As an expert Ruby on Rails developer (since 2006), I have CTO experience building an online platform into a global market leading product. Innovative, disciplined and with strong communication skills, I am an experienced full-stack developer and enjoy forming business requirements, architecting and building solutions with executive and development teams.
Senior Software Developer at CHIMP
December 2016 - May 2018
Contributed my skills and experience to the improvement, maintenance and scalability of the CHIMP Platform. I led the design of a number
of refactors to stabilise and improve the performance of core functionality within the CHIMP application, and helped finalise the plans and
finish the work to modernise the application for its successful move to Heroku.
As an active member of the Back-End Chapter, I introduced the Request for Comment (RFC) and Request for Discussion (RFD) processes to
improve communication and speed of decision making, and was involved in the hiring process of other developers.
Chief Technology Officer at Volcanic (UK) Ltd
December 2013 - November 2016
Responsible for development and scaling of market disrupting online platform for recruitment industry websites and Job boards.
As the primary developer for the first 18 months I architected many of the core technologies, infrastructure and features for
the multi-tenancy, multi-lingual platform based on business requirements agreed with the executive team.
As the development team grew, I mentored and trained the developers in best-practice, managed the delivery process and introduced
agile methodologies to ensure high quality feature deliveries.
I also led a team of colleagues to win the 24-hour coding competition HackManchester.
Freelance Ruby Developer as Bobop
December 2010 – December 2013
Specialised as a Ruby on Rails developer dealing with the full stack from front-end Javascript to back-end development and infrastructure planning and implementation on various projects.
Client projects included:
Original projects include:
Freelance Web Developer as Bobop
November 2006 – December 2010
Specialised as a Ruby and WordPress developer. As a freelancer I learned business, sales, communication and time management skills.
IT Manager at Freedom Properties
July 2006 – November 2006
I developed the existing website into a multi-lingual Ruby on Rails site.
Lead Developer at Liquid Bronze
2003 – 2006
I developed numerous PHP based websites and began using Ruby on Rails on projects.
BSc, Physics with Astrophysics at The University of Manchester
2000 – 2003
Technical
Non-Technical
Recently from the UK, I live in North Vancouver with my wife and 2 sons and have Permanent Residency in Canada. I'm a keen proponent of Open Data, enjoy watching independent films & documentaries and reading Sci-fi Saga's.
Clif Bromley, VP Technology, CHIMP
clif@chimp.net, 877-531-0580
Eva Sorokacova, Technical Product Owner, CHIMP
eva@chimp.net, 604-681-8857