Michael Ratcliffe

Angestellt, Developer Tools Engineer, Mozilla Corp.

Corby, Vereinigtes Königreich

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

JavaScript
AJAX
HTML
CSS
XUL
XPCOM
C
C#
VB.NET
ASP
XML
Photoshop
Flash
ActionScript
Flex
Java
excellent knowledge of browser quirks
page load and JavaScript optimization
SQL
SQL server
PHP
unit testing
training
Windows
Linux
OSX

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Michael Ratcliffe

  • Bis heute 13 Jahre und 1 Monat, seit Apr. 2011

    Developer Tools Engineer

    Mozilla Corp.

    I have the privilege of working with some of the world’s best developers. My main responsibility is over the Style Inspector section of Mozilla's Developer Tools project. This work was based mostly on JavaScript, CoffeeScript, XHTML, XUL and XPCOM.

  • Bis heute 17 Jahre und 4 Monate, seit Jan. 2007

    Firebug Developer

    Mozilla Corp.

    Firebug Lite lead until after it was added to Google Code Playground, the same version is still used today - Now I am the main developer over Firebug’s inspector functionality - JavaScript, XUL, HTML, XPCOM, CSS, Subversion - I am currently working on a new SVG based iteration of the inspector called Inspector2 and also a remote inspector

  • 4 Jahre und 1 Monat, Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2011

    Senior Web Developer (.NET / JavaScript)

    Comartis AG

    Lead frontend web developer of a complex e-Learning web application - JavaScript, AJAX, HTML, CSS, ASP, Flash, ActionScript, Flex, XML, page load optimization, JavaScript optimization, VB.NET, C#, SQL, SQL server, IIS, 3rd level support, unit testing, quality management - Teaching developers up to date and object oriented JavaScript techniques - Creation of new tools and processes in order to establish working standards within the team

  • 1 Jahr und 5 Monate, Jan. 2005 - Mai 2006

    MSI Packager, axept.ch, iTrust.ch, elanit.ch

    Swiss Life & XL Capital

    Senior MSI packager - Migrations from Windows NT to Windows XP - Repackaging software using Wise Packaging Studio and InstallShield - Scripting using VBScript, MSDOS and Perl - Troubleshooting MSI packages using Orca, dependency walker, etc. - Creation of new tools and processes in order to establish working standards within the team

  • 1 Jahr und 4 Monate, Juni 2003 - Sep. 2004

    Service Center Analyst, Software Packager, Apps Distribution, reed.co.uk

    GIO-ES (Unilever IT)

    Support engineer & software distributor for Unilever’s European IT infrastructure - 2nd and 3rd level support, DNS, WINS, DLL Hell, Filemon, Regmon, Perl scripts, VMware, Virtual PC, SMS etc. - Building Windows XP, NT and Linux workstations - Regular training of users and team members - Preparing SMS packages and providing Europe-wide software distributions

  • 2002 - 2003

    PC installation & support engineer

    Self Employed

    PHP, JavaScript, Linux, PC repair, networking, training, web development

  • 2002 - 2003

    Developer

    -

    PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, MySql, Apache

  • 1998 - 2000

    Volunteer

    LDS Church

    Training and supervision of volunteers in presentation skills and community outreach techniques - Public speaking, planning community service projects for 100+ participants, assessed needs and coordinated volunteer efforts with directors of schools, political figures and organisations, orphanages etc.

  • 1 Jahr, Jan. 1996 - Dez. 1996

    Software tester & support

    Consensus I.T. Ltd

    Software testing - 1st & 2nd line support

  • 1993 - 1995

    Various

    Various

    Corporate sales, network installations, data input, 1st line support

  • 1992 - 1992

    Head of computers

    Baron Glass (Radcliffe) Ltd

    Created window production and part ordering software using Turbo C - Network installation and administration, payroll and general admin work

  • 1990 - 1991

    Head of Computers

    KB Premium Gifts Ltd

    Created working system using DR C (CP/M-86 version of Turbo C) - Supervision and training of employees

Ausbildung von Michael Ratcliffe

  • 2000 - 2001

    Access to Higher Education in Information

    North Trafford College

    11 passes with distinction - 95% and above, 1 pass at medium Level - 92%

  • Computer Science

    The University of Salford

Sprachen

  • Deutsch

    Grundlagen

  • Englisch

    Muttersprache

Interessen

Travel
coding
open source
books
movies
animal training
caves
cooking

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