Chris Ridgers
PHP Developer at ProHealth Analytics
Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolChris Ridgers is a PHP-focused software engineer with 12 years of experience building and refactoring server-side applications across Wordpress, Zend and Symfony stacks. Comfortable spanning software architecture, OO design and DevOps, he routinely applies Ansible, Docker, CI pipelines and automated testing (PHPUnit, Behat) to deliver reliable, maintainable systems. His recent roles include modernising legacy PHP SaaS for emergency services and running cloud-native services on Kubernetes, reflecting both hands-on coding and infrastructure stewardship. A Creative Computing and Music Technology graduate, he brings an unusual multimedia background—having built C/C++ sound and 3D projects—that informs a pragmatic, systems-minded approach to problem solving. Based in Wales (Australia), he combines a passion for IT automation and version control with a knack for making developer workflows enjoyable and repeatable.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Creative Computing and Music Technology, 2:1, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Creative Computing and Music Technology, 2:1 at Keele UniversityBTECH National Diploma, Video Games Development, DDD, BTECH National Diploma, Video Games Development, DDD at West Cheshire College, Ellesmere Port
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Github Skills (159)
encrypt10
python10
certbot10
heroku10
command-line-tool10
act10
letsencrypt10
wordpress10
acme10
virtualization10
vagrant10
cli10
database-access10
certificate10
macos10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
chrisRidgers/soundVis
Nov 2013 - Jan 2014
Contributions:37 commits in 1 month
chrisRidgers/chrisRidgers.github.io
Jun 2017 - May 2020
Contributions:59 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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