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The basics

Full Name: Paul Ross Middlege
D.O.B: 20/10/1982
Residence: Norwich, Norfolk, England

My profession

Over 10 years web development / delivery experiance
Full time web orientated prosfessional since 2000
Worked in Online department for FTSE 100 company AVIVA (Norwich Union, RAC, BSM) for 7 years
Skills:
- Over 10 years Web front-end development experiance (I consider myself as a Front-end Architect)
- Excellent Project management skills
- Proven people and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication and consultancy skills.
- Strong understanding of business strategies and impacts.
- Good understanding of creative approach and philosophies
- Understanding of multimedia technologies, including Flash and Steaming media.
- Appreciation of server-side technologies, including PHP, ASP and Perl.
Professional full time jobs held:
- Web Developer (2000 - 2002)
  - Design, develop and maintain the AVIVA group websites within agreed timescales and to defined standards.
  - Progression via promotion
- Senior Web Developer (2002 - 2004)
  - Design, develop and maintain the AVIVA group websites within agreed timescales and to defined standards.
  - Work on project activity with technical and web analysis teams with responsibilities to deliver key accountabilities.
  - Progression via promotion
- Lead Web Developer (2004 - 2006)
  - Manage project activities, taking responsibility for delivery.
  - Define coding standards and quality assurance process for the AVIVA group.
  - Act as a technical figure-head for team developers.
  - Provide supervision and development of the Junior Web Developers.
  - Progression via promotion
- Web Projects Manager (2006)
  - Responsibility to deliver all Web Projects, balancing the priorities and resources across all business areas to ensure that projects are delivered to requirements and SLAs.
  - Manage specific project activities, taking responsibility for delivery.
  - Management and scheduling work for the Web Projects team, including management of individual team members.
  - Provide technical web front-end consultancy to all AVIVA business units and third parties working on the behalf of the group.
  - Ownership of AVIVA Web Development Standards, covering W3C WCAG and HTML/CSS standards.
  - Engage and manage agencies to work on the delivery of Web Projects when required.
  - Progression via promotion
- Web Design Consultancy Manager (2006 - 2007)

My hobbies

Movies:
- Cinemagoing
- Collecting DVDs
- Daily visits to my favourite movie sites
Sports:
- Watching football (my beloved Canaries)
- Playing 5-a-side
PC / Gadgets
- Surfing the web
- Playing games on my PC, Xbox 360 and PSP
- Learning about the latest / future web trends and gadgets
Other
- Listening to my iPod
- Pubbing / eating out with my friends
- Playing Texas-holdem