Mark Watson aka SpOgS

Current Contractual Projects

No. of Clients: 3

• Commercial Mobile website written in PHP and XHTML MP
• GSM router manager developed in Python using AT commands that are written through a serial connection established through a usb cable
• Social Mobile website written in PHP and XHTML MP

D6 Technology

Site: http://www.d6technology.com/

Title: PHP Developer

Period: October 2009 – January 2010

Employment Type: Developer

My role is to assist with development and support of the group's communicator platform

• Developed a CRM to assist with the business flow process
• Database Modelling and Engineering
• Developed a Banner Management Solution with statistic reporting
• Developed a Bulk SMS Solution with statistic reporting

Medicare EMR

Site: http://www.medicare-emr.co.za/

Title: Technical Director

Period: April 2009 – September 2009

Employment Type: Business Partner

My role is to assist with an EMS CRM for streamlined processing and adequate administration optimization

• Developed in a custom RAPID MVC application program interface.
• Database Modelling and Engineering
• Provide offline online service enablement
• Focus on accessibility interfaces, openmoco, mobile handsets, palmtops
• Provide cutting edge solutions and future proof solutions
• Integrate with government emergency services

Obviously Gone

Site: http://www.obviouslygone.co.uk

Title: Systems Architect Developer

Period: December 2008 – May 2009

Employment Type: Contract

My role is to scope, design, develop and support an enterprise ready social media driven website. Client is based in the UK.

• Developed in a custom RAPID MVC application program interface.
• Database Modelling and Engineering
• Determine service integration features for broader service spectrum of added value services.
• Integrate with “Cloud Computing” third party API solutions (Amazon S3)
• Provide cutting edge solutions and future proof solutions
• Integrate tailor made E-commerce solutions
• Accommodate mobile version of portal in XHTML MP format with mobile brows-ability psychology taken into consideration.

ITLab

Site: http://www.itlab.co.uk

Title: PHP Developer

Period: September 2008 – November 2008

Employment Type: Contract

My role is to support and develop business solutions for four three companies.

• Developed in a custom RAPID MVC application program interface.
• Database Modelling and Engineering
• Determine service integration features for broader service spectrum of added value services.
• Integrate with “Cloud Computing” third party API solutions (Amazon S3)
• Provide cutting edge solutions and future proof solutions
• Integrate tailor made E-commerce solutions
• Accommodate mobile version of portal in XHTML MP format with mobile brows-ability psychology taken into consideration.

MIH Internet

Bio: MIH is a multinational media company with its principal operations in electronic media, including pay-television, internet and instant-messaging subscriber platforms and the provision of related technologies. Its most significant operations are located in South Africa elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Greece, Cyprus, the Netherlands, the United States, Thailand, China and Brazil. MIH also has print media interests in Brazil, China, Nigeria, Kenya and Angola.

Site: http://www.media24.com

Title: PHP Developer

Period: December 2007 – August 2008

Employment Type: Permanent

My role is to support and develop group projects extending 51 different countries.

• Developed in the Zend application program interface.
• Database Modelling and Engineering
• Review legacy code for re usability
• Consult remotely with company developers and to provide the manager with progress update reports
• UML technical documentation experience
• Attended a 1 week UML course
• Gained significant social networking industry experience and understanding thereof
• Assist group developers with understanding and administration of Linux and LAMP environments
• Provide PHP training to developers unfamiliar with the technology language.

MyRace

Bio: The client is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Site: http://www.myrace.co.za

Title: Systems Architect Developer

Period: December 2006 – July 2007

Employment Type: Remote Contract

My role is to refine, objectify and future proof system architecture.

• Ground up development of the application program interface.
• Database UML Design and Engineering
• Review third party services for quality and assurance
• Standardization of technical documentation
• Provide astonishing delivery of service in tight time frames

Worddial

Bio: The client is based in California, United States.

Site: http://www.worddial.com/

Title: Systems Architect Developer

Period: June 2006 – December 2006

Employment Type: Remote Contract

My role is to implement the business model.

• Ground up development of the application program interface.
• Database Engineering
• Review legacy code for re usability
• Consult remotely with company developers and to provide the director with daily progress updates
• Standardization of technical documentation
• Invent business and entertainment mobility solutions
• Provide cross vendor handset accessible user interfaces
• Explore revenue income generators

Media Labs

Bio: The client is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Site: http://www.r18entertainment.com/

Title: Developer

Period: April 2006 – June 2006

Employment Type: Contract

My role is to engineer a business automation solution.

• Ground up development of the application program interface.
• Database Engineering

Peronii

Bio: PERONii Solutions, a South African based company, specialises in web design, new media design (Multimedia CD-ROM Presentations, Flash Design, Original Website Soundtracks) and corporate identity design, which naturally incorporates print media (graphic design)

Site: http://www.peronii.co.za/

Title: Developer

Period: February 2006 – May 2006

Employment Type: Contract

My role is to assist Peronii with PHP solution development on a per project basis.

