Thomas DRAPIER
Edinburgh, Scotland

Profile

I am a developer specialised in web applications. I have four years of professional experience within multi-national organisations in the media, telecommunication and aeronautic sectors. I am experienced with PHP, ASP.NET and AJAX technologies. I study computer science and management at the University of Edinburgh, with a specialisation in investments & financial markets. I studied computer science and electronics in France until 2005. I speak French and English fluently.

Major Achievements

• Part of the development team which created a project management suite for the BBC Finance department. The application includes many modules: document, change, risk, issue, dependency, assumption, role, contract, programme and project management. The application was first commissionned for the contract migration from Medas to Xansa but is still being used for its unique capabilities.

• Part of the team that developed an intranet application designed to manage the contract between the BBC and Siemens for out-sourcing BBC Technology, my tasks included daily collecting and processing bidders’ data, generating new reports. The BBC Technology sale was valued at over £2 billion. The whole process was achieved in less than 7 months; this was only made possible by the application.

• Leader of the development team which built a Public Key Infrastructure for EADS Socata. Key responsibilities included understanding the requirements and making technology choices. The application enabled users to digitally sign and crypt documents using their certificates.

Experience

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2004 to present, London

Web Application Developer – Contract renewed 7 times (Owen Russell Group)

• Part of the development team which created a project management suite commissionned by BBC Finance department to help them with the migration of the finance contract from Medas to Xansa. The application includes many modules: document, change, risk, issue, dependency, assumption, role, contract, programme and project management. It is now still being used for its unique capabilities. (2007/2008)
• Part of the development team which created a data room for the BBC Finance department. The intranet based application uses ASP, a Microsoft SQL server database and Ajax, it includes a document management system. (2007)
• Part of the team working for the BBC Technology Direction on a contract management application using ASP and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 technologies. The application was specially developed for the sale of BBC Technology. I have developed a web portal including news, issues, risks, contacts details management system with a document repository application. The sale of BBC Technology has been achieved after less than 7 months, selecting Siemens between several other bidders for a contract representing over £2 billions. (2004/2005)
• Developed a web based hot desk booking application in 2004 for BBC’s Factual & Learning department. Objectives were to make the application user friendly. It had statistics pages and could display who had logged onto a desk in real time. (2005/2006)

Digitrad, 2006 to present, London/Paris

Web Application Developer

• Responsible of the UK clients: from the first contact, the sale, the delivery of the service to the customer support. Development of the marketing strategy for the Stand4u and PeerTelecom services in the UK. Translation of the digitrad.com website. (2007)
• Built a resellers interface using Smarty & Ajax. The main goal of this second version was to make the application user friendly and easy to use. It lets resellers create and update their clients, attach numbers and vocal applications. (2007)
• Created the my.stand4u.com website selling phone numbers (PSTN, SIP) and vocal applications. The project involved using PHP, MySQL and an API developed for the purpose. The application manages each user's credit, generates invoices in PDF format on the fly, dynamically getting available phone numbers from many providers. (2006/2007)
• Maintained the websites stand4u.com and peertelecom.com. Converted them to standard XHTML, added PHP template technologies. (2006/2007)

Innovative Consulting University of Edinburgh (iCUE), 2005 to present, Edinburgh

IT Director

• iCUE is a «Junior Enterprise», a student society dedicated to the development of business skills.
• Refactored the iCUE website using Web 2.0 and Ajax technologies.
• Created a barcode printing infrastucture for Robertson Technolgies.
• Promoted iCUE at entrepreneurs events.
• Created the Yearbook 2004 website.

Education

BSc Computer Science & Management (Honours)

2009, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

• Informatics
  • Operating Systems, Computer Design, Informatics Entrepreneurship
  • Artificial Intelligence, Data & Learning (Data Structures - Algorithm Efficiency)
  • Computation and Logic (Finite State Systems), Java (Object Oriented Programming)
  • Haskell (Functional Programming), Data and Analysis
• Management Sciences
  • Investment and Securities Markets, Principles of Finance
  • Management Science and Operation Planning, Mathematical Programming
  • Business Studies
• Mathematics for Informatics
  • Calculus, Algebra, Linear Algebra, Counting, Geometry, Probabilities

BTS IRIS: Industrial Computing Degree

2005, Lycée Saint Pierre, Tarbes, France

• VC++ (MFC), SQL, UML, data transmissions via cables, networking, 68000 assembler, physics, mathematics, economics, French and English.

Interests

My main interests are entrepreneurship, business and new technologies. I listen to all sorts of music from around the world and enjoy watching independent films. I like reading, travelling and skiing.