Resume of Matthew Setter :: Internet Marketing, Linux, PHP, Oracle, MySQL, Guidewire Claimcenter, Python, Perl, LDAP and much more

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email:
matt@matthewsetter.com

This is a more formal history about me. If you want to know technically my past work and my current skills, this is where to find it.

Resume

Educational Qualifications:

Linux Professional Institute (LPI)

Certified LPIC-1 (lpi id: LPI000112523)
Vendor-Neutral Linux Administration Certification

Bachelor of Information Technology
Software Design major
[1996 - 2001]

Central Queensland University (CQU)
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 4701

Previous Employers:

Indigo Clothing - Promotional and Customised Clothing

Indigo Clothing

Url: Address:

Indigo Clothing Ltd,
Zeus House,
Unit 11,
16-30 Provost St

London, N1 7NG

England

Role: Contract
Web Development

Duration: 29th - 31st July 2009
details:

Over the course of the 29th - 30th of August, 2009, I updated and enhanced the technology in the company's on line quote system to provide for much more comprehensive ordering, new t-shirt printing methods and pricing structure.

technologies:
CakePHP, Ajax, jQuery,
Prototype, PHP5,
xHTML and Javascript.

Webgains - results through relationships

Webgains UK

Url: Address:

Dragon Court
27 - 29 Macklin Street

London, WC2B 5LX

England

Role: Senior Developer

Reference (Peter Dunham - TD):

Matthew was employed as a senior developer at webgains between 7th July 2008 and 29th January 2009
Matthew proved himself capable of grasping complex problems involving large datasets and programming stable solutions without the need for constant supervision.
He was always very focused and worked very hard at the right tasks.
Matt was a good team member who interacted very well with fellow technical staff and other non-technical staff.
The highlight of his time with us was the production of an excellent sitescreen reporting system that was extremely well received by the companies’ senior management.
I would not hesitate to recommend Matthew as a good PHP developer."

Duration: June 2008 - Jan 2009 details:

Senior developer responsible for designing and developing significant extensions to the company reporting platform which provides drill-down analysis, localised for publishers across nine countries.
Senior developer responsible for designing and implementing extensions to the in-house help-desk system.

technologies:
PHP, MySQL, Linux, XHTML

SAS Design

Address:

6 Salem Road

London, W2 4BU

England

Role: Website Development Support
Duration: June 2008

details:

Provided support to help ensure that a highly important project was completed in time. I provided content conversion from PDF to standards-compliant XHTML format.

technologies:

CSS

Suncorp Metway Banking

Suncorp Banking Corporation

Address:

266 George St

Brisbane, QLD 4001

Australia

Role: Guidewire Software Configurer
Duration: Oct 2007 – May 2008

Active Guidewire ClaimCenter Configurer working to ensure the software meets the project specifications
This development was carried out with the in-house build of the Eclipse IDE
Used Groovy to develop automated unit tests to validate project development
Used XSLT, XPath and Xquery technologies to simplify developing Unit Tests

technologies:

CVS

Groovy

Virgin Blue Airlines

Address:

Cnr Barry Pde & Wickham Sts

Brisbane, QLD 4001

Australia

Role: Intranet and Commercial Websites
Support
Duration: August 2004 – Sept 2007

details:

Implemented the Virgin Blue staff directory web-application tightly integrated with AD in PHP 4 with the Smarty Template engine
Lead developer on the competition for the naming of the V-Australia. This was designed, developed and implemented in co-ordination with the project Business Analysts and major project stakeholders.
Implemented a learning and development management application tightly integrated with the payroll system.

technologies:

MySQL

Central Queensland University Student Association

Central Queensland University
Student Association,

Address:

P.O. Box 77,
Central Queensland University

North Rockhampton, QLD 4701

Australia

Role: Web Application and Database Architect
Duration: January 2002 – August 2004

Implemented a series of web-applications for staff to manage services to students incorporating textbook sales, employment, accommodation in PHP 4 with Smarty Templates and MySQL 4.
Built a complete software development server utilising a custom Redhat 9 Linux kernel build and installation/configuration of Apache, PHP and MySQL
Implemented an organisation-wide shared contacts directory using OpenLDAP

technologies:

OpenLDAP

Stimulus Solutions,

Address:

Level 6, 263 Clarence Street

Sydney, NSW 2000

Australia

Role: Java/Visual Basic Developer,
Linux Systems Administrator
Duration: Jan – Oct 2001

Provided Redhat Linux systems administration support for the organisation, implementation of security patches and firewall construction
Developed Java software using JNDI/RMI technologies
Provide technical support and research into third-party software for a series of key business needs; covering JBoss, Tomcat and integration of Linux servers into a Microsoft Windows enterprise environment

technologies:

Achievements:

Accomplished PHP developer in the Zend Framework
Designed and implemented a suite of comprehensive web-applications for the CQU Student Association and the CQU student body
Accomplished Guidewire Configurer
Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 certification
Successful design, implementation and delivery of the Virgin Blue Learning and Development management application
Successful re-design, implementation and delivery of the Virgin Blue, Active Directory integrated, Staffing directory
Designed an intuitive web-based clubs management system using PHP and Oracle 9i
Demonstrated ability to simultaneously work on multiple projects
Demonstrated ability to work as a proactive member of a dynamic and diverse team providing rapid project turnaround on tight time deadlines

Skills Summary:

Skill	Exposure	Last Used
Operating Systems
Linux	8 Years	Current
Programming Languages, Technologies and Frameworks
PHP	8 Years	Current
Perl and Python	2 Years	Current
PHP Zend Framework	1-2 Years	Current
Guidewire	6 months	Current
Java and Groovy	2 - 3 Years	6 months
SQL	6 Years	Current
PL/SQL	6 months	7 months
UNIX shell scripting	6 Years	Current
HTML, XHTML, XML, Javascript, CSS, DHTML	8 Years	Current
Databases
Oracle (9i & 10g)	2 - 3 Years	4 months
MySQL (3.x, 4.x & 5.x)	7 Years	Current
Other Techologies
LDAP (v2 & 3)	1 year	2 months
CVS and Subversion	2 - 3 years	current

References:

+ personal referees available upon request