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Richard Ganney

I am an ambitious software developer having just completed Makers Academy. After graduating from Bristol University three years ago, I moved to Australia independently where I saved enough to fund a brilliant travelling experience through North, Central and South America. Following a year away I returned to the UK to work for a recruitment consultancy in the city.

I am passionate about product design and regularly attend React and Code quality meetups. I would relish the opportunity to work for a company where I can play an integral part in the development of a particular product, be given a multitude of responsibilities, and continue to strengthen my programming skills.

Projects

Meet in the Middle

• This was our final group project at Makers. It finds a fair meeting spot between two friends, based on journey time, and gives recommendations on things to do
• We used external APIs to calculate the journey time, find map locations and generate recommendations
• React, JavaScript, JSX, Cypress, Rspec, Capybara, Active Record, SQL, CI, Heroku

Acebook

• A clone of facebook built in a small team over two weeks. Our React front-end communicated with a rails API that we built.
• Ruby, Rails, Rspec, Capybara, React, JavaScript, JSX, Active Record, SQL, CI, Heroku

MakersBnB

• A clone of AirBnB, this was our first group project at Makers.
• Sinatra, Ruby, Rspec, Capybara, PostgreSQL, SQL

Chitter

• A clone of twitter built independently in the fourth week of my course over a weekend.
• Sinatra, Ruby, Rspec, Capybara, PostgreSQL, SQL

Skills

Agile Development

Throughout makers we have been improving and consolidating our development process through personal and group projects. We held daily stand-ups, retrospectives and two-day sprints which enabled us to run our projects in a flexible and efficient way. We have also done 'process reviews' where we receive feedback from external developers on our development process after completing a task in a given timeframe. A snippet of feedback from my review:

Agile Development Process: "You took time to understand how the program was meant to run by asking the client clear questions, using examples to help edify your understanding. You asked clarifying questions during the exercise and ensured that the program still conformed to the user requirements."

Organisation

During my recruitment career my candidate and client data management was airtight. I was given responsibility to manage this across the whole change & transformation team by running weekly meetings, one-to-ones and helping other consultants with their data management. The ability to keep candidate and client information organised and up to date is imperative to any recruitment career and was a significant factor in helping me keep my billings consistent.

Go Getter

When I was 16 I made the decision early on that I wanted to move to Australia after University. After I graduated years later I took the plunge and bought a one-way ticket to the East Coast and quickly found my feet with a job and a place to rent, saving for another travelling trip to the Americas. I love to take risks and try new things, as well as experiencing different cultures.

Education

Makers Academy (June - September 2019)

• OOP, TDD, MVC
• Agile/XP
• JavaScript, React, PostgreSQL, ActiveRecord, Ruby, Rails, Sinatra
• Jasmine, Rspec, Cypress
• CI, Heroku

Bristol University (September 2013 - July 2016)

• Ancient History
• BA (Hons), 2:1

Haileybury College (September 2008 - July 2013)

• Maths, Economics, Psychology & History A-Levels

Work Experience

Twenty Recruitment, London (September 2017 - May 2019)
Recruitment Consultant - Projects and Change

• A boutique search and select firm, I worked in the Change and Transformation department placing Project and Programme Managers into major banks and financial services firms across the UK and Europe.
• After taking ownership of my own desk I was quickly promoted to consultant.
• Liaised with passive and active candidates weekly. Met, interviewed and built relationships with them.
• Business development - built relationships with our existing client base and targeted new clients to win business.
• Marketed candidates weekly to prospective clients.

Achievements

• Achieved consultant of the month in an extremely competitive environment.
• Fast-tracked to manager with a small team reporting to me.
• Made multiple placements and significantly increased the contract book revenues.
• Cross-sold contract business to our US office and developed further business in the UK.

Travelling through North, Central and South America (May – August 2017)

• This was a fantastic experience driving through the continents, experiencing different cultures and living a nomadic lifestyle!

Sharples Enterprises, Gold Coast (October 2016 – April 2017) Sales Consultant

• Sharples Enterprises is an Australian Advertising Agency that offers exclusive advertising opportunities to businesses in the Real Estate and Health Markets.
• After having bought a one way ticket to Australia I secured this role no more than a week after landing.
• My role consisted of selling advertising space to businesses located across Australia.
• The ability to communicate, negotiate and gain trust quickly with clients was essential to close a sale swiftly.
• I consistently hit the top bonus levels every week, delivering between 50-80% above KPI’s.

Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, London (June - August 2016) Paid Intern

• Canaccord is a global financial services company specializing in wealth management. It has approximately $31 billion in assets under management.
• Gained experience in all departments including portfolio management, compliance and customer services. I also took part in both internal and external meetings.
• I was given £15,000 in a practice account and was assigned a 6-week long project to create a portfolio made up of stocks and funds from across the UK markets.
• My Internship was in the middle of the British EU referendum. It was interesting to see how the wealth managers dealt with their portfolios in such volatile times.

Camp America, Camp Westmont, Pennsylvania (June - August 2015) Camp Counsellor

• I spent the summer being responsible for a group of ten 7-10 year olds in a residential Camp in the USA.
• I was entrusted with the full-time supervision of these children, whether it be pastoral care, coaching sports, teaching piano and leading various recreational activities.
• This was a brilliant experience working as part of a large team. I learnt the importance of communication, teamwork, leadership, customer relations and hard work, with virtually no breaks during the day.

Personal Interests

• Regular attendee of React and Code Quality meetups.
• Passionate about music – composer and accomplished pianist for over 15 years.
• Duke of Edinburgh Gold award.
• Avid squash player and Treasurer of the local squash league.