John Elliott
ProPoint Team Lead at DigiTickets
Greater Exeter Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJohn Elliott is a seasoned software leader with nine years of professional experience currently leading the ProPoint team at DigiTickets, where he drives development of a cloud-based EPOS integrated with multiple payment providers. He combines hands-on backend expertise—evidenced by contributions to AsgardCMS improving .env handling and installer scripts—with a strong eye for design and production-grade architecture. Previously as Lead Developer at AB he introduced version control, automated deployments, and a Rackspace-based private virtualized hosting migration that improved performance and disaster recovery. Comfortable liaising with clients and cross-functional teams, he also mentors developers and shapes proposals and estimates. Based in the Greater Exeter area, he builds multilingual, globally used applications such as Pawtrack and GlassAct, blending practical engineering with an art-school background that informs his attention to detail. He’s pragmatic about shipping robust systems while quietly optimizing installer/config workflows to make deployments and configuration less error-prone.
9 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Ba(hons) 2.1 Fine Art, Ba(hons) 2.1 Fine Art at Middlesex UniversityFoundation Diploma Art & Design (merit) Fine Art, Foundation Diploma Art & Design (merit) Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art & Design
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Github Skills (17)
application-framework10
cms10
scripting10
laravel-mix10
app-framework10
configuration-management10
laravel10
php10
script10
install-script10
web-framework10
html6
gitlab6
ssh6
xhtml6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AsgardCms/Platform
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
A modular multilingual CMS built with Laravel 5.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 5 PRs, 4 comments in 2 days
Contributions summary:John primarily focused on refactoring and enhancing the .env file handling within the AsgardCMS platform. They updated the EnvFileWriter class to allow writing of any variable to the .env file, not just database connection variables, facilitating easier configuration. Additionally, the user modified several installer scripts, including ConfigureDatabase and SetInstalledFlag, to utilize the updated .env file creation and writing functionality. This work streamlined the installation process and increased the flexibility of the CMS's configuration.
asgardcmscmsphpcmfframework
digitickets/postman-collections-api
Mar 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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