Christopher Powell

Software Developer

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About Me

Christopher Powell

I’m an enthusiastic 3rd year Computer Science student at De Montfort University with excellent 1st & 2nd year results aiming to achieve a First Class Honors Degree. I’m looking to further enhance my technical skills in computing and gain experience in the IT industry, in order to pursue a successful career within software development.

Projects

Rock Paper Scissors

Rock Paper Scissors
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Game between Computer Users
Concurrent Threads Running
JavaFX Graphical UI
Dynamic Game Display
Table of each players results

Java

Concurrency

Game

C Blocked Stack Implementation

Coming Soon
DETAILS
C Programming Solution
Hybrid Stack Data Implementation
Dynamically Allocated Blocks
Clear Detailed Commented Code
Graphical Demo of the Data Structure

C

Stack

List

Module Chooser

Module Chooser
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Java Solution
Module Chooser for University Final Year
Profile Creator
Save Choices Feature
JavaFX Graphical UI

Java

OO

JavaFX

Hotel Management System

Coming Soon
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Django (Python) Web Application
Reservation System
Reports Functionality
Staff Features
Guest Features

Python

Django

Web App

Skills

Front-End Dev

HTML5 Logo JavaScript Logo CSS Logo

Back-End Dev

Java Logo Python Logo C Programming Logo Django Logo MySQL Logo PHP Logo

Others

GitHub Logo Microsoft Office Logo Matlab Logo

Education

De Montfort University

BSc (Hons) Computer Science

Year 1 - Average 87.50%

Module Grade
C Programming 93%
Ethics, Law & Portfolio 85%
Elements of Computing 87%
Computational Modelling 85%

Year 2 - Average 79.25%

Module Grade
Data Structures & Algorithms 90%
OO Software Design & Development 88%
Organisations, Project Management & Research 64%
Multi-Tier Web Applications 75%

Experience

Placement Year 2016-2017

TBA Leicester, Leicester. Univeristy based placement to gain experience in the Software Development industry. I was placed in to a Scrum team which oversaw the maintenance and development of one of its main products. Work undertaken ranged from bug fixing, developing new functionality and researching in to topics for future tasks. The technical side largely involved SQL Stored Procedures and VB6. Also from time to time hosted the scrum meetings and by the years the end I was a fully fledged member of the Scrum Development team.

Key Responsibilities

Maintaining Live System.

Producing new Functionality (SQL, VB6 & C#).

Jasper Report Development.

Hosting Scrum Meetings Occasionally.

Maintaining Live System.

Work Experience May 2010

JELD-WEN UK, Melton Mowbray, School based work experience, placement post of admin/office clerk. Tasks included administration, data entry and computer aided design (CAD).

Key Responsibilities

Data Entry

Filing

Practice on CAD