Iain Robinson - Professional Experience

Angel Yarns are an established online retailer that has recently expanded their operation to include baby & maternity products via their new site – www.lilimay.com. My primary role within the company is one of Web Developer although the position encompasses work ranging from that of a web editor to IT hardware and software support as and when required. My main responsibilities are:

• The creation of pages for the latest product ranges – liasing with suppliers and researching the products, maintaining competitive pricing and having responsibility for all front-end XHTML coding, images, editorial content, back-end SQL database integration and testing.
• The optimisation and improvement of all aspects of back-end and front-end code and to improve the 'user experience' of the site wherever possible.
• To monitor the search engine ranking of the site or individual pages and, where possible, to improve upon it.

GSS Ltd produce a Windows based software application that provides data-bus monitoring, data logging & simulation tools for avionics protocols such as MIL-STD-1553 & STANAG-3910. Their software is currently used by aerospace & avionics companies within Europe and the US. My main responsibilities within the company were:

• The documentation of all software testing procedures detailing the tests performed, outstanding defects and the current development status of the application.
• Developing usability tests and individual defect tests for the application.
• Conducting research into alternative approaches to project management, software deployment and the development process.