About the developer

I'm a frontend web developer with 5+years of agency-based employment working in Inverness for projects across Scotland. Working in a professional capacity with WordPress/PHP, developing bespoke websites that focus on design and fast speeds. On personal projects using the Javascript library React through the GatsbyJS framework.

Professional projects that I have worked on include major timber suppliers and luxury accommodation providers across Scotland. At home, I have developed and maintain several themes that are listed on the Gatsby Starter Library under an open-source licence.

To improve as a developer I am also undertaking a BSc in Computing & IT(Software) through the Open University, having completed 90 credits of a 360 credit degree. Overall, it will give me a more complete understanding of OOP, Python, Java, as well as mathematics. Previously I completed an HND in Interactive Media through the UHI in Elgin which covered elements of design and development.

I moved into web development after leaving the Royal Navy in 2009 after serving 5 years as an aircraft mechanic where I spent time at RNAS Culdrose and part of the ship's company of HMS Ocean, travelling to the Arctic Circle, Caribbean, and central Africa.