Alexander Kucheryuk Portfolio

Table of contents

1. Wordpress Developer
2. Frontend Development Training
3. IT Team Leader
4. Wordpress Mentor
5. Stirling Public Speaking Society
6. University of Stirling
7. WordPress Developer
8. Junior System Administrator

Wordpress Developer

• development of unique solutions for clients not available as off-the-shelf software
• 3rd party services integration by means of API or custom code
• comprehensive test suites using TDD style including unit, integration, functional and acceptance tests

Frontend Development Training

• practice ES6 and NodeJS skills including TypeScript and Yarn 2 PnP
• complete a number of exercises on freeCodeCamp
• practice with Javascript tooling such as webpack, grant, gulp and custom npm scripts
• try Zurb Foundation, Framework 7 and Jest frameworks

IT Team Leader

• plan and coordinate work of the entire IT department (four direct subordinates)
• budget the department using man-hours and cost codes
• conduct quarterly performance reviews using self-implemented KPIs
• use agile methodology for software projects (user stories with story points, kanban board, CI, unit tests)
• undertake disciplinary procedures in conjunction with HR department
• participate in recruitment process (draft up job descriptions & test assignments, conduct interviews and assess test assignments)
• conflict resolution among colleagues and other department’s staff
• create comprehensive infrastructure documentation from scratch of 5 geo-remote offices

Wordpress Mentor

• lead (remotely) self-assembled team of four WordPress freelancers
• help gain necessary web development skills as a part of training sessions
• explain Wordpress eco system and differentiate between good and bad practices
• assist with the necessary tooling as a part of development process
• explain how to handle first clients and how to break user requirements into technical assignments

Stirling Public Speaking Society

• hold roles of vice-president and treasurer (different academic years)
• responsible for budgeting extracurricular events
• create formal structure for weekly sessions and allocate (delegate) other committee members to their respective roles
• hold monthly committee meetings to reflect upon performance and provide feedback for future sessions

University of Stirling

• write dissertation titled “Popularity of Lean and Agile Among Startups”
• receive high grades for the following modules: 91% in accounting; 75% in business law; 78% in entrepreneurship; 70% in project management
• balance full-time job, full-time study and actively participate in the society’s committee

WordPress Developer

• create private “Status Page” plugin to read Nagios (SQL) output and create meaningful user-friendly output (status page)
• support existing WordPress plugin “FeedSyndicate” which grabs RSS feed and creates posts from that on a regular basis (schedule) with user configurable settings

Junior System Administrator

• provide tier-1 support level to internal staff
• provide front desk support including technical issue resolution and staff training
• resolve assigned support tickets
• address (occasionally) issues with Windows Servers and troubleshoot VPN connection between Cisco ASA 5505 endpoints