Matthew Ritchie
Mobile: 07825 774 892
E-mail: matthewjohnritchie[at]hotmail.com
Profile
B.Sc. in Engineering - providing foundation to C programming which combined with interests in ecommerce has progressed on to PHP.
Articulate, presentable and enthusiastically driven to better own practical skills and understanding of web design and Internet Marketing.
Proactively involved in learning and investigating resources of Open Source software and adapting the code to suit requirements.
Three Years self taught experience with developing an ecommerce website using Dynamically generated Web Pages via PHP and the MySQL Database.
Employer: Linatex Ltd., Yateley
Dates: July 06 – Present
Position: For Linatex, a global manufacturing company, acted as Manufacturing Engineer performing light assembly of natural rubber products for the quarry industry and undertook a range of practical engineering tasks over a number of different products
Achievements:
Lined Metalwork, Cyclones with Linatex Natural Rubber for high abrasion resistance against sand and gravel slurry.
Built and lined heavy duty flow Pumps.
Heavy assembly and finishing of sand dewatering screens.
Light assembly of assorted door seals for Army Tanks and Street Sweepers.
Responsibilities for product quality and volume manufacturing output.
Shared responsibility for on site Health and Safety.
Contributed to time and motion process efficiency enhancements.
Employer: Cems Sensors Ltd., Basingstoke
Dates: Mar 06 – Jun 06
Position: For Cems, manufacturers of level and flow control switches for a range of industries requiring liquid measurements, acted as an Electronic Assembler.
Achievements:
Assembly of large range of products within time frames.
Using pick sheets from Kanban system and calibrating, testing and packing.
Experience and understanding of PCB design and component placement
Employer: Wessex Machinery, Bordon
Dates: Aug 05 – Mar 06
Position: For Wessex Machinery, manufacturers of agricultural machinery, acted as a Mechanical Engineer.
Achievements:
Assembler of large agricultural equipments pre & post painting.
Using heavy lifting machinery.
Using machines such as pillar drill, cut off saws, lathe and MIG welding.
A range of prior and student roles included:
Kleeneze – Sales of domestic products
Business development for Garden Helpers – Heavy Gardening & Painting, Decorating.
Hewlett Packard - Production assembly / rebuild, testing and fault finding computer peripherals.
B.Sc. Engineering – University of the West of England, Bristol.
A level Physics
GCSE, Mathematics B, German A, Art A, English CC, Science CC, Technology C.
Computer
Outlook, Word, Excel, Data Entry.
Installing Computer systems – Software upgrades – Troubleshooting.
Web Publishing - Html, JavaScript, Dynamic Web Pages, css.
OsCommerce e-commerce, PHP Server Side Scripting, MySQL Database – data manipulation and entry.
WinAMP – Apache Server, PHP, MySQL on Windows XP for Development.
Basic but growing knowledge of Linux under FEDORA 6.
Basic Networking – Intention to Learn and apply LAN Networking for small and Medium Enterprises.
Continually developing overview of Open Source Software.
Leadership
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Bronze, Silver & Gold.
Award Leader & University Club President 2002-04.
Detailed planning including risk assessments.
Team Work – Moral & Support.
Other
Excellent Telephone Manner with ability to speak with people at all levels.
Time management and working to targets.
Strong Numeracy Skills.
Full, clean Driving Licence & car owner
Personal Interests include
Power Kite Flying.
BloodHoundSSC.com Richard Noble Land Speed Record 1000mph.
Home Power generation, design and prototype build of 1.1m wind turbine blade including research into turbine alternator design.
Reading, socialising and following current events.
Current Reading List:
Book-keeping & Accounting for the small Business
Networking for Dummies
Microsoft Excel & MS Access 2003
Marketing
Get to the top on Google
Search Engine Optimization