A junior level Software Developer passionate about making functional web applications. After a career in biopharmaceutical medicine development I decided to join a highly intensive web development course at Makers Academy to pursue my life-long interest in software development and kick start a career as a web developer. I am eager to further develop my skills as a software developer while working in a creative environment.
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Ruby and Ruby on Rails
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Test driven development:
- Unit testing with RSpec
- Feature testing with Cucumber/Lettuce and Capybara
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Object oriented principles and design
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Collaborative working and version control:
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Agile values, principles and practices
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PostgreSQL and MySQL
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JavaScript and jQuery
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HTML5, CSS3 and Twitter Bootstrap
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Integration of APIs including Twilio, Stripe, Paperclip and Google Maps
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Analytical tools: Mixpanel and Google Analytics
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Deployment on Heroku and image hosting on AWS Pair Programming, Pivotal Tracker, Git, GitHub and Bitbucket
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Examples of my code can be found at: StephanMusgrave
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I have also designed and implemented a number of Unix based computer data acquisition and control systems for bioreactor production systems and associated instrumentation
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I have commissioned new company and business unit websites for Unicorn Biologics and GlaxoSmithKline
- Project management
- Product development
- Strategic planning
- International team leadership
Techstars London (2014 - 2015)
Providing software development support to start-up companies on the London Techstars 2014 program. This included developing Features and RSpec test coverage for one company’s Rails based product, setting up a Behaviour Driven Development environment (Lettuce) for another company and adding Mixpanel to a JavaScript front end. I was also responsible for setting up the Wi-Fi network for the Techstars London Demo Day at the Genesis Cinema.
Providing consulting support and due diligence assessments for Biopharmaceutical Companies and Investors
Responsible for Business Development, Regulatory and Project Management functions for the Biopharmaceutical Development Group
Responsible for providing technical and scientific support for GW's commercial biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities
Responsible for developing manufacturing processes and computer control systems for new biopharmaceutical medicines
Research into animal cell culture technology and the development of a computer data acquisition and control system
- BSc Hons (2i) Applied Biology, University of Wales (1981)
- PhD Biotechnology, University of Dundee (1984) Included developing a multitasking (Unix) computer data logging and control system
- Post-graduate Biochemical Engineering course, University College London (1990)
- Finance for Senior Managers, London Business School (2001)
- Web Development Course, Makers Academy (2014) : 12 weeks intensive web development bootcamp.Learned coding techniques and best practices from world class developers, project-based test-driven development and pair programming.
- GitHub: StephanMusgrave
- email: [email protected]
- twitter: @StephanMusgrave