Passion, diligence and team work are the top 3 traits that I believe define me as an individual. They are qualities that drive me in my quest for success, productivity and excellence in Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Research & Development, Leadership & Management and Web Development. With in-depth computer science knowledge, extensive hands-on programming skills, inspirational leadership qualities and industry standard IT qualifications, my current endeavours revolve around building and working with motivated development teams that provide value in an AGILE environment. I am also actively involved in the open source community and you can find my contributions on my Github account. My skill sets encapsulates all aspects of web development from system architecture to frontend and backend web programming on the LAMP stack with greater emphasis on the backend including system administration and cloud computing. I have developed keen interest in the finance sector, quantitative analysis, derivatives, fixed income &data mining and open to exploring opportunities. Technologies I have at my finger tips include: PHP 5.x , MySQL, Zend Framework (1 & 2) and Doctrine ORM, JavaScript, CSS3 Ajax, jQuery, Backbone.js, Node.js, GIT, XML,Nginx and Solr. In addition, extensive experience working with high traffic websites, familiarity with different MVC frameworks for PHP, XML, and RestFul APIs inclusing best practices for cross-platform, cross browser compatibility, web security and professional experience building database-driven applications. Specialties: System and Technical Architecture, Software Development, Web Technologies, eCommerce Systems, Content & Data Management, Project Management, Data Mining & Machine Learning. Core Skills & Technologies: Machine Learning, PHP5, Doctrine ORM, Zend 1/2, CodeIgniter, Java, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript Frameworks, jQuery, Angular, Ajax, XML, BASH, Behat, fitNese, Selenium

IT Consultant @ From November 2015 to Present (2 months) Nottingham, United KingdomIT Consultant & Lead Technical Architect @ 1. Member of the Technical Design Authority (TDA) that reviews, considers and authorises Key Design Decisions (KDD) prior to implementation. 2. Research and propose KDDs to the Technical Design Authority for approval. 3. Design and documenting development procedures and processes to meet predefined standards across DVSA. 4. Member of the AGILE team responsible for designing, developing and implementing the governments ICT modernisation program across all DVSA scheme including MOT 5. Member of the development team that designed and developed the Customer Payment Management System (CPMS) that manages all sales and transactions shared across all DVSA schemes and used by Financials. 6. Implement interfaces between the CPMS, Agresso Financial Management System, Oracle TAN and Oracle GL. 7. Liaising with 3rd party service providers to procure development, testing and continuous integration environments for the development team. 8. Design and development of Restful APIs required to communicate with CPMS used by DVSA’s MoT schemes and Financial Systems. 9. Integration of 3rd party payment gateways and 3D secure card payments. 10. Liaising with end users to understand as-is workflows with the aim of developing IT systems and processes to meet their needs. 11. Specifying Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) for Web Services and Applications. 12. Architecting web applications to meet predefined Non-Functional Requirements. 13. Member of the Database working group responsible for reviewing database architecture, design, policies for access, security and data retention. 14. Integration of World Line Secure Internet Payment System (SIPs), a 3rd party payment gateway system into CPMS. 15. Design of data migration scheduled jobs using Talend Open Studio (TOS). TOS is an Extract Transform Load (ETL) tool for data migration, analysis and business intelligence. From April 2014 to November 2015 (1 year 8 months) Bristol, United KingdomSenior Developer @ Innovating state of the art multi-channel media and broadcasting solutions for the next generation. 1. Designing and developing Restful APIs 2. Architecting and developing backend video streaming systems for broadcasting terrestrial signals to mobile systems. 3. Developing bespoke content management system for managing video assets required for streaming in various streaming formats including MPEG-Dash, HLS, smooth etc 4. Designing and developing video editing web applications for annotating and tagging video streams. 5. Developing Ad management Backend systems for monetisation of streaming media. From October 2013 to April 2014 (7 months) London, United KingdomLead Developer - Application Development @ Major Responsibilities include: 1. Working with a team of web developers to design, develop and debug web applications. 2. Using creativity to innovate new products (APIs, wizards, tools, controls) to enhance web user experience. 3. Proven Knowledge and understanding of Object-relational mappers (ORMs) and how they work. 4. Leading the technical architecture design of projects for Web applications by the Application Development Team. 5. Mentoring other developers on the application development team and managing regular training and skills transfer sessions for all developers. 6. Providing technical consultancy to developers on the application support team. From September 2011 to July 2013 (1 year 11 months) Senior Web Developer / Team Lead @ From November 2010 to September 2011 (11 months) London, United KingdomDeveloper / Programmer @ 1. Executing software development projects to client's specification and deadlines. 2. Technical documentation and training in software development best practices. 3. Responsible for maintaining coding standards. 4. Initiating internal software development projects to standardize and automate repetitive development processes. 5. Porting legacy codes to the Zend Framework From May 2008 to October 2010 (2 years 6 months) Web Developer @ 1. Project management from conception to deployment through the development life cycle. 2. Design and development of bespoke websites to the required specification. 3. Development of W3C compliant and search engine optimised websites. Database design, modelling, implementation and administration (ACID). From September 2004 to May 2008 (3 years 9 months) Naval Engineering Officer @ 1. Responsible to the commanding officer for the engineering personnel and the day to day running of the engineering department. 2. Participated in Peace Keeping Operations in Liberia during its civil war via ECOWAS monitoring group (ECOMOG) From January 1997 to January 2001 (4 years 1 month) Nigeria

PhD, Computer Science, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence @ The University of Manchester From 2004 to 2008 Msc, Software Engineering, Advanced Computing, Control Systems @ University of Bradford From 2002 to 2003 BEng(Hons), Electrical and Electronics Engineering @ Nigerian Defence Academy From 1992 to 1996 Pele Odiase is skilled in: Zend Framework, jQuery, Apache, MySQL, PHP, LAMP, Payment Gateways, JavaScript, Git, ITIL Certified, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Leadership Development, Bash, Magento, Jenkins