    • Lawnswood

      2006 - 2008

      A levels: Mathematics A, Physics B, Chemistry BAS levels: Further Mathematics A, English Literature C

    • EdX

      2012 - 2012

      Studied Artificial intelligence.

    • University of Leeds

      2008 - 2012
      Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Master of Mathematics Mathematics 1st

      Gained a 1st class degree as a Master of Mathematics, creating original research in the area of Möbius transformations which was subsequently published in a reputable scientific journal.

    • Udacity

      2017 - 2017
      Computer Software Engineering

      Studied Web Development and Data Science

    • University of York

      2013 - 2017
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mathematics

      Activities and Societies: Organised the weekly seminars' for the PhD students, as well as setting up weekly social outings and events throughout the year, such as termly quizzes and meals. Calculated the continued fraction expansion of polynomial roots to 2000000 places each using the onsite HPC, creating a total of 8.2 GB of data which I then analysed using Python on Jupyter notebook.Taught object oriented programming with Java to undergraduates for three terms, gained a new respect for running extensive unit tests while marking their exams!Thesis focuses on the approximation properties of a variety of areas including Julia sets, small linear forms and limit sets… Show more Calculated the continued fraction expansion of polynomial roots to 2000000 places each using the onsite HPC, creating a total of 8.2 GB of data which I then analysed using Python on Jupyter notebook.Taught object oriented programming with Java to undergraduates for three terms, gained a new respect for running extensive unit tests while marking their exams!Thesis focuses on the approximation properties of a variety of areas including Julia sets, small linear forms and limit sets of Kleinian groups. Also worked extensively on the distribution of fractional parts of Riemann zeta zeros, normal numbers and continued fraction of algebraic numbers. Show less

  • Experience

    • Snow Sound Projects

      Jun 2006 - Jul 2006
      Assistant Sound Engineer

      Involved in the sound at a popular venue in Leeds working with some big names of the industry including Chip Taylor, The Specials and others. Worked in a team to set up complicated equipment, liaise with clients and live mix recordings. Had unforgettable experiences listening to bands jam on stage for encores, seeing stadium bands bring huge amounts of kit in tiny vans and staying up all night to provide equipment for raves.

    • Salsa Smiths

      Jun 2006 - Jan 2013
      Designer

      Co-produced albums with Ableton Live and Propellorhead Reason for use as backing dance tracks and advertisements. The ads were given to hundreds of people, which tripled dancers compared to regular events. Designed the album art and other marketing material with Adobe Photoshop, this included dressing up as a spider for a promotional DVD!

    • Freelance

      Sept 2012 - Sept 2013
      Freelance Web Designer

      Created a bespoke website for creating point and click adventure games, for a local band at drcrow.herokuapp.com using Django, Heroku, and other technologies.

    • Airedale International Air Conditioning Ltd

      Jan 2013 - Sept 2013
      Software Developer

      Designed custom building management systems for clients, with project budgets ranging from £10,000 to £500,000, including a new data centre for the University of Portsmouth. Developed new graphics for BMSs using component based embedded Java, including custom 3D bar charts, psychrometric charts and others with data coming from SQL queries which lead to new contracts for the competitive functionality.Co-managed a CentOS server for hosting a development environment.

    • Avaloq

      Nov 2017 - Oct 2020
      Software Engineer

      Working in the portfolio management team for a global fintech at the Edinburgh based development centre, under an Agile framework utilising a daily kanban, retrospectives and planning meetings.Technical owner of the modelling core codebase which involves managing code audits, new requests and maintenance. Brought about an increase in testing and code quality measurement to push up code coverage by over 30%.Introduced higher product quality with development of new features, including different compensation algorithms, tree view of portfolio strategy and multiple performance optimisations.Coordination with the customer led to a new co-developed feature, a new way of loading time series in memory in a legacy Oracle based product that increased system performance by over 90%.Experience mentoring a new start in the team following our extensive number of development patterns, running knowledge transfers to increase cross area collaboration.Designed and developed a product during a hackathon for deciding what to do with excess cash, using Spring Boot, Banking Open APIs and gradle in team. Enjoyed collaborating with front developers and Business Analysts to bring a product to life within 12 hours.Took part in Chess tournaments, set up ping pong tournaments and presented multiple talks on Mathematics and Science. Show less

    • European Spallation Source ERIC

      Nov 2022 - now
      Software Engineer

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Cisco IT Essentials

      Cisco