Liam Boyd

Liam boyd

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  • About me

    Junior Software Test Analyst @ Apadmi

  • Education

    • Edge hill university

      2020 - 2023
      Software engineering computer software engineering 1st

      First year grade: 79.16%Second year grade: 76.7%Third year grade: 76.6%Within this degree, I have currently completed modules such as: Mobile Apps, Databases, Object-oriented programming and Web Design & Development. I have achieved consistently high grades in all of my modules, such as recieving an average of 88.9% in the Mobile Apps module and 80% in a module focusing on Employability. In my final year, I completed a final independent research project which… Show more First year grade: 79.16%Second year grade: 76.7%Third year grade: 76.6%Within this degree, I have currently completed modules such as: Mobile Apps, Databases, Object-oriented programming and Web Design & Development. I have achieved consistently high grades in all of my modules, such as recieving an average of 88.9% in the Mobile Apps module and 80% in a module focusing on Employability. In my final year, I completed a final independent research project which focused on the development of an image classification android application, developed to reduce food waste using user-generated images of food items. Further to this, I completed modules such as 'Advanced Databases', 'Intelligent Systems', and 'Complex Systems'. Alongside my studies, I was a part of the 'Student Research Club'. Within this club, I assisted with the development of a research paper. I was named the second author on this paper as a result of my high level of contribution and research. Show less

  • Experience

    • Ikea

      Aug 2019 - May 2021
      Sales assistant
    • Edge hill university

      Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

      Worked alongside the Nurse Education and Midwifery department within the University to improve their online content for future users, this included auditing all of their previous content and ensuring that their future content is user-friendly and caters to a variety of students and staff members.I worked on a survey project to create multiple surveys along with a Toolkit that shows how to use each tools. This survey was one survey across multiple tools and platforms to obtain student feedback in a much more efficient way and to give staff a better look at the results obtained. These tools use include: JISC Online Surveys, Vevox, Zoho, Microsoft Forms, and the Blackboard Survey tool.Created a blog to appear on the Learning Services site within the University detailing my experience prior to and during the start of the internship. Show less

      • Welcome Weekend Helper

        Sept 2021 - Sept 2021
      • Student Intern

        Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
    • Edge hill university

      Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
      Website redevelopment assistant

      Assisted with the fixing of errors caused by the migration of sites from the main University site to a new redeveloped build.Completing a variety of tasks including the creation of news pages and editing pre-existing pages, resizing images and changing the wording of text to fit a certain style format, fixing broken links linking to both the Edge Hill University site and third-party sites, and changing the formatting of text based on pre-created policies.Worked within tools such as WordPress, Pixlr, and Siteimprove to complete the above tasks. Show less

    • Tesco

      Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
      Personal shopper

      Worked within the home delivery department to fulfill customer orders. Within this role, I worked against time deadlines to collect items for deliveries. This role required me to be fast in what I do, whilst also ensuring that the highest quality items are picked for customers.

    • Apadmi

      Apr 2024 - now
      Junior software test analyst

      Working on functional and regression testing on web & mobile apps using tools such as Jira, BrowserStack, and TestRail.Assisted on a large conversational AI project, utilizing LLMs to generate customised conversations. Carried out research into further innovation ideas, and opportunities within the business.

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