Vincenzo Gambino

I'm a professional web developer from Sicily
based in London

About me


I am a web developer from Palermo, Italy. I have 10 years of experience in web developing. In 2007 I gained a certificate as Programmer Web Oriented in Palermo. After working in Birmingham for ten months I moved to London in July 2010. Working in London has given me the honour to work with clients such as Propeller TV, Cambridge University, UK Trade and Investment, University of Dammam, MSF and Pearson.

I like to follow a project from the beginning to the end as it has given me the opportunity to gain experience in server configuration, back-end development, front-end development and theming. I usually work in a LAMP environment and I am a great fan of Drupal and other MVC frameworks such as Laravel and Symfony. I use HTML, CSS and javascript to build responsive websites managing CSS using compass. I have built different types of websites from large community websites to brochure sites in different fields such as government, educational, charity, digital agency and commerce. Working on large, heavy traffic sites has given me experience in building and configuring server clusters at companies such as Rack Space and Digital Ocean.

When I am not coding, I play football for a local team called Italia Wasteels FC. I do enjoy good music, latest concerts I have been at: Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Roger Waters, Placebo and Ennio Morricone. I really love good movies, my favourites directors are Kubrick, Fellini and Antonioni.

Areas of expertise


PHP – SQL – MySQL – Linux server administration – Git – Varnish – Object Oriented programming – CMS Implementation (Drupal) – PHP Framework implementatgion (Laravel and Symfony)

HTML – CSS3 – Sass – Compass – js – jQuery – json – ajax – responsive templates – Laravel templates – Drupal templates

Team management – Estimation – Client meeting – Demo running – Time management – Goal oriented – Communication – Agile – Decision Making – Problems solving

Timeline


  • 2012
    BrightLemon Ltd
    Web developer
    London, UK

    I have been involved in server configuration and website development for different projects.
    Skills: Drupal 7, LAMP, Acquia, JavaScript, HTML and CSS

  • 2010
    IMI Publishing Ltd
    Web developer
    London, UK

    I've built different website for the company using Drupal 6 and 7 and developed custom modules.
    Skills: Drupal6/7, LAMP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS

  • 2010
    Birmingham IT Now
    Web developer
    Birmingham, UK

    I've build an ecommerce site importing products from ebay into the CMS.
    Skills: Joomla, LAMP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS

  • 2009
    6th Form College J. Chamberlain
    Web developer
    Birmingham, UK

    I've build a website for a writing project and supported the current site of the College
    Skills: LAMP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS

  • 2008
    World Ware
    Java, Web developer
    Palermo, Italy

    I have been involved in an online card game build in Java and I also developed the company website
    Skills: LAMP, JavaScript, Java, HTML and CSS

  • 2007
    ANFE
    Programmer Web Oriented course
    Palermo

    One year course. Skills: PHP, MySQL, SQL, JavaScript, ASP, Java, JSP, HTML and CSS