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Name: Carly Maree Lyddiard
Email/MSN: carly.lyddiard@gmail.com

Nationality: Australian
Hometown: Newcastle, Australia
Current Location: Melbourne, Australia

Employment History

Please find details of my employment history below. Feel free to email me if you would like contact details for references.

Izilla Pty Ltd – Web Design:Development:Integration

Position: Senior Developer / Analyst
When: Dec 2005 – April 2008

• Senior Developer
  • developed in ASP.NET, C#, SQL 2000 and 2005
  • implemented solutions using Izilla’s Cognition ECM (Enterprise Content Management System)
  • implemented solutions using Kentico CMS
  • maintained and enhanced existing applications as well as constructing new websites and web applications
  • worked from specifications and within UPZilla (Izilla’s software development process)
  • acted as team lead
  • assisted junior team members

• Business Analyst

  • liaised with clients
  • gathered requirements
  • discussed options (technical feasibility, possibilities and limitations; products available to meet the clients needs etc)
  • developed specifications for: information architecture, functionality, technical / implementation direction
  • maintained changes to specifications during project (due to change requests etc)
  • liaised with account manager for scope reviews
  • liaised with QA team for QA of the specifications and development of the test plan

• Project Management Role

  • managed maintenance projects as well as new developments and large enhancements
  • briefed development, design and QA teams (and other professionals depending on the project) on the specifications and ensured correct understanding of the project
  • ran daily SCRUMs
  • liaised with client regularly to inform of progress, clarify requirements, and plan future phases
  • liaised with account manager to monitor internal project progress, resource allocation, scope creep, client satisfaction etc
  • liaised with third party providers where required, including arrangement of purchase of 3rd party products
  • evaluation of third party products where required
• Process Review and Improvement. Implemented the following:
  • improved source control procedures
  • multi-layered QA procedure
  • intranet for information exchange and internal document storage
  • enhanced internal tasking system to improve reporting on project progress and availability of resources
  • scheduled regular developer meetings to facilitate information exchange between developers and touch on new / incoming technologies, techniques and best practice in the industry as well as process changes in the organisation

Hunter Water Corporation

Position: Software Development and Support
When: 2003 – 2005

• Mentored junior cadets
• Worked individually and as part of a team
• Managed project for enhancements to Customer Care application
• Worked as part of the Data Warehousing team, on a project dealing with more than 30 million new records every month
• Developed and maintained web based applications for internal and external use
• Developed in classic ASP, VB, HTML, javascript
• Developed and maintained crystal reports
• Attended training in Mincom MIMS
• Attended training in AIX administration
• Attended industry conferences (CeBIT, local industry news events etc)

Hunter Water Corporation

Position: Information Technology Cadet
When: 2000 – 2003

• Awarded IT Cadetship
• DBA – SQL Server 7, 2000, 2005
• Developed in classic ASP, VB, HTML, javascript
• Maintained HWC Website, key technical contact during upgrade by contractor
• Developed and maintained web based applications for internal and external use
• Crystal Report development
• Worked as part of a team and individually
• Mentored junior cadets
• Attended training in Project Management techniques
• Attended training in Communications Skills
• Attended training in Time Management
• Attended industry conferences (CeBIT, local industry news events etc)

Private Tutor

When: 1997 – 2000

I tutored local primary and high school students in Mathematics, English and Computing.

Project Profiles

Please find summaries of some of my interesting projects below. Feel free to email me if you would like contact details for references for these projects.

SecureNSW Project (Izilla – 2008)

A joint project for the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet and NSW Police Force – a website to provide information to NSW residents and visitors in caste of a counter terrorism incident.

More information can be found on the Izilla Website

• Project manager

  • Developed project schedule
  • Co-ordinated phased development of site
  • Liaised with client to report on progress, clarify requirements, resolve issues and plan next phase
  • Liaised with account manager to inform on project progress and any account-related issues
  • Briefed development, design, QA and content teams on project
  • Held daily SCRUM meetings with team to monitor project and work to handle issues proactively

• Business analyst

  • Gathered and documented functional, design and technical requirements
  • Liaised with client to confirm specifications
  • Liaised with QA team to confirm specifications and test plan
  • Managed changes to specifications during development (due to change requests etc); ensured all stakeholders remained informed

(More project profiles to come soon)

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science – 2003

University of Newcastle, Australia

• Graduated on Dean’s Merit List
• Gained experience in Java (J2SE, Swing)
• Studied the following subjects
  • Algorithmics (including subjects in Advanced Algorithmics – specialisation)
  • Software engineering (throughout entire degree)
  • Machine Intelligence (concepts of artificial intelligence, neural networks, learning theory, algorithmics related to games and decision making)
  • Cryptography
  • Computer Networks
  • Electronics
  • Distributed Applications (utilised CORBA and java to produce distributed applications)
  • Interface Design (theory of information visualisation, human-computer interaction, etc)
  • Software Development Process (Personal Improvement Process, UML, RUP, Rational Rose etc)
  • E-Commerce (special acceptance into Honours program for this subject)
  • Ethics and the online society
  • Database Systems
  • Information Science

Rutherford Technology High School 1998

• Graduated with UAI of 88.9
• 3 Unit Computing
• 3 Unit Mathematics
• 2 Unit Physics

Skills Summary

General Skills / Knowledge

• IT Project Management (small-medium)
• Requirements Elicitation
• Specification development and maintenance (functional, technical specifications and information architecture)
• Leadership
• Ability to lead a team, work as part of a team and independently
• Business Analysis
• Problem Solving / Troubleshooting
• Technology Evaluation and Recommendation
• Development process evaluation and improvement

Technical Proficiencies

• Classic ASP
• Classic VB
• COM+
• ASP.NET
• C#
• VB.NET
• Javascript
• HTML/XHTML
• Standards (HTML, CSS, accessibility): concepts, evaluation and developing to these standards
• XML and related technologies (XSLT, XPath etc)
• SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008
• SEO concepts and evaluation (low-medium level)

Other Skills

• Quality Assurance
  • formal and informal testing
  • black and white box testing
  • low level security testing (SQL injection, XSS, packet sniffing of web requests etc)
• CSS
• Java
• Ruby on Rails
• Joomla CMS
• AbleCommerce

Availability for work

I am seeking employment as a .NET Analyst Programmer in Melbourne, Australia. Please email me if you would like to discuss an employment opportunity.