David Pears
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David Pears

Software DeveloperLondon, United Kingdom
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David Pears
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David Pears

Software DeveloperLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Product focused Software Developer and veteran of the creative industries. Founder of an Artist (Music) Management company. Former professional Creative at a leading TV production company. Experienced communicator and team leader with excellent relationship management skills. An artist development (A&R) strategist and data-driven business planner who has assumed project lead on complex challenges whilst directing major-label record releases across multiple territories, and an adept problem-solving Tour-Manager. Former Assistant Producer and Creative with Endemol Productions (makers of Big Brother etc). Responsible for pioneering mobile content and exclusive user focused, online entertainment formats - as well as supporting terrestrial output with engaging digital content
Projects
  • Beatchain
    BeatchainPerm role working on a sister (mobile) app to Beatchain's web-app. This react-native (Expo) app provides a one-stop-dashboard for Artists to view and understand data being pulled from across all of their Digital Service Provides (DSP's) such as Spotify, Amazon Music, Youtube Music, Tidal etc as well as from all of their connected Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram etc).
  • "Can I Drink It?" - A Vegan Drink App
    "Can I Drink It?" - A Vegan Drink AppPart of the Voodie side-project for LevelStudios. A simple FREE app that allows a user to understand if their alcoholic beverage contains or uses animal products in its manufacturing. Search from over 49k vegan-friendly drinks in the database. Follow @voodieapp on instagram React-Native front end project. https://www.levelstudios.co.uk/
  • SearchParties - Ticketing App
    SearchParties - Ticketing AppA ticketing app for dance music fans around the world. Access tickets to music festivals, EDM events, and other related parties. Tickets searchable vie genre, location, keywords (i.e DJ Name), location, event type, price, etc A react native MVP for a client from a brief. See: https://www.searchparties.co.uk/
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Work history
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    Software DeveloperTangy Market
    Stockholm, SwedenFull Time
    Solo In-house front-end mobile developer at Swedish music-tech start-up Riteband (trading as Tangy Market). Working with ReactNative & RESTful APIs. Please see www.tangymarket.com (Due for release late '20 early '21)
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    Software Developer / Tech leadNavi-Savi
    New York, United StatesFreelance
    Led a four-person tech team to plan, create and deliver a working MVP/Prototype mobile application. Navi Savi allows users to upload, watch and save short-form video-based travel content to help plan trips. The project has been built with ReactNative & GraphQL Please visit navisaviapp.com for more information ** NB: Fully remote position **
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Skills
  • Javascript
  • Relationship Management
  • Artist Development
  • Front-end
  • Frontend Development
  • Management
  • Product
Education
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    SQA Software DevelopmentCodeClan
     - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Student at an intensive, industry-backed software development course. 800+ hours of self-directed and instructor-led, hands-on experience of Object Orientated Programming at CodeClan. A project-based course that encompassed: Object-Oriented Programming underpinned by Test Driven Development (TDD). A series of hands-on practical Agile development projects utilising pair/mob programming as well as solo work all of which are delivered on a foundation of theoretical practices such as the SOLID principles, four pillars of OOP and RESTful workflows. A combination of languages and tools have been learned: JavaScript, Java, CSS, HTML, Ruby, Node, React, Redux, MongoDB, SQL & Sinatra. Achieved a PDA (level 8) in Software Development.