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Ben Dodd
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WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE.

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Hello there! My name is Ben; a computer science graduate from Swansea, Wales.

I am a software engineer with a passion for all things tech.

Outside of programming I enjoy playing video games, building computers, and
gardening. I have a hobby for mixology and creating cocktail recipes.

Experience | Education | Projects | Contact


EXPERIENCE

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ZIAX

August 2019 - April 2024

MARKETPLACE COORDINATOR

JULY 2020 - APRIL 2024

 * Managing and mentoring team members
 * Developing tools to improve productivity and efficiency
 * Packaging and validating content for release
 * Leading projects and improving quality of products

MANAGER - DESIGN TEAM

OCTOBER 2019 - JULY 2020

 * Managing the marketplace team
 * Packaging and validating content for release

DESIGNER - BEHAVIOUR ENGINEER

AUGUST 2019 - OCTOBER 2019

 * Behaviour Engineer creating marketplace content on Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

TECHNOCAMPS

October 2019 - July 2023

STUDENT AMBASSADOR

OCTOBER 2019 - JULY 2023

 * Promoting Technocamps and Computer Science to young people in Wales.
 * Case study: https://www.technocamps.com/en/2020/09/11/ben-dodd/


EDUCATION

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SWANSEA UNIVERSITY

September 2019 - July 2023

BSC COMPUTER SCIENCE (WITH A YEAR IN INDUSTRY)

FIRST CLASS HONOURS

Final year modules on Web Application Development, User Experience, Video Games
Programming, Writing Mobile Applications, High Integrity Systems, Embedded
System Design.

YSGOL GYFUN EMLYN

September 2012 - July 2019

A-LEVELS (AACC) & GCSES (A*-C)


PROJECTS

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MICROCONTROLLER PROJECT

Writing C++ code with Mbed OS for various projects using the FRDM-K64F board.

C++
February 12, 2024

FORUM WEB APPLICATION

Using Laravel to build a forum web application with MVC structure, Eloquent ORM,
Blade templating engine, and more.

Web Laravel PHP
May 15, 2023

VIDEO GAME COURSEWORK

Creating a Frogger-style video game in Unity with C#.

Unity C#
May 12, 2023

DEVELOPING AN INTERACTIVE SOCIALLY ASSISTIVE ROBOT

My dissertation project where I created a viable, affordable robot using Python
software and a Raspberry Pi.

Python 3D Printing Raspberry Pi
April 28, 2023

NEWS AGGREGATOR APP

Using Android Studio to design a news aggregator app written in Kotlin.

Android Studio Kotlin
January 9, 2023

EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN

Applying the knowledge of embedded systems to program an EV3 robot to complete
various tasks.

Mindstorms EV3 Python
December 19, 2022

WIND TURBINE SYSTEM

Writing a safety critical system for a wind turbine in Spark Ada.

Spark Ada
December 7, 2022

TECHNOCAMPS

Senior Ambassador for Technocamps, a Welsh Government funded project to promote
Computer Science in schools.

October 15, 2019

ZIAX & CUBECRAFT

Associate Producer for Minecraft marketplace team.

August 16, 2019

TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT

Winning Project in PA Consulting's Raspberry Pi Competition.

Raspberry Pi Python
April 30, 2019

GALAXIE

My Welsh Baccalaureate Project, I developed a client software for game server
hosting.

Python Web
February 17, 2019

GROUPQUIZ

A website that can host activites such as quizzes and voting events. This
started off as a side project to our school's annual Charities Day.

Web JavaScript Python
November 29, 2018

PI-WEATHER

Weather monitoring station written in Python build for an e-ink display on a Pi
Zero.

Python Raspberry Pi
November 18, 2018

MIDI DMX

A Lighting Desk Control Software prototype programmed for our school's charity
day event.

Python
October 27, 2018

TECHNOCAMPS 2018

The brief was to create a robot using LEGO Mindstorms that could produce art or
music. The team decided to create a 3-axis printer that could place 2x2 LEGO
bricks onto a plate.

Python Mindstorms EV3
October 17, 2018

FLASH BUILDER

Allows you to build models to print on a LEGO 3D Printer. This was made after
winning the 2018 Technocamps Live Challenge.

Python
October 16, 2018

TOPOGRAPY

A Topograph Coordinate Visualizer written in Python.

Python
January 31, 2018

PETPAL

Project code from Team Lightning's Pet Pal hub. This is the project we presented
at the FLL Finals in America.

Python 3D Printing
April 26, 2017

TECHNOCAMPS 2016

The task was to create a utility for schools to use. We coached a small team and
they built a pencil sorter.

Mindstorms EV3
October 17, 2016

TECHNOCAMPS 2015

The task was to create a sports-related LEGO robot. We won with our creation
ZEUS which was a goal keeper.

Mindstorms EV3
October 17, 2015

TEAM LIGHTNING

Participated in many robotics competitions such as Technocamps and First Lego
League.

January 1, 2015


CONTACT

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