About
Welcome to Friday 13th Development, the creative coding work of James “Jim” Valentine
F13Dev is a portfolio of my publicly available work, programming projects and thoughts on code. Information is provided freely and downloads will include a copy of its relevant license; if no such license is present, it is to be assumed that the software is licensed under the General Public License v3, if in doubt please contact me.
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Resume
Education
The Open University, 2014 to 2020 – BSc Open STEM
BSc Open STEM
Module
Level
Grade
TM355 – Communication technology
30 Credit Level 6
Distinction
TM352 – Web, mobile and cloud technologies
30 Credit Level 6
Distinction
M256 – Software development with Java
30 Credit Level 5
Grade 3
M250 – Object oriented Java
30 Credit Level 5
Distinction
M269 – Algorithms, data-structures and computability
30 Credit Level 5
Grade 3
TT284 – Web technologies
30 Credit Level 5
Grade 2
TM129 – Technologies in practice
30 Credit Level 4
TU100 – My digital life
60 Credit Level 4
MU123 – Discovering mathematics
30 Credit Level 4
Completed credits
300
Canterbury College, 2001 to 2005
Course
Level
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
60 Credit Level 5
ICT System Support
OCR Level 3
HTML Web Design
OCN Level 2
Introduction to Visual Basic 6
College certificate
Introduction to computer networking
College certificate
Music Technology & Performing Arts
BTEC First Diploma
Experience
- 3rd line LMS support3rd line LMS support:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - 3rd line server administration3rd line server administration:
Educational Technologist & Server Support - 3rd line server support3rd line server support:
Full Stack Developer - AWS administrationAWS administration:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - AWS integrationsAWS integrations:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - Campus OnlineCampus Online:
1st Line IT Support Technician - CiviCRMCiviCRM:
1st Line IT Support Technician - cPanelcPanel:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support
Registered Sole Trader - CSSCSS:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support
1st Line IT Support Technician
Registered Sole Trader - Database designDatabase design:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - Database optimisationDatabase optimisation:
Full Stack Developer - FreshServiceFreshService:
1st Line IT Support Technician - GoldVisionGoldVision:
1st Line IT Support Technician - Google cloud administrationGoogle cloud administration:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - Google cloud integrationsGoogle cloud integrations:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - GruntGrunt:
Full Stack Developer - JavaScriptJavaScript:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support
1st Line IT Support Technician
Registered Sole Trader - jQueryjQuery:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - MoodleMoodle:
1st Line IT Support Technician - MySQLMySQL:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support
1st Line IT Support Technician
Registered Sole Trader - Node.jsNode.js:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - Node.js configurationNode.js configuration:
Educational Technologist & Server Support - OpenCartOpenCart:
Registered Sole Trader - osCommerceosCommerce:
Registered Sole Trader - PHPPHP:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support
1st Line IT Support Technician
Registered Sole Trader - PleskPlesk:
Full Stack Developer - REST API designREST API design:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - REST API integrationsREST API integrations:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - SCSSSCSS:
Full Stack Developer - Server administrationServer administration:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support
Registered Sole Trader - Server configurationServer configuration:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support
Registered Sole Trader - SOAP API integrationsSOAP API integrations:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - UI / UX designUI / UX design:
Full Stack Developer - UserVoiceUserVoice:
1st Line IT Support Technician - WCAC 2.1 AAWCAC 2.1 AA:
Full Stack Developer - WHMWHM:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support
Registered Sole Trader - WordPressWordPress:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support
1st Line IT Support Technician - WordPress pluginsWordPress plugins:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - WordPress themesWordPress themes:
Full Stack Developer
Educational Technologist & Server Support - ZenCartZenCart:
Registered Sole Trader - ZoomZoom:
1st Line IT Support Technician
Industry employment
Senior Full-Stack Developer
Real Group Ltd, December 2024 to present
Job Description
Full Stack Developer
Real Group Ltd, May 2022 to December 2024
Job Description
- Web development using LAMP stack and similar technologies
- Research and development of innovative e-learning solutions
- Responsible for Campus Online (bespoke LMS) new feature programming and bug fixes
- Support the architectural design of web applications
- Build re-usable code libraries for future use
- Optimise applications for maximum speed and stability
- Implement security and data protection measures
- Translate UX / UI wireframes to visual elements
- Connect with external services using APIs
- Document code and write supporting documentation
- Support server management, system upgrades and administration of hosting environments
- Support data migration, transformation and scripting
- Undertake real time web applications development using Node.js
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders for programming requirements analysis
- Respond to development tickets from software leasing clients and internal staff
Programming Experience
Systems Experience
Educational Technologist & Server Support
Real Group Ltd, November 2020 to May 2022
Job Description
- Full stack development of Campus Online (bespoke Learning Management System built on WordPress)
- WordPress plugin and theme development
- Node.js application development
- Accessibility and usability testing and review
- Education technology improvements
- 3rd line web administration
- Server administration
- Server security patches, upgrades and migrations
- AWS cloud management and integrations
- Google cloud management and integrations
Programming Experience
Systems Experience
1st Line IT Support Technician
Real Group Ltd, April 2020 to November 2020
Job Description
- Support clients with IT queries
- Support internal teams with technical queries
- Respond to client and in-house technical emails and tickets
- Maintain various IT systems including a customer relations database, ensuring records and tasks are kept accurate
- 1st line web administration
- Provide IT training for internal teams
- Assist development team with outsourced tasks
Programming Experience
Systems Experience
Registered Sole Trader
Linux Distro UK, January 2004 to August 2014
Job Description
- Development and maintenance of company website, eCommerce platform and CRM
- Research and production of tangible company products
- Technical support for Linux Desktop and Server operating systems
Linux Distro UK acted as an official distributor for Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and more.