Peter White

Web Developer / Entrepreneur

Professional Profile

Experienced web developer delivering projects for multinationals, SME's and non-profit organisations. Works on a day to day basis project managing web sites with teams from US, EU, India and China.

Background in PHP/MYSQL and Drupal Consultancy, graduated in 2006 with First Class Honors Degree in Computer Science.

Work Experience

Web Developer / IT Consultant

Information Solutions Limited, Full time - Shrewsbury

June 06 - Present

Implementing content management systems, E-Commerce sites and providing IT Support.
Setup web development arm of company - The Web Orchard.

Auto REACH - Developed for Aston Martin, Honda and Nissan as a communication tool for lower tier manufactures to report their status in the European environmental legislation REACH.

Biotivia - Manage and develop content management system in five different languages working closely with Biotivia management, copywriters, designers and search engine optimizers to maximise product sales.

Marches Energy Agency - Implemented a number of content management systems to drive green initiatives within Shropshire.

Unison - Designed and developed members portal for the Staffordshire branch of Unison.

Director

Switchweb

Dec 03 - Present

Setup and run profitable web hosting and online advertising company. Revenue generated via pay per click advertising, private ad sales, sponsored reviews and affiliate marketing.

Technical Skills

Drupal

Implemented over 50 websites using Drupal. Expert experience in CCK, Views, Panels, Ubercart and E-Commerce modules.

  • Custom module development using Drupal API.
  • Advanced theme creation.
  • Consultancy on providing solutions using Drupal.

XHTML / CSS

Full knowledge of XHTML / CSS, W3C Standards and DDA legislation.

PHP

Advanced experience of functional PHP and good experience of Object Oriented PHP.

JQuery

Good experience in implementing Jquery to enhance user experience.

Social media

  • Blogging - Personal Blog receiving over 100,000 unique visits per year. Excellent experience in monetization of online content. Blog has featured on news sites such as Digg.com and Life Hacker.
  • Facebook - Experience in managing and exploiting a Facebook presence for a number of organisation.
  • Twitter - Working with the Twitter API to aggregate content.

Education

Coventry University

Computer Science BSc First Class Honors Degree

Sept 03 - June 06

Modules include:

  • User Interface Design
  • Multimedia
  • Business Computing
  • Bunsiness programming.
  • E-Commerce

Dissertation was a Geographical Information System plotting where students originate and tools to map trends.

Shrewsbury Sixth Form College

A Levels

Sept 01 - June 03
  • B - Computer Science
  • B - Business Studies
  • B - Geography

Professional Associations

Creative Shropshire

Commitee member - Head of Web Services

June 07 - Present