My name is Reece Kenney and I'm from Rugby, England. I'm 26 years old and currently working as a Software Engineer at Microsoft as part of the Cortana team. In May 2015 I graduated Leeds Beckett University, formerly Leeds Metropolitan with a First Class Computing degree and I also studied Computer Science at Purdue University in Indiana, USA (ranked 48th in the world).
In addition to the role I have at Microsoft, I also:
- Run my own karate club Champion Tang Soo Do that has over 50 students
- Teach online programming courses on Udemy to over 15,000 students
- Have over 35,000 app downloads on the iOS app store
I have over 15 years experience in Tang Soo Do which is a South Korean form of Karate. I am currently a 4th Dan black belt and run my own karate club that has over 50 students ages 4 to 65. I have many years experience competing all around the world and have won some significant titles over my time. In 2008 I was the British Champion, in 2009 I was the British Champion again, in 2010 I was the Eurpoean Champion and in 2011 I was the World Champion. I stopped competing in 2011 after I won the world title so that I could focus on my studies.
A representation of my use in each skill.
Lowest possible value: 10% - Used for short period of time such as with a class project.
Highest possible value: 100% - Very extensive experience with this particular skill.
Used at Shoosmiths in many projects
Used every day in my role at Shoosmiths
I use this a lot.
I started creating websites in high school and have been ever since!
I have been using this since I started making websites
This forms a large part of any web based project
Used in many of my web based projects
Used with any PHP project I undertake
The first programming language I was introduced to!
Took a class on this while in America
The language I used when I started learning about iOS development
Used in all of my iOS apps
Used in all of my web projects
Took a class in this while in America
Used in my final year project for a class in America
Used in my final year project for a class in America
August 2012 - May 2015
Leeds Metropolitan University
Studied Computing
August 2013 - May 2014
Purdue University, IN, USA
Studied Computer Science
May 2015
Graduated University
Computing Degree with first class honours
June 2015
Started at Shoosmiths Solicitors
Software Engineer
February 2017
Started at Microsoft
Software Engineer
Here is some examples of work I have produced.
Being a part of Apple's developer program allows me to distribute mobile apps all over the world. I have 5 apps live on the app store at the moment with over 30,000 cumulative downloads. I currently have 3 more apps in development at the moment that I hope to release in the coming months.
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Ever since I challenged myself to create a social media website similar to Facebook as a way of learning PHP, MySQL, JQuery, Ajax etc. I have always enjoyed web development. Here are some of the projects I worked on both in and outside of my studies.
Swirlfeed.com is a full scale social media website! Not only does it contain all the main functionality you get with the likes of Facebook or Twitter, but it also has unique features such as posting anonymously.
Croozer.us is the website I created for an app I'm developing for some people in America. It's a social app that allows users to see bars and entertainment venues nearby. Users can see the list of nearby bars and then check into a bar if they will be going. They can also see the headcount for a bar and see a list of people that are checked into that venue. This allows them to see where their friends are and plan their night accordingly.
ChampionTSD.com is the website I developed for my karate club. Includes a custom made'student section' that I built from scratch. It's a students only area where they can talk to other students, post questions to the newsfeed, earn points by participating in conversations and view their requirements for their next grading.
This is the website I developed for my iPhone game Beer Pong Arcade. The purpose of this website is just to act as landing page for anyone who wants to learn more about the app before they download it.