• Ground up development of the application program interface.
• Database Engineering
• CMS Solutions
• Legacy system maintenance

Nobrain

Bio: Nobrain pure simplicity

Site: http://www.nobrain.co.za/

Title: Developer - Contract

Period: May 2005 – October 2005

Employment Type: Contract

My role was to facilitate the company with ongoing support to clients and new project developments

• Client liaison
• Design scope; Meet and explore client requirements and expand on the basic functionality
• Project cost modelling
• Research; Evaluation of market trends such as SEO, CMS
• Hands on experience with the in house CMS – Expert solution and as well as external systems. Where development or customisation to the look and feel of a client project was required
• Testing and Quality Assurance
• Development aptitude and business acumen grew considerably
• Integrated self prepared HTML templates into an in house CMS - Expert solution
• Understanding a top down approach to project development

Offline Digital

Bio: Offline Digital offers a unique combination of technology and professional services based on extensive experience and an innate understanding of our market's requirements.

Site: http://www.offlinedigital.com/

Title: Developer

Period: October 2005 – February 2006

Employment Type: Contract

My role is to engineer new project developments for the international tourism market.

• Ground up development of the application program interface.
• Testing and Quality Assurance
• Database engineering
• Statistics Engine Development

iSite

Bio: iSite Interactive Ltd are a team of website development specialists who blend business and marketing consulting with the highest calibre of creative and technical talent.

Site: http://www.isite.co.nz/

Title: Developer

Period: October 2004 – May 2005

Employment Type: Remote Contract

My responsibilities were all work was done remotely to the New Zealand company iSite.

• Author HTML from a base Photoshop design template
• Integrate self prepared HTML templates into an in house CMS (Expert) solution
• Create site pages with necessary functionality
• Site testing

FormFunction

Bio:FormFunction is a provider of bespoke solutions

Title: Systems Developer

Period: July 2004 – October 2004

Employment Type: Contract

My role was of a systems developer.

• Client liaison
• Design scope; Meet and explore client requirements and expand on the basic functionality
• Project time line preparation; sufficient time management and costing
• Research; Evaluation of possible solutions that may play a beneficial role in the delivery of work
• Development and Coordinator; Embracer of Open Source software such as SMARTY template systems and Content Management Systems such as ‘Typo3’ has provided a sufficient window into the world of outsourcing freely available applications
• Testing and Quality Assurance; High level to detail so as to provide a seamless handover of work done

iTouch PLC – Content Management Team

Bio:The content management team supported the iTouch operations on a global scale with mobile content requests and commercial content. My responsibility was to optimise the flow of work on a programmatic level.

Site: http://www.itouchplc.com/

Title: Global Content Web Developer

Period: October 2002 – June 2004

Employment Type: Permanent

My role was the following - web developer, technical support and systems administrator.

• My primary role was to manage the development of Group content web projects
• I acted as the key point of contact for iTouch Country developers wishing to interact with technical elements of the Content Team
• My secondary role was to seek and source web tools and applications that might improve the communication of content to the group
• Support
• Development of CoPro, whereby this web-based tool controlled all mobile content work flow processes, managed the request of mobile content, the production of mobile content and the testing of mobile content to which the final sign off of the mobile content occurred. The application ran on Sybarite and I gained significant database experience
• There was an urgent requirement for improved work flow productivity due to large amounts of content requests; the solution was this, I built the CSV Bulk Upload System, the automation of content data capturing efficiency was increased by 300%
• A WAP tool I built was a WAP site that assisted the Content Quality Testers with the testing of graphical content. This increased work productivity by a further 50%
• I designed and implemented the database schema for mobile manufacturers and handset models that were integrated within most current systems where required
• A flat HTML based website that displayed Java games was proving to be a hindrance to time when updating. I built a PHP GUI system whereby the administrator could seamlessly manage the site. The system was built in four days
• I built a tool that catered the global content administrators with unique alias naming conventions for content items

iTouch Labs

Bio:ITouch Labs was the international development house for the iTouch PLC group in London. Our role was to define standards and develop products to be deployed to all the local operations in seven countries.

Site: http://www.itouchplc.com/

Title: Junior Web Developer

Period: July 2000 - September 2002

Employment Type: Permanent

My role was of a developer and documentation author for solutions built.

• Integrate Story Board Design Templates and Code into a merged dynamic scalable web application suite
• Administration of web content for multiple sites and alteration features when requested
• Front-End integration of current web applications to the required client’s request for the company look and feel
• Delivering corporate web sites in efficient time frames
• Compiling User Guides, User Requirements and Technical Specification Documents
• Customer Support and upgrading of current web applications
• Evaluating Web Application Solutions that could be beneficial to the company’s benefit
• Researching the mobile/internet market for current and future trends that would be beneficial towards the companies’ own growth
• Training client’s hands on in efficient time frames and later support
• Cross Browser Compatibility integration
• Developer/Administration/Assistance/Support on various consumer web applications such as Fonezone for Worldpop Ireland / United Kingdom and WebSMS for Telstra
• iDJ full server side spectrum of e-commerce/mobile functional features
• Training Gained – Employment Equity training in the work place as well as understanding of programming fundamentals

Most development took place on Linux or Solaris using JAVA, JSP, Java beans, EJB, Apache, Tomcat, Websphere, Sybase, XML, XSL and TIB other development using PHP, XML, XSL and Sybase.

I am familiar with most mobile and web technologies and will thrive from my current experience level to new and exciting ventures.

Referrals by request for confirmation:

Media Labs

Contact Name: Brendon Behnke

Title: Chief Executive Officer

iTouch, iSite, Nobrain

Contact Name: Mare Greyling

Title: Team Leader, Systems Architect, Director

Peronii

Contact Name: Dirk Tolken

Title: Director

Education

2002 – JSP Level 1 Certified ITTC

2000 – HTML Certified Brain Bench

1997 – Matric General Western Springs College