Initial changes

cv.tex

@@ -49,15 +49,16 @@ I have developed a love and appreciation for correct solutions that respect thei
 	 \end{minipage}
 \hfill
 \begin{minipage}[t]{0.35\textwidth}
-	\vspace{-\baselineskip} % Required for vertically aligning minipages
+	\vspace{-3\baselineskip} % Required for vertically aligning minipages
+	\colorbox{SectTitleColor}{\textcolor{white}{\MakeUppercase{\textbf{Proficiency}}}}
 	\begin{barchart}{4}
 		\baritem{Typescript}{80}
 		\baritem{React}{70}
 		\baritem{Rust}{70}
 		\baritem{Python}{60}
 		\baritem{Git}{80}
-%		\baritem{Ruby}{75}
+		\baritem{Ruby}{75}
-		\baritem{Scala}{60}
+%		\baritem{Scala}{60}
 	\end{barchart}
 \end{minipage}
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ I have developed a love and appreciation for correct solutions that respect thei
 	
 	\cvsect{Interests}
 	
-	Long distance running; politics and governance and the applications of technology therein; committee member of Philosophy Society at University.
+	Long distance running; politics and governance and the applications of technology therein; previous committee member of Philosophy Society at University.
 \end{minipage}
 
 \input{references.tex}

education.tex

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 
 \begin{entrylist}
 	\entry
-		{2019 -- 2024}
+		{\hfill}
 		{MSc Mathematics and Physics (Hons) (Sandwich)}
 		{University of Bath}
 		{1st Class Honours. Placement with the ONS between academic years 2 and 3.}
 	\entry
-		{Graduated 2019}
+		{\hfill}
 		{Prior Qualifications}
 		{Reading Blue Coat School}
 		{4 A Levels: A* Maths, A Further Maths, A Physics, A Chemistry\\

experiences.tex

@@ -3,16 +3,23 @@
 \begin{entrylist}
 	\entry
 		{Present}
-		{Software Developer}
+		{Lead Software Engineer}
 		{Better Conversations Foundation}
-		{After completing my degree I have returned to the non-profit to continue the work on the real-time flight plan solution for coaching.}
+		{Returning to the foundation after my degree I have focused on:
+		\begin{itemize}[itemsep=-2pt,topsep=2pt]
+			\item End-to-End Product Delivery: I lead the development of a real-time web application for delivering coaching session to large audiences, from initial concept to full-scale product, engaging frequently with users and continuously evolving it to meet fast-evolving business needs.
+			\item Support the professional growth of junior developers through hands-on mentorship and guidance.
+			\item Spearheaded further AI work, including Model Context Protocol supporte and significant contributions to FOSS software projects to enable AI use in security-sensitive environments.
+			\item Producing 	a course for a high profile business cohort in Oceana.
+		\end{itemize}
+		\kwdlst{Ruby on Rails, Ruby, Turbo, Stimulus, iOS, Project Management, Mentorship}}
 	\entry
-		{Academic\,Year 2023/24}
+		{Final Year}
-		{Final Year Project, AI Applications in Lagrangian Physics}
+		{Dissertation Project, AI Applications in Lagrangian Physics}
 		{University of Bath}
 		{My dissertation focused on incorporating Lagrangian Mechanics into physics-informed neural networks. My key contributions include,
 		\begin{itemize}[itemsep=-2pt,topsep=2pt]
-			\item Creating and optimising the core physics procedures in JAX to improve correctness compared to legacy implementations, and to allow for their use in loss functions, reducing runtimes by a factor of $10^4$.
+			\item Creating and optimising the core physics procedures in JAX to improve correctness compared to legacy implementations; allow for their use in loss functions; and reducing runtimes by a factor of $10^4$.
 			\item Researching, designing, and validating training methods.
 		\end{itemize}
 		The completed report can be found \href{https://files.joshuacoles.me/final-year-report.pdf}{\underline{here}}.
@@ -21,23 +28,19 @@
 	\entry
 		{Summer 2023}
 		{Software Developer}
-		{Better Conversations Foundation}
+		{Better Conversations Foundation \& Amphora}
-		{Once I completed my work with Amphora, I moved to work at a connected non-profit, Better Conversations Foundation, working on their e-commerce and scheduling systems and initiating development on a real-time coaching flight-plan solution.
+		{
-		\begin{itemize}[itemsep=-2pt,topsep=2pt]
+		I lead efforts exploring the feasibility and application of AI based features in the main product.
-			\item Implementing key components of purchase flows, scheduling, and participant management.
-			\item Prototyping real-time coaching flight-plans to allow coordination between Facilitators as sessions progress
-		\end{itemize}
-		\kwdlst{Ruby on Rails,Stripe}}
-	\entry
-		{Summer 2023}
-		{Software Developer}
-		{Amphora}
-		{I lead efforts exploring the feasibility and application of AI based features in the main product.
 		\begin{itemize}[itemsep=-2pt,topsep=2pt]
 			\item Integrating vector based search and retrieval-augmented generation into the application in a non-intrusive manner.
 			\item Presenting work to customers and facilitating input on direction and feature fit.
 		\end{itemize}
-		\kwdlst{Langchain, Weaviate, Python}}
+		Once I completed my work with Amphora, I moved to work at a connected non-profit, Better Conversations Foundation as their primary developer.%, working on their e-commerce and scheduling systems and initiating development on a real-time coaching flight-plan solution.
+		\begin{itemize}[itemsep=-2pt,topsep=2pt]
+			\item Implementing the e-commerce and scheduling systems for managing cohorts and staff.
+			\item Prototyping real-time coaching flight-plans to allow coordination between Facilitators as sessions progress
+		\end{itemize}
+		\kwdlst{Ruby on Rails, Stripe, Langchain, Vector Databases, Python}}
 	\entry
 		{2022 -- 2023\\{\footnotesize{part time aside studies}} \\\\2021 -- 2022\\\footnotesize{placement year}}
 		{Software Developer}
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@
 		{2017 -- 2021\\\footnotesize{Holidays \& Part time}}
 		{Software Developer}
 		{Amphora}
-		{I worked independently to explore and investigate new technologies including and
+		{I worked independently to explore and investigate new technologies including,
 		\begin{itemize}[itemsep=-2pt,topsep=2pt]
 			\item Creating and maintaining SAML based customer access mechanism for confidential documentation.
 			\item Designing subscription management product using Wordpress as a Headless CMS for presentation under multiple service offering.
@@ -70,7 +73,8 @@
 			\item AI based techniques for recipe extraction.
 			\item Database and platform for cross-domain analytics in my life.
 			\item ETL pipelines focused on breaking down data-silos.
+			\item Hosted across multiple servers with live monitoring and log and metrics aggregation.
 		\end{itemize}
 		A history of these is available on my \href{https://github.com/joshuacoles}{\underline{GitHub}} or \href{https://git.joshuacoles.me/explore/repos}{\underline{personal Gitea}}, along with this \href{https://git.joshuacoles.me/joshuacoles/cv}{\underline{CV and build process}}.
-		\\\kwdlst{Rust, Python, ETL, CI/CD, Github actions, Postgres, Caddy, Docker, Docker Compose, System administration}}
+		\\\kwdlst{Rust, Python, ETL, CI/CD, Github actions, Postgres, Caddy, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana, System administration}}
 \end{entrylist}