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<p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="#juan-m-uys">Juan M. Uys</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
      <li><a href="#clients--roles">Clients &amp; roles</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#barclaycard">barclaycard</a></li>
          <li><a href="#telefónica">Telefónica</a></li>
          <li><a href="#tesco-plc">Tesco PLC</a></li>
          <li><a href="#the-capital-markets-company-capco">The Capital Markets Company (CAPCO)</a></li>
          <li><a href="#re-skill-and-game-development">Re-skill and game development</a></li>
          <li><a href="#stylecom-and-condé-nast-commerce">Style.com and Condé Nast Commerce</a></li>
          <li><a href="#government-digital-service-gds">Government Digital Service (GDS)</a></li>
          <li><a href="#credit-monster">Credit Monster</a></li>
          <li><a href="#qudini">Qudini</a></li>
          <li><a href="#dohub">Dohub</a></li>
          <li><a href="#pollarizeme">pollarize.me</a></li>
          <li><a href="#net-a-portercom-group">Net-A-Porter.com Group</a></li>
          <li><a href="#beatthatquotecom">BeatThatQuote.com</a></li>
          <li><a href="#etc">Etc</a></li>
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      </li>
      <li><a href="#education">Education</a></li>
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<h1 id="juan-m-uys">Juan M. Uys</h1>

<p>I’m a full-stack web developer from London with over <strong>15 years experience</strong> in industries ranging from <strong>government, e-commerce, and banking</strong>. I’m a pragmatist, automate once I need to do something the second time around, and enjoy the odd hackathon to flex my MVP muscle.</p>

<h2 id="contact">Contact</h2>

<p><a href="&#109;&#097;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;:&#106;&#117;&#097;&#110;&#043;&#099;&#118;&#064;&#117;&#121;&#115;&#046;&#105;&#111;">&#106;&#117;&#097;&#110;&#043;&#099;&#118;&#064;&#117;&#121;&#115;&#046;&#105;&#111;</a><br />
<a href="tel:+447702783956">+44 7702 783 956</a></p>

<h2 id="clients--roles">Clients &amp; roles</h2>

<h3 id="barclaycard">barclaycard</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>January 2018 to now, via EE</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Delivering Pay By Bank app. Maintaining a custom in-house test suite called Regressioniser.</p>

<ul>
  <li>Java, SOAP XML, Apache CXF for backend systems</li>
  <li>secure integrations with end-to-end encryption</li>
  <li>Javascript for Pay By Bank App (pbba) merchant integration</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="telefnica">Telefónica</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>September 2017 to December 2017 via EE</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Delivering features on O2 Priority content management project; working with Telefónica staff to align our architecture with their roadmap.</p>

<ul>
  <li>Java 8, Dropwizard, MongoDB</li>
  <li>Effected vendor access and authorisation added to microservices</li>
  <li>Audit logging with custom annotations</li>
  <li>developer automation to ease working with ~20 services and apps</li>
  <li>maintaining the suite of acceptance tests</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="tesco-plc">Tesco PLC</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>Feb 2017 to August 2017, as <a href="https://uys.io">consultant</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Part of team at <a href="https://www.tesco.com/">Tesco</a> to build the new price service. Technologies used:</p>

<ul>
  <li>Java 8, Rx, Vert.x</li>
  <li>Couchbase with S3-backed long-term storage</li>
  <li>Kafka messaging, with initial prototype using MQTT</li>
  <li>Splunk, AppDynamics, Runscope</li>
  <li>CI/CD with Jenkins</li>
  <li>infrastructure on AWS using CloudFormation</li>
  <li>integration with Apigee (now Google Edge) with which to publicise the API</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="the-capital-markets-company-capco">The Capital Markets Company (CAPCO)</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>May 2016 to Feb 2017, as <a href="https://uys.io">consultant</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Part of team at <a href="http://capco.com/">CAPCO</a> to build an information platform for global retail banks.</p>

<ul>
  <li>data visualisation using D3.js</li>
  <li>turning Microsoft Project data into information</li>
  <li>technologies include D3, Angular1/2, and the MEAN stack</li>
  <li>Express framework for data upload, authentication and authorisation</li>
  <li>CI/CD using CircleCI, Docker Hub/Cloud, and AWS</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="re-skill-and-game-development">Re-skill and game development</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>April 2016</p>
</blockquote>

