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<h1>Thom Leggett – Curriculum Vitae</h1>
<p>
I am a software delivery expert with 12 years experience of commercial software development across a wide range of industries and technologies. I am passionate about coaching teams in the delivery of high-quality, relevant software to a predictable schedule. With 4 years experience of agile development and coming from a technical background I am as comfortable mentoring technical practices as I am agile processes.
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<h2>Professional Experience</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<h3>Software Development Manager @ <a href="http://music.nokia.com/">Nokia</a></h3>
<p class="when">March 2008 – present</p>
<p><strong>Skills:</strong> Agile Development, Scrum (Certified Scrum Master), Project Planning, Recruitment, Change Leadership, Coaching/Mentoring, Stakeholder Management, Reporting.</p>
<ul>
<li>Led a cross-functional team including a business analyst, testers and developers and pioneered the introduction of Scrum at Nokia Music. The team went from deploying software to production approximately every 6 weeks to a predictable 2 week delivery.</li>
<li>Led the first team to transition from Microsoft .NET to Java and open-source technologies. This team delivered a highly scalable search and discovery service into to a high-profile project on time using new technologies. This was only possible due to the agile processes that we designed as a team.</li>
<li>Encouraged the spread of agile techniques in Nokia Music and the wider Nokia. Ran training courses for large numbers of existing staff and primers for new starters.</li>
<li>Gained experience working with a globally distributed organisation in many challenging markets as we rolled out the service to 20+ different countries.</li>
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</li>
<li>
<h3>Senior Software Engineer @ <a href="http://music.nokia.com/">Nokia</a></h3>
<p class="when">October 2007 – March 2008</p>
<p><strong>Skills:</strong> Agile, C#, XML, XSLT, T-SQL, Java, Qt, TDD, Continuous Integration.</p>
<p><strong>Platforms:</strong> Microsoft .NET, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, IIS 6/7, Web Services.</p>
<ul>
<li>Developed and maintained a high-availability, high-throughput application for receiving, transforming, quality controlling and publishing music media and metadata.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<h3>Front-end Software Engineer @ <a href="http://music.nokia.com/">Nokia</a> (Contract)</h3>
<p class="when">August 2007 – October 2007</p>
<p><strong>Skills:</strong> HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MooTools, YUI, TDD.</p>
<p><strong>Platforms:</strong> Microsoft .NET, IIS 6/7.</p>
<ul>
<li>Developed HTML, CSS and JavaScript for Nokia Music website.</li>
<li>Introduced better JavaScript development practices.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<h3>Director @ Playzu</h3>
<p class="when">March 2007 – October 2007</p>
<ul>
<li>Founded a social gaming start-up.</li>
<li>Designed and developed a gaming platform to integrate with social networks.</li>
<li>Business planning and business development.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<h3>Senior Software Engineer @ <a href="http://www.trueclarity.co.uk/">True Clarity</a></h3>
<p class="when">March 2005 – March 2007</p>
<p><strong>Skills:</strong> Agile, TDD, C#, XML, Windows.Forms, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, T-SQL, ASP.NET, XSLT.</p>
<p><strong>Platforms:</strong> IIS 6, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, Smart Client Software Factory (SCSF), Composite UI Application Block (CAB), Microsoft CMS, Immediacy CMS, Telligent Community Server.</p>
<ul>
<li>Responsible for delivery and technical project management I helped the company grow from three developers to fifteen.</li>
<li>Successfully introduced agile technical practices and process improvements (<em>MSF Agile</em> based methodology).</li>
<li>Worked for a wide range of clients in both the public and private sectors and covered a wide range of responsibilities: requirements analysis, architecture, planning, scheduling and delivery.</li>
<li>Projects ranging from content management system builds to business
modelling tools for clients such as <em>Hewlett-Packard</em>,
the <em>UK Ministry of Defence</em>, the
<em>National Health Service</em> and <em>Budget Insurance</em> all
delivered on time and to budget.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<h3>Director @ <a href="http://www.fwoss.com/">FWOSS</a></h3>
<p class="when">August 2002 – March 2004</p>
<p><strong>Skills:</strong> Business Development, C#, T-SQL, XML, XSLT, HTML, JavsScript, Microsoft Office Automation, COM.</p>
<p><strong>Platforms: </strong> IIS 6, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005, Microsoft CMS, Microsoft Exchange.</p>
<ul>
<li>Founded and ran a bespoke software development agency.</li>
<li>Many happy customers including <em>Imperial College, London</em>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<h3>Web Software Engineer @ <a href="http://www.spira.co.uk/">SpiraHellic Multimedia</a></h3>
<p class="when">October 2000 – August 2002</p>
<p><strong>Skills:</strong> VB6, C#, ASP 3.0, T-SQL, ASP.NET, COM, VBScript, JScript, XML, XSLT, HTML, JavaScript, CSS.</p>
<p><strong>Platforms:</strong> IIS, SQL Server 7, SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Commerce Server 2000.</p>
<ul>
<li>Developed several bespoke CMS solutions for high-profile clients such as <em>Psion</em>.</li>
<li>Developed an advanced web front-end for <em>TrafficMaster</em> fleet tracking software.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<h3>Web Software Engineer @ Hotlisted</h3>
<p class="when">March 1999 – October 2000</p>
<p><strong>Skills:</strong> Business Development, VB6, COM, MSTS, HTML, CSS, T-SQL, MSMQ.</p>
<p><strong>Platforms:</strong> IIS 5, SQL Server 7.</p>
<ul>
<li>Developed a secure, scalable website for a start-up company.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<h3>Database Software Engineer @ Andrew Brodie Publications</h3>
<p class="when">May 1998 – December 1999</p>
<p><strong>Skills:</strong> VBA, Access, JET-SQL, VB 6.</p>
<p><strong>Platforms:</strong> Microsoft Office.</p>
<ul>
<li>Developed an invoicing and accounting system in Microsoft Access that was still in use 5 years later at the time of the company's acquisition.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Professional Qualifications</h2>
<ul><li><ul>
<li><strong>Certified Scrum Master</strong> – December 2008.</li>
<li><strong>Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist Sql Server 2005</strong> – September 2006.</li>
</ul></li></ul>
<h2>Education</h2>
<h3>Imperial College, London</h3>
<p class="when">October 1999 - October 2000</p>
<p><strong>First year of MSc Software Engineering:</strong> Pass</p>
<h3>Wellington School, Somerset</h3>
<p class="when">October 1990 – June 1998</p>
<h4>A Level</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Maths:</strong> A; <strong>Further Maths:</strong> A; <strong>Physics:</strong> A; <strong>Geography:</strong> A.</li>
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