Andy Inman
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
An energetic, creative, and versatile individual with extensive experience gained through over 20 years in software and IT services, Andy has worked in a range of roles encompassing software development, team, business and product management, technical sales, and consulting. Since around 2005, he has specialized in web technologies (applications, modules, APIs) built on the Drupal platform. Originally from London, Andy now lives in Derby, UK.
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Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Lando, Pantheon, Git, Linux
The most amazing...
...system I've created is a Windows-based customer-service/CRM issue-tracking system, used and loved by over 200 companies in the UK and other parts of Europe.
Work Experience
Drupal Solutions Consultant/Architect/Senior Developer
Netgenius.co.uk
- Provided consulting, application design, and development services in Drupal 5, 6, 7, and 8 to various clients.
- Architected and developed a web-based financial analysis and reporting application, and several smaller applications (PHP and Drupal).
- Designed and developed SOAP and REST interfaces, language, translation, and localization subsystems.
- Worked as a team member and team leader in software development distributed teams.
- Gained expertise in using the Pantheon and Acquia platforms for Drupal, and the related version control (git) workflow.
- Provided ongoing support, updates, and system maintenance services.
- Contributed various open-source projects to the drupal.org community.
CEO/CTO
Gemini Affinitas, Ltd.
- Built and managed a successful company (20 employees).
- Created a unique and highly regarded software product for CRM, client support, and customer service management.
- Provided technical and management consulting to clients in the UK and Europe.
- Recruited, trained, and managed an excellent team responsible for development, sales, and support.
- Architected several bespoke solutions, including an online banking system for a specialized London bank.
Consultant Systems Architect
Medikey.com
- Co-architected a unique medical records storage and retrieval system.
- Made major contributions to the company, successfully obtaining two US patents.
- Designed and implemented further system features for data integrity and security.
- Managed the small development team.
- Defined a technical strategy for the potential product.
Experience
InterFAX Prices
https://www.interfax.net/pricesThe "Prices" page is provided by one of several custom Drupal modules I developed for them. It displays price information dependent on factors such as chosen source and destination countries, selected package, and chosen currency.
On the surface it looks simple enough, but behind the scenes there is quite a lot going on.
All text strings displayed are configurable and translatable by their own staff via a web-based UI.
The module has to deal with multi-language, multi-country and multi-currency issues—for example, VAT (sales-tax) rates and whether prices should be shown inclusive or exclusive of VAT are country-dependent factors.
Initial country selection is determined by the visitor's IP address, with language detected from browser language configuration. Arabic (RTL) language is also handled, which required some custom changes to the slider widget, as the jQueryUI slider does not support RTL as a standard.
Ajax is used to update the displayed information when the user changes a selection such as country.
Source data is retrieved via SOAP and the InterFAX API, cached locally for enhanced performance.
Code Server Module for Drupal
https://www.drupal.org/project/codeserverThe framework facilitates data synchronization—including content, users, and configuration—between two or more sites, regression testing, data migration, and more.
Nutritional Benchmarking System
EyeRecommend
http://www.eyerecommend.caThis was a full cycle project. The client came to me with a set of business requirements and an outline of functional specifications. I developed the full solution, including remote installation on their server. Zero significant bugs were reported.
The system provides web-based data entry and generation of in-page and PDF reports and graphs. The Drupal technology leveraged includes Entity API, Field API, Forms API, and Cache API. In addition, it features a PDF generation library and Google Charts.
The system is available via their website at www.eyerecommend.ca, but is not publicly visible.
Consultant | Developer (Drupal, PHP)
https://www.adaptive.co.ukExample of a specific task: Security related - provide a solution to prevent the upload of file attachments to a Webform submission if the file type form file extension does not match actual content. This because, with a vanilla Drupal/Webform installation, a .php or .exe file renamed to .jpg would usually be accepted for upload, potentially a security vulnerability. I provided the solution by writing a custom module that leveraged Webform's API to hook into form submission processing, scan the uploaded file to determine whether its content matched the file type implied by the file extension, and reject any suspicious file.
Software Engineer (PHP/Drupal)
https://www.freebirdconnect.comDrupal Consultant / Developer - EyeRecommend
https://www.eyerecommend.ca/Skills
Languages
C, PHP, HTML, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, PHP 7, SQL, Bash Script, Assembler, C++
Libraries/APIs
Drupal API, ODBC, jQuery
Platforms
Drupal, Drupal 7, Drupal 6, Pantheon, LAMP, Linux, Microsoft, Windows, Acquia, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Drupal 8
Other
Web Development, ARM, APIs, API Integration, IIS, CGI, Mentorship, SSH, Remote Work, Code Architecture, Business Analysis, Financial Data, Solution Design, Custom Solutions, Support & Maintenance, System Migration, SMTP, Migration
Tools
Lando, Apache, NGINX, Git, GitLab, Jira, Shell
Frameworks
Laravel
Paradigms
DevOps
Storage
Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Memcached, Redis, MongoDB
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