Experience

October 2023 - Present

european commission

Agile Project Manager

Leading daily project operations using Agile/Scrum methodologies, coordinating with stakeholders for roadmap planning, and managing a 5-developer team for iterative product development. Emphasizes collaboration, continuous improvement, and aligning goals for quality outcomes.

June 2022 - April 2023

european parliament

Agile Project Manager / SCRUM Master

Implemented Agile methodologies, reducing project time by 30-35%. Acted as a liaison between business and development, managed sprints, and facilitated Scrum for two 5-member teams. Managed 3 projects with tools like JIRA, enhancing client satisfaction to 95% and team productivity by 25%

July 2019 - April 2022

Deloitte - Belgium

Agile Project Manager / SCRUM Master / Senior Developer

Agile Project manager at Deloitte, worked on projects with extensive data handling, served as Scrum master to the development team, and developed and maintained React components.

April 2018 - September 2018

Netrefer - Malta

Senior Software Developer

Senior Software Developer at Netrefer (Malta), focusing on GDPR compliance, modifying client data for privacy. Handled daily bug resolutions.

June 2017 - October 2017

Scheduit - Malta

Team Lead / Senior Full-Stack Developer

Successfully delivered a high-performance API for a financial project, demonstrating excellent technical skills and attention to detail through TDD testing, development, and integration testing. Achieved high-quality development on the Amico.ai project's account module through rigorous testing.

June 2016 - December 2016

Ipagoo - London

Senior Full-Stack Developer

Successfully developed a push notification service with AWS, enhancing mobile app engagement. Created API services for seamless data access from a fluent data backend, improving user experience. Fostered strong relationships within a remote team, boosting collaboration.

May 2015 - November 2015

Serenata Flowers - Malta

Senior Full-Stack Developer / Technical Architect

Contributed significantly to the Serenata Flowers webapp success, through architectural expertise. Improved page loading by 50% by replacing an old XML system with a new routing system. Led and mentored junior developers, promoting growth and development.

October 2013 - May 2015

Betclic - Malta

Senior Full-Stack Developer

Launched an online casino for the Italian market with Netent games, enhancing Betclic user experience. Led the restructuring of Betclic services into a unified platform with new architecture and Web API, increasing efficiency. Developed and maintained back-end systems for Affiliate and Partner programs, and managed Loyalty Points with a third-party tool. Contributed to the Senior Architecture team, supporting Betclic Group Malta's growth. Led meetings, design discussions, and bug triaging, enhancing team communication.

March 2013 - August 2013

5One - London

Team Lead / Senior Full-Stack Developer

Led a cross-functional team, delivering high-quality product features and resolving defects, surpassing client expectations. Provided guidance to a small development team, enhancing productivity and project efficiency. Excelled in leadership, employing Agile Methodologies with a team of contractors for improved productivity and teamwork. Key in User Interface development, ensuring client requirements were met by collaborating closely with the GUI designer.

February 2012 - October 2012

Towers Watson - Brussels

Analyst / Senior .NET Developer

Boosted client acquisition by 30% with a centralized Notification Service for product updates. Created a Global Grading Calculator in MVC.NET/JQuery/LINQ, saving 70% of time and effort, featuring multilingual support and a single-page application for calculations.

January 2010 - December 2011

Committee of the Regions - Brussels

Project Manager / Senior Full Stack Developer

Served as Team Lead/Project Manager, ensuring on-time, within-budget delivery of customer projects in partnership with a Technical Lead. Managed project lifecycle, from planning to delivery, ensuring high-quality outcomes that met customer expectations. Boosted a critical windows service performance by 30% with OOP, .NET, C#, and improved error logging. Enhanced an intranet application's performance by 40%, supporting multilingual documents and search capabilities.

May 2009 - November 2009

Enhesa - Brussel

SRUM Master / Senior Full Stack Developer

Implemented SCRUM/AGILE at Enhesa, serving as Team Lead/SCRUM Master, halving software production time. Initiated Agile practices, including peer reviews and 2-week sprints, improving team efficiency and project delivery. Managed development milestones, enhancing software quality and timeliness. Improved project requirements accuracy with detailed program descriptions. Maintained project plans with Microsoft Project, ensuring project alignment. Built a more efficient intranet with DotNetNuke and MVP patterns, enhancing scalability. Guided junior staff to .NET, creating a versatile team. Conducted technology presentations, increasing SCRUM and .NET adoption.

February 2008 - Devember 2008

Microsoft - Dublin

SRUM Master / Senior .NET Developer

Facilitated Scrum adoption, enhancing productivity and ensuring on-time software delivery. Developed Quint, a tool improving localization efficiency for applications. Made use of Telerik controls for better management of localization files in Quint, enhancing file organization. One of the first adoptions of LINQ2SQL in a test project, improving data access layer communication. Created TSQL scripts for efficient data migration to a new product database.

October 2007 - January 2008

Webtrade - Dublin

Team Lead / .NET Developer

Developed an ASP.NET-based system for Curach Consulting, enabling easy creation of web forms with customizable controls, enhancing client satisfaction. Improved Siternity CMS with caching and a new user management system via ASP.NET 2.0 APIs. Mentored junior developers on migrating from ASP/PHP to ASP.NET and implemented SourceSafe for project versioning, guiding juniors in its use.

May 2007 - August 2007

Version 1 - Dublin

.NET Developer

My task was to make improvements to the present .NET 2.0 windows application. I was also responsible for the maintenance of SSIS packages to transfer data from the main database to the database on-line.

March 2007 - April 2007

Pigsback - Dublin

.NET Developer

I joined Pigsback.com as a contractor for this 3 week contract. My task was to create ASP.NET 2.0 user-controls to plug into their website. These user controls consists mainly of Gridviews and Datalists. I also used 3^rd party RAD controls to enhance the user experience.

August 2006 - February 2007

Enterprise Ireland - Dublin

.NET Developer

At Enterprise Ireland, I developed a Windows app that significantly reduced form creation time, enabling the production of 6 forms in 2 days by replicating data. Another app updated XSL files for forms. Additionally, I utilized Altavista to generate visual forms from XML, converting them into PDF and RTF for client use. Rigorous testing, including Unit and System Testing, ensured functionality and accessibility for visually impaired users. The project successfully launched in February 2007.

September 1998 - July 2006

Other Assignments

Insero Ltd (Aug 2006 - Aug 2006)

ASP.NET Developer:- C# 2.0, SQL Server 2005, OOP, Stored Procs, ASP.NET 2.0, XML, HTML, Javascript

X Communications (Jun 2006 - July 2006)

ASP.NET Developer:- C# 2.0, SQL Server 2005, OOP, Stored Procs, ASP.NET 2.0, XML, HTML, Javascript

Clearscape (Apr 2006 - May 2006)

ASP.NET Developer:- C# 1.1, SQL Server 2005, OOP, Stored Procs, ASP.NET 1.1, XML API, HTML, Javascript

Rethinking Solutions (Nov 2005 - Feb 2006)

ASP.NET Developer:- C# 1.1, SQL Server 2005, OOP, Stored Procs, ASP.NET 1.1, XML API, HTML, Javascript, Classic ASP

Icon Studios (Aug 2002 - Jul 2005)

Senior Web Developer:- C# 1.1, SQL Server 2003, MS Access, OOP, Stored Procs, ASP.NET 1.1, XML API, HTML, Javascript, Classic ASP

Crimsonwing (Sep 1998 - Aug 2002)

Software Engineer:- Cobol, CICS, DB2, MS Access, Classic ASP, HTML, Javascript