<ul>
  <li>familiarise myself with <a href="https://d3js.org/">D3.js</a> version 4</li>
  <li>start working on my <a href="https://opyate.com/tag/gamedev/">super secret game</a>, using Unity3D and C#</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="stylecom-and-cond-nast-commerce">Style.com and Condé Nast Commerce</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>July 2015 to March 2016, as <a href="https://uys.io">consultant</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Part of Platform Team at Condé Nast Commerce to help launch <a href="https://www.style.com/">style.com</a>.</p>

<ul>
  <li>team lead for Conde Nast’s Platform Team of six</li>
  <li>development with Clojure, Javascript, Ruby, and PHP</li>
  <li>ops with Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS</li>
  <li>integration with <a href="https://www.hybris.com/en/">SAP Hybris</a> and <a href="https://www.mirakl.com/">Mirakl</a></li>
  <li>interviews, and devised a remote interview system</li>
  <li>web proxy using Mashape’s <a href="https://getkong.org">Kong</a>, with a subsequent <a href="https://github.com/Mashape/kong/pull/1094">FOSS contribution</a></li>
  <li>instilled the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance">“measure measure measure” approach</a> adopted at GOV.UK</li>
  <li>HapiJS framework used as initial proxy to Hybris, with stubs generated from Swagger descriptions</li>
  <li>Style.com API developer portal made with HapiJS and React as part of <a href="https://github.com/opyate/aqua">Aqua</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="government-digital-service-gds">Government Digital Service (GDS)</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>March 2014 to June 2015, as <a href="https://uys.io">consultant</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Part of various teams at <a href="https://gds.blog.gov.uk/">GDS</a> transforming government services.</p>

<ul>
  <li>Land Registry <a href="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/agile-delivery/how-the-beta-phase-works">beta</a> using Python, PostgreSQL, and Docker</li>
  <li>early adopter of <a href="http://www.fig.sh/">fig</a> (later known as <a href="https://docs.docker.com/compose/">docker compose</a>)</li>
  <li>Home Office policy management using Scala</li>
  <li>fostering code re-use across ministries, agencies, and departments</li>
  <li>Cross government services <a href="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/agile-delivery/how-the-alpha-phase-works">alpha</a> or a “Facebook for Civil Servants” using <a href="http://expressjs.com/">Express</a> and Python</li>
  <li>lots of prototypes made with Express via the <a href="https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_prototype_kit">GOV.UK prototype kit</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="credit-monster">Credit Monster</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>August 2013 to March 2014, as freelancer</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Part of distributed remote team at <a href="https://creditmonster.com/">Credit Monster</a> (part of <a href="http://newconceptscompany.com/">New Concepts Development</a>) to help launch a identity theft protection system.</p>

<ul>
  <li>PDF parsing</li>
  <li>credit scoring and lead generation</li>
  <li>historical finance data parsing, reliably extracting tabular data from government PDFs</li>
  <li>technologies include Scala, AngularJS, and AWS</li>
  <li>helping them reach the number 4 spot for credit rating services in the USA</li>
  <li><a href="https://cdn.opyate.com/references/CreditMonster.pdf">reference available</a></li>
  <li>fully remote, with co-developers in Belgium, US East Coast and California</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="qudini">Qudini</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>August 2013 to March 2014, as freelancer</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Sitting alongside the CTO of <a href="https://www.qudini.com/">Qudini</a> to help optimise the core web app and automate deployment using configuration management.</p>

<ul>
  <li>solving the age-old British problem of the queue</li>
  <li>technologies include Java, Playframework, MySQL, and AWS</li>
  <li><a href="https://cdn.opyate.com/references/Qudini.pdf">reference available</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="dohub">Dohub</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>August 2013 to March 2014, as freelancer</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Sitting alongside the CEO of <a href="http://dohubenterprise.com/">Dohub</a> to deliver the technical component of the business.</p>

<ul>
  <li>a service marketplace modelled on an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_book_(trading)">order book</a></li>
  <li>technologies include Scala, Akka, and AngularJS</li>
  <li><a href="https://cdn.opyate.com/references/Dohub.pdf">reference available</a></li>
  <li>fully remote</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="pollarizeme">pollarize.me</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>March 2012 to March 2013, evenings and weekends</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Part of a founding team of 4 at <a href="https://opyate.com/2013/07/19/failed-startup-2/">pollarize.me</a>.</p>

