Curriculum Vitae

Gemma Peter

Plymouth,
Devon
UK

University of Plymouth
BSc (Hons) Computing Informatics
Second Class, Lower Division Degree

Saltash Community School Sixth Form
A-Levels

Saltash Community School, Cornwall
10 GCSEs grades A-C

• Built custom website backends and Content Management Systems using the MVC architecture and based on the Zend Framework
• Worked directly with clients to produce specifications
• Advised on using free and open source software applications as the basis for custom development
• Designed and implemented a web application for the daily use of 20+ members of staff at a training college to replace and expand upon a legacy system written in Microsoft Access
• Introduced source control using Git and managed the code repository server
• Performed audits on PHP 4 based websites taken over from another company
• Introduced encryption as standard for all passwords in online documentation
• Modified various aspects of the Magento e-commerce system
• Wrote a shell script that managed the creation of email accounts that cut their setup time by half
• Integrated data from a popular Plymouth job site with their Facebook application

• Created Standards Compliant HTML and CSS from design mock-ups
• Administered the DNS and web space for client sites
• Provided advice on the accessibility of web sites
• Introduced a development server and managed its deployment
• Assisted in the administration of the Apple Xserve running internal operations

Although I very much enjoyed working for DNA Advertising I found that I was not yet ready for taking on a role as senior programmer.

• Built a custom shopping cart system in OOP style PHP and integrated with Protx (now SagePay)
• Converted Photoshop mock-ups into standards compliant and cross browser compatible HTML and CSS
• Administered a pair of clustered MySQL servers
• Managed the DNS and email accounts for the hosted websites
• Provided over the phone technical support for hosting customers
• Integrated site with Streetmap.co.uk API

• Developed and maintained a system that would receive daily FTP data uploads from the TEAM group of estate agents and integrate it with a 3rd Party add-on for Joomla.
• Implemented custom designs for Joomla frontend using HTML and CSS
• Created SQL scripts for uploading different sets of property data to each Joomla based website
• Administered a Linux web server running Apache and MySQL

• Managed 3 Linux servers
• Administered web, database and DNS services
• Assisted students with use of their web space and databases
• Advised users on the use of PHP for their websites
• Installed various blogging, gallery and wiki software for users
• Created calendar system that output iCal/WebCal feed to allow integration with Outlook

• Customised functionality of a mature ERP and CRM system written in Accell/SQL and running on the Unify database
• Converted and updated hundreds of pages of end-user documentation from RTF into HTML
• Provided over the phone technical support for end-users
• Setup of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on new hardware
• Installed servers and thin clients at customer sites
• Participated in group training sessions for end-users

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