Paul Taras

Experience

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  Future Business College

  Oct 1994 - May 1998

  Partner (Trainer & Developer)

  Co-owner of a Computer training and consultancy business. Responsible for training individuals and groups in MS Office. Produced MS Access based CRM system managing exhibitions, events and magazine readership. Managed the migration process from the legacy database.

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  Goldshield

  Aug 1997 - May 1998

  Call Centre Supervisor

  Reporting to the Call Centre Manager, responsible for the smooth operation of a busy Call Centre with 40 staff. Dealing with the escalation of customer complaints. Monitoring and enforcing operative targets. Planning of the daily rota and shifts.

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  Taylor Wessing

  May 1998 - May 2000

  Worked in a small team developing bespoke VB, MSSQL, ASP applications as part of the overall company Intranet. I worked directly with stakeholders to understand their requirements, producing project plans and delivering the final application. Delivered IT training to new starters to the Law Firm as part of their induction. Presented to around 100 employees the new features as new software versions were rolled out.

  • VB Developer

    Feb 1999 - May 2000

  • IT Trainer

    May 1998 - Feb 1999
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  TaxBack (UK)

  May 2000 - May 2002

  Senior Software Developer

  Responsible for all IT operations and lead on internal CRM system that was pivotal to the success of the business.

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  Zengenti

  May 2002 - Dec 2014

  Discover and engage with opportunities across all verticals.Present software and implementation solutions.Work on proof of concepts.Handover projects from sales to implementation.Carry out Contensis developer training courses. Employed to design and lead the implementation of a Web Content Management system. Recruited and managed a team of developers who delivered one of the leading UK WCMS serving clients such as LSE, King's College London.

  • Senior Technical Consultant

    Jan 2006 - Dec 2014

  • Lead Developer

    May 2002 - Dec 2005
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  Pebble Learning

  Jan 2015 - Jul 2016

  Senior Developer

  Working in the Backend team developing web services using NServiceBus and NHibernate. Developed public facing REST API with Unit Tests and documentation.

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  PEBBLE LEARNING LTD

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2018

  Senior Product Owner

  Certified scrum product owner delivering cloud and mobile solutions in the learning and assessment space.

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  Holstein UK

  Jul 2018 - May 2022

  Full Stack Developer

  Full stack developer: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, C#, MVC, Umbraco, Ucommerce, SQL, PowerShell.Working in an agile software team using Scrum and Kanban frameworks.

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  Auderli

  May 2022 - now

  Senior Software Engineer

  Developing application features and platform infrastructure.

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  TTC Group

  Jun 2023 - now

  Senior IT Developer