Martin Burford

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Senior JavaScript Engineer

Digitas

  • August 2010 - September 2010
  • London, UK
Digitas
Role overview
  • I returned to Digitas London to continue working on an advanced JavaScript project which focuses on API communication with both Amazons and Tescos open APIs to transparently add items to peoples shopping carts away from either of the retailers commercial .com domains. The delivery of this functionality is via Flash ad banners, and is made possible via an extensive Java set of APIs which are consumed using jQuery and JSON.
Recommendations
Richard Taylor
Richard TaylorHead of Project Manager
Martin took over a project and instantly demonstrated his expertise and domain knowledge; the system suffered from performance, maintenance and reliability issues which Martin quickly identified and fixed in a logical and calm manner while always ensuring the issues and solutions were explained and understood by stakeholders. As a result, Martin left a stable and well documented system which met all of our functional and non-functional requirements. Wouldn't hesitate in hiring him again!
Jamie Chaffey
Jamie ChaffeyTechnical Director
We required a developer to come in at short notice and hit the ground running on a challenging project, and Martin was a great choice for this. He worked well alongside the team, proactively suggesting new approaches where appropriate, but being pragmatic and conscious of the constraints of deadlines and budget also. Our project was quite complex and required an expert in JQuery, which Martin undoubtedly is. His expertise was invaluable as was his ability to accurately predict the amount of time required for a particular workload, making allocation of resources, and project management, much simpler.