<ul>
  <li>startup that spun out of us <a href="https://opyate.com/2012/03/25/we-won-startup-weekend/">winning Startup Weekend 2012</a></li>
  <li>A/B polling in the same vein as polarb, state.it, thumb.it, etc</li>
  <li>fully distributed architecture making ample use of 3rd party APIs</li>
  <li>technologies include Scala, Playframework, PostgreSQL, and AWS</li>
  <li>integrations include <a href="https://www.blitline.com/v3/home">blitline</a>, <a href="https://www.twilio.com/">Twilio</a>, <a href="https://www.pubnub.com/">PubNub</a>, <a href="https://www.urbanairship.com/">Urban Airship</a>, and <a href="https://www.mailgun.com/">Mailgun</a></li>
  <li>blog about <a href="https://opyate.com/2012/11/20/pollarize-architecture-at-a-glance/">our architecture</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="net-a-portercom-group">Net-A-Porter.com Group</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>January 2007 to August 2013, as developer</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Initially, the second Java developer, and later on part of a 50+ development team at <a href="https://www.net-a-porter.com/">Net-A-Porter</a> (pre-YOOX) to help deliver and grow the 3 websites.</p>

<ul>
  <li>PCI-compliant payment system and credit card database with end-to-end encryption</li>
  <li>liaising with the outsourced pentesting team to ensure the payment system is hardened</li>
  <li>introduced Scala to the company in 2009</li>
  <li><a href="https://opyate.com/2011/04/22/we-won-net-a-porter-hack-day/">hackday champion 2011</a>, showcasing a mobile app for the budding fashion scout</li>
  <li>CMS and workflow using Alfresco and Activiti</li>
  <li>translation service integrating with 3rd party translators and CMS system</li>
  <li>search and sitemap automation using Spring Batch, Apache Nutch and Solr, later ElasticSearch</li>
  <li>gluing together parts of our CI system using Lift (Scala)</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="beatthatquotecom">BeatThatQuote.com</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>2005 to 2006, as developer and employee #5</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Part of 2 person development team initially, growing to tens of employees, helping deliver a lead generation platform for <a href="https://www.beatthatquote.com/">BeatThatQuote.com</a>.</p>

<ul>
  <li>acquired by Google</li>
  <li>UK’s fastest growing startup in 2005 and HSBC award for best start-up in London</li>
  <li>aggregating and selling finance leads using custom backend system</li>
  <li>implemented direct-2-broker system using Ruby on Rails, cutting out underwriters</li>
</ul>

<h3 id="etc">Etc</h3>

<blockquote>
  <p>Developer in London and Johannesburg, 2002 to 2005</p>
</blockquote>

<p>My CV for this period is <a href="https://cdn.opyate.com/cv/JuanUysCV-2002-2005.doc">available separately</a>.</p>

<ul>
  <li>IT consultation for TAIB securities (private bank)</li>
  <li>developer for ManBytesDog supporting and building systems for healthcare and services firms</li>
  <li>consultant at Business Edge Systems (now <a href="http://imxsoftware.com/">IMX Software</a>) building CMS and document management for <a href="https://www.investec.co.za">Investec</a> and lease management software</li>
  <li>full-stack dev for an Internet advertising company called iCatcher</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="education">Education</h2>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/specialization/certificate/WUMC3L2MXQ7F">deeplearning.ai</a> specialisation</li>
  <li>How to be a dad (Home, 2013 - current)</li>
  <li>Certificate in Computational Investing (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013) <em>(<a href="https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/records/3QXU2KYMLG">1</a>)</em></li>
  <li>Data Analysis (Coursera, 2013)</li>
  <li>Web Intelligence and Big Data (Coursera, 2013)</li>
  <li>Functional Programming Principles in Scala (Coursera, 2012)</li>
  <li>Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Udacity, 2011)</li>
  <li>Certificate Sun Certified Java Programmer (Sun Microsystems, 2007)</li>
  <li>Diploma in Artificial Intelligence &amp; Neural Networks (International School for Scientific Computing, 2001)</li>
  <li>Qualified advanced scuba diver (NAUI, 1995)</li>
</ul>

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