Ben Barden is an experienced web developer who thoroughly enjoys building software. Currently working for a digital agency in Central London.

Some points of interest:

• has worked in both development and testing
• works well in a team, but often works alone
  
• views working from home as a good opportunity for a blitz
• writes clear documentation, whether technical guides or user tutorials
• prefers to leave out jargon unless it's absolutely necessary
• doesn't expect everyone to use the same browser
• prefers to build something that people want or need, than just use technology for technology's sake

Projects

Some of Ben's past projects include:

• building an open source content management system designed to make website publishing easy, regardless of your technical ability;
  
• building a customer database with call history, email quotes, online invoicing, quarterly invoice emails, monthly statements, reports, and a customer control panel;
• building a low cost, high value advertising network, with vbulletin forums, integrated control panel, PayPal purchasing, support ticket system, financial statistics, moderation tools;
• redesigning a club membership package for Windows, with improvements including a custom report builder and dynamic document builder;

For some examples of projects that can be viewed online, refer to Ben's online portfolio.

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