I am a full-time consultant who is available to engage with clients remotely or onsite anywhere in the world (I currently hold dual-citizenship between Australia and the United States).
To discuss your specific needs, please call me on +1.650.336.5877, or email me at craig@craigsdickson.com, or use this Contact form, or download a copy of my resume from this page.
The following is an overview of the services I provide to clients:
Software Development Process Improvement
- Coaching for Agile process evaluation, adoption or improvement, including Scrum, Lean, Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP)
- Definition, refinement and documentation of team processes and practices
- Definition of Quality Assurance and Quality Control standards
- Integration of defect tracking systems with other tools and processes
- Engagement with customers and requirements elicitation
Software Development Team Management
- Job Description authoring
- Salary range and benefits package definition
- New candidate acquisition and screening
- Team workspace design and office space evaluation
- Skills assessment of existing resources
- Collaboration strategies for teams
Vendor Management
- New vendor discovery and screening
- Vendor proposal reviews
- Offshore vendor management, including onsite visits and reviews
- One throat to choke multiple vendor management
Software Configuration Management (SCM)
- Introduction of an SCM system to teams not already using one (Subversion, Git, CVS etc)
- Subversion and CVS training
- Subversion and CVS server installation and configuration
- SCM process definition and documentation, including branching and merging processes
- SCM system migration, particularly CVS to Subversion
Build Management
- Implementation of Apache Maven and Apache Ant based build systems
- Automation of builds, particularly in relation to a Continuous Integration system like CruiseControl or Hudson
- Management and versioning of produced code artifacts, particularly in relation to an Artifact Repository like Nexus or Artifactory
- Release numbering strategies and Alpha and Beta customer release programs
Software Architecture & Design
- Enterprise-level system architecture definition, existing architecture reviews
- New database design and existing database design review
- Formal UML based architecture definition
Enterprise Java Development
- Specialist in full-stack JavaEE development
- Public API design and documentation for ISVs
- Web service development and integration
- Code reviews and performance tuning
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design and implementation
Web Development
- HTML, JavaScript and CSS development
- Integration of AJAX style JavaScript libraries including GWT, JQuery and ExtJS
- Integration of Adobe Flash and Flex components
Automated Testing Strategies
- Introduction of tools like JUnit and Sellenium to teams that currently do not do any automated testing
- Integration of tests into automated build scripts and generation of metrics
- Static analysis of codebase quality
Mobile Development
- iPhone application design and development, specializing in integration to JavaEE based back ends
- Web based mobile development
Social Media Strategy
- Specializing in small to medium business that do not have dedicated in house Social Media resources
- Evaluation of current Social Media presence
- Recommendations for Social Media platforms based on particular business needs and goals
- Evaluation of Location based services in relation to business needs and goals
Once again, to discuss your needs and to find out how I can help you, please contact me by phone on +1.650.336.5877, by email at craig@craigsdickson.com, or simply use this Contact form. If you would like more detailed information regarding my experience and qualifications, you can download a current copy of my professional resume from this page.