Simon Da Vall

Senior .NET contractor with 15+ years delivering enterprise-scale digital platforms across logistics, sport, social media, education and public sector organisations. Specialist in .NET (Core–10), Sitecore implementations, API/Microservice architecture and secure web systems.

Extensive experience working within established teams and complex systems, contributing to design, implementation and delivery of reliable, secure platforms.

Regularly engaged on both long-running programmes and shorter, high-impact deliverables, taking ownership of key areas with a pragmatic, delivery-focused approach.

Education

BEng (Hons.) Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College, London University.

Professional Qualifications

  • Sitecore Developer Level 1 & 2
  • Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) – Enterprise Applications Developer.
  • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) – C# / ASP.NET Development.
  • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – Desktop and Distributed Windows Applications.
  • Fully qualified PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Core Technologies

  • C# (.NET Core – .NET 10), ASP.NET MVC, Minimal APIs, Web API
  • CMS: Sitecore, Umbraco
  • Microservices, API-first systems, Vertical slice architecture
  • JWT & role-based authorisation
  • Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy
  • Git branching strategies
  • SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB
  • Enterprise system integrations, WCF, Salesforce
  • C, Go, JavaScript, Python

Achievements

  • Atmosphere Climate Science Exhibition – Sole developer for a public-facing exhibition platform launched by the then Prince of Wales. Built using .NET with WCF-based synchronisation to in-museum touchscreen installations, supporting a multi-channel presentation architecture.
  • The Open Golf Championship – Lead developer on the successful development of the official website for The Open Golf Championship 2008. This highly available site had over 12 million unique hits during the first 24hrs of the live event. Innovative concepts included Image Flow player profiles, Interactive World Map, and Timeline feature, and Web 2.0 feature integration (Twitter, Facebook, digit, etc.). The site also featured Akamai performance feature integration and a low latency ‘live’ scoring data pass-through from Unisys to BBC, and other broadcasters. The site was extremely well received by the R & A and the golf community.
  • Manchester United International Platforms – Senior developer delivering multiple regional websites across Asian markets (Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia), working to aggressive delivery timelines and supporting high concurrent traffic.

Interests

  • Rugby – have played for Blackheath, Beckenham, Brighton and Hammersmith & Fulham. Currently playing and coaching minis at Teddington.
  • Technology, Cycling, Skiing, Reading, Music