Dean Parker

• Full-stack software developer with over 20 years' experience of working on IT projects.
• Extensive experience of designing and delivering software and database solutions using Microsoft technologies (ASP.NET Framework/Core, C#, Microsoft SQL Server), and building modern web interfaces using client-side frameworks (Angular, React, Bootstrap etc.).
• Experience working with version control tools (Git, SVN), hosting (Azure) and CI/CD tools (TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, Azure DevOps).
• Confident working independently or collaboratively as part of a wider team as befits the situation.
• Able to build solid working relationships with business stakeholders and users.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Experience

• LexisNexis, Jan 2021 - Present

  • Principal Software Engineer

    Jul 2023 - Present

    Building technical solutions to support the legal community and customers.

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Jan 2021 - Jul 2023

    Building technical solutions to support the legal community and customers.

• Parliamentary Digital Service, Aug 2017 - Dec 2020

  Senior Developer

  Responsible for leading development teams building ASP.NET web applications and APIs, both for internal business customers across both Houses of Parliament and for external customers like journalists, lobbyists and the general public.

• Action on Hearing Loss, Jan 2012 - Jul 2017

  Application Developer

  Responsible for delivering and supporting cost-effective IT solutions across the organisation, working with colleagues through each stage from gathering requirements through development to maintenance after go-live. The suite of tools built by the internal development team, using ASP.NET/C# and SQL Server 2008 R2, cover all areas of Action on Hearing Loss, including but not limited to: • Incident reporting and audit management, including ISO 9001 • Organisational feedback management (complaints and compliments) • Course management for supporting the internal Learning and Development team Responsible for defining and implementing integration strategies between systems, whether bespoke or procured, on-premise or managed by our external partners, and working with colleagues, often from the commercial arm of the business, to maximise the value obtained from our relationships with our vendors.

• Accenture, Sept 2005 - Dec 2011

  Team Lead

  Worked on several diverse IT projects across different industries and clients and all phases of the development lifecycle. Project highlights: • Major international brewery client; led a team of developers building and testing a small/medium-sized ASP.NET/SQL Server data repository and reporting application to complement an SAP roll-out • Major UK communications client; led a small team in developing a data masking solution across each of the client's databases • Major insurance company; part of the technical test team working on an implementation of Accenture's insurance solution.

Education

• University of Kent at Canterbury, 2002 - 2005

  Bsc Computer Science and Business Administration, 2:1