Graham Weldon

Much ado about Graham

I'm a developer living in Newcastle, Australia. Currently working as a web development manager, working on PHP web applications and custom built content managment systems.

In September 2008 I became a Zend Certified Engineer for PHP 5. This comes after spending seven years in PHP development over the major versions 3, 4 and 5.

Lately I have been putting particular emphasis on the use and extension of the CakePHP Framework. This has allowed me to develop faster, cleaner, more organised code.

To keep myself up to date with current technologies and trends, there are always a number of various personal and community based projects that I organise and contribute to. These vary from basic projects through to complex systems and some gaming projects as well.

Some of the more interesting positions I have held professionally include 'Design and Development Manager' at KnowIT Software (now operating as KCM Systems). Also, 'Gaming and Content Manager' for Wild Internet & Telecom.

During my time at KnowIT, I was involved with the development two major products, KnowIT (Knowledge Management) and Weblite (Light Content Management System). Through the course of my time at KnowIT, both products were taked from their initial version through a major rebuild and redesign to a more robust and feature rich subsequent release version. These products were developed in PHP, with supporting Java tools.

My role with Wild Internet & Telecom started originally as a volunteer effort, to create an open and active gaming community providing alternative gameplay to that available with the larger gaming sites in Australia. This involved extensive development of PHP integration to provide a diverse range of supporting tools and services for separate systems.

Additionally, I was required to perform extensive development with Perl to assist the construction of an integrated management system supporting the ISP side of the business, integrating Telecommunications services provision, hosting management, and server monitoring and maintenance.

I am currently working for a Newcastle based design and web development company, developing high quality custom content management solutions based on the CakePHP framework.