CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: William Joseph Woodward

Date of Birth: 4th September, 1984

Term-time Address:

F302 E Newarke Point
8 Newarke Close,
Leicester,
LE2 7BJ

Home Address:

Anse Chastanet
Bakers Lane,
Stoke Bruerne,
Northamptonshire,
NN12 7SF

Tel No: 07709 337977

Tel No: 01604 863710

E-mail: will@willjw.co.uk

Education:

Dates: 2003 - current

Present Course of Study:

BSc (Hons) Internet Computing
De Montfort University, Leicester

During my second year, I passed:

Further Programming:
Internet Software Development:
Systems Programming:
Database Design & Implementation:
Overall:

64%
85%
53%
75%
69.25%

During my first year, I passed:

Introductory Java Programming:
Introductory Database Implementation:
User-Centered Web Interface Design:
Computer and Internet Fundamentals:
Overall:

84%
57%
69%
64%
68.5%


Dates: 2000 - 2002

Place of Study:

Roade School (Sports College), Sixth Form
 

A2s

AVCE Business Studies:
Computer Studies:
Geography:

E
B
E

Computing AS Level, Unit 6:
For the final unit (Unit 6) of my A2 Computing course, I undertook a project to design and develop a single-user online Address Book. I wrote the project in XHTML, CSS, PHP and SQL, using Notepad as my text-editor. The project also required the use of an online back-end database, for which I used MySQL. As the project developed, more and more options were decided upon. It eventually had the options to Add, Delete, Edit, Sort and Search entries, as well as the option to view entries by the first letter of their Surname. This very well written and easy-to-use project, along with an extensive write-up saw me achieve 98 per cent, an impressive 'A' grade. This was the second highest grade in my year, and one of only three 'A' grades.
Since then, I have adapted this project for multi-user use where each user has his/her personal address book. It has the added options to Sign Up, Login, Request a Forgotten Password. At the last count there were over 2,500 registered users, and an average user rating of around 4/5.

ASs

General Studies:
Mathematics Statistics:

B
E


Key Skills

Application of Number:
Communication:
Information Technology:

Level 3
Level 3
Level 3


Dates: 1995 - 2000

Place of Study:

Roade School (Sports College)

GCSEs

Art:
Business Studies:
English Language:
English Literature:
French:
Geogaphy:

E
D
D
C
E
C

Information Technology:
Mathematics:
Religious Education:
Science (Double Award):
Systems & Control Technology:

D
B
C
CC
D






Other Qualifications:
Tai Kwon-Do: 5th Kup
Swimming: 1000m
First Aid 3 Star St. John's Ambulance Award
Basic Food Hygiene Health and Safety Certificate

Other Achievements:
Jan 2001: My first commission to design and create a web site for a paying customer. This was a site primarily written in HTML and CSS.
Oct 2001: Designed and created the winning entry in a competition to name and design a logo for the Roade School (Sports College) fitness suite. Link: http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/.../20.jpg.
Jan 2003: Commissioned to design and create a web site for a company called The Old Chapel, Stoke Bruerne. This was a paid job. Link: http://www.theoldchapelstokebruerne.com.
Jan 2003: Commissioned to design the logo for a group of musicians, known as 'Groove-Topia'. The logo was featured on a flier for 'Empire', a nightclub in Kings Cross, Sydney. I also designed and wrote their website. Link: http://www.groove-topia.com (currently offline).
Feb 2003: Completed the design and creation of my online portfolio. Link: http://www.willjw.co.uk.
May 2004: Commissioned to design the website for a new Freemasons Lodge. Link: http://www.grandjunction.org.uk.
Jan 2006: Commissioned to design and create a web site for Airjet Air-conditioning. This includes a password-protected admin area where products and online enquiries can be controlled. Link: http://www.airjet.uk.com.

I have also designed, created and administered a number of other websites for friends and for myself.

Employment History:
Sep 1996 - current: Part-/full-time assistant cook, kitchen hand and waiter (The Boat Inn.)
Jan 2001 - current: Freelance website and web applications designer/programmer (including graphics design.)
Jun 2005 - current: IT Developer (Beach Holidays Limited.)
Feb 2005 - Apr 2005: Part-time barman and waiter (Talk: Bar & Grill.)
Apr 2003 - May 2003: Part-time kitchen hand (Jamaica Blue Café [Darling Harbour, NSW, Australia].)
May 2003 - Jun 2003: Full-time kitchen hand (Hotel Mosman [Mosman, NSW, Australia].)
Jul 2003: Casual kitchen hand and housekeeping (Snowy Valley Resort [Jindabyne, NSW, Australia].)
Oct 2004 - Feb 2005: Part-time barman (The Goose.)

Work Experience:
April/May 1999: Two weeks work experience at Roade School Computing/I.T Department. Since this work experience placement, I have been learning many languages for programming on the web and for software design as well. Previously I have worked with Pascal, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript, PHP and Visual Basic (including VBA). I now continue to learn and program in XHTML, CSS, SQL, C, Java, JSP, XML and XSL, both curricular and extra-curricular, but I am also keen to extend my knowledge by learning other Internet programming languages, such as the Microsoft .NET Technologies, CGI/Perl and ColdFusion.

Extra Curricular Activities:
I take an avid interest in writing Internet applications, web and software design, as well as computer-generated art. During my time at Roade School I played in the senior basketball team, which involves high levels of teamwork and communication skills. I was also actively involved in the football, rugby, swimming and athletics tournaments.
Now at university, I am a great believer of the work hard, play hard attitude. While I am acheiving some of the highest grades on my course, I also find time to socialise and have a good time, as well as holding a steady part-time job.

Summary Statement:
I am a cheerful, confident and determined person with a positive outlook on life. A lot of this confidence came from my gap year, which I also feel has made me a more interesting and rounded person. During this year - between school and university - I travelled to Australia for 7 months. I was based in Sydney but also travelled down to the Snowy Mountains, up to the Central Coast and visited some friends in the country. I aim high, and developed a keen interest in website and software design/development from my work experience placement back in 1999. Since then I have set up, developed and continued to work on a number of web sites, including a website for a local band, two company websites, and a website promoting my work. I have worked with a wide range of computing languages and software packages and am positive in making this personal interest my career. Since I started learning programming for the web, I have always written my websites, web applications and software applications in raw code, using either Notepad or JPadPro. I do, however, also have experience with Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Frontpage (Express), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Visual Basic, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, and Ulead Photo Express.