Curriculum Vitae
Blain Redwood
Senior Software Engineer

Experienced software developer with over 28 years of commercial development experience. Particularly strong skills in web, database, and traditional desktop application development.

Location Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Date of Birth 1973 · Age 52
28+
Years
Experience
Commercial software development across web, desktop, backend & embedded systems

Work Experience

MRI Software LLC, London Current
Jun 2020 – Present
Senior Software Engineer (PHP / MySQL)

Development of PHP-based application and web services (LAMP) to and for social housing management and repair systems. This includes the creation of SOAP/REST and file based services with (s)FTP(s). Core languages used are PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. This is work remote position.

Castleton Technology PLC, Sutton Coldfield
Jul 2016 – Jun 2020
Senior Software Engineer (PHP / MySQL)

Continued the same social housing software development role following Castleton Technology's acquisition of the business; employment contract rolled over seamlessly.

Intellicentrics UK, Manchester
Jan 2016 – Jul 2016
Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Full-stack development of Ruby on Rails applications for health services, with PostgreSQL and MySQL backends. Part of an Agile/Scrum team using Git, BitBucket, and Jira. Also maintained a legacy PHP product.

Impact Applications Ltd, Wolverhampton
May 2012 – Dec 2015
Senior Software Engineer (PHP / MySQL)

Social housing software development (same scope as MRI Software). Impact Applications was subsequently acquired by Castleton Technology and then by MRI Software.

Shebang Software & Solutions Ltd, Daventry
Jan 2011 – May 2012
PHP / MySQL Developer

Developed web-based solutions using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — both procedural and OOP with MVC patterns (CodeIgniter). Contributed to an internal/client CRM and led the migration of a mobile phone insurance platform from ASP/C#/MS SQL to PHP/MySQL, including data migration and product enhancements.

NSP Tricom Ltd, Tenbury Wells
Aug 2007 – Jan 2011
IT Contractor / Developer

Developed workshop control and management software for car dealerships. Maintained legacy VB6 applications and built new web applications (Midas, Welcome Display) using PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery, Google Charts, and Adobe Spry/Air.

Freeman Technology, Malvern
May 2007 – Jul 2007
Software Engineer

Improved Powder Rheometer instrumentation software for pharmaceutical and powder manufacturers. Development in Visual Studio C++ and Visual Basic 6 for both the main test application and Data Analysis software.

QM Systems Ltd, Worcester
Nov 1999 – May 2007
Software Engineer & IT Administrator

Wide-ranging engineering role spanning USB/JTAG firmware programming, NI TestStand automation, NT kernel-mode drivers, VB.NET/SQL Server test systems, and people/vehicle management systems deployed for hospitals and prisons (Broadmoor, Manchester Strangeways, Lancaster YOI). Also developed Joint Strike Fighter power panel test tooling for Smiths Aerospace using NI CVI and TestStand.

Goodwood HR Systems
Sep 1998 – Oct 1999
Analyst Programmer

Development and maintenance of HR and time-and-attendance software in Visual Basic.

Non-Development Roles

TRW Automotive Electronics — Operations Member (Sep 1997 – Sep 1998): testing of automotive electronics in a manufacturing environment.