Hi, I’m Ashley

An iOS App Developer 🍏

Currently working at Moneybox.
Based in Staffordshire, UK.

Who?

I’m a self taught iOS app developer with 6 years professional experience, who changed careers to pursue a passion in coding.

In my spare time, you’ll usually find me watching sci-fi films, exploring new places, expanding my coding knowledge and working on side projects that I’m passionate about.

MoneyboxPhones.png

Work

Moneybox

Moneybox is an award-winning savings & investment app that makes it easier for everyone to save for their future. The app offers a range of accounts such as ISAs, Mortgages, Pensions, Savings and Investment accounts. Simple ways to save include Round Ups, Payday Boosts and more.

FCV4.png

First Choice V4

The First Choice App is a transactional shopping app for the largest stock of catering spare parts in the UK. It provides a fast shopping/checkout experience with in-depth part searching & filtering. Supports major credit/debit cards, PayPal and Apple Pay, and integrates with the First Choice Group website to provide authentication, ordering and account management features.

4.8 / 5.0 App Store rating

First Choice V3

A hybrid app which utilises the First Choice Group website to provide a webview-based shopping experience to the user.

Provides intertwined functionality with the e-commerce website such as automatic login, PDF interception & basket item counts.

DocReader-1.png

Automated Document Reader

A First Choice Group internal iPad app that uses Google’s Machine Learning Kit to provide Text Recognition. Used to scan parts diagrams for available Parts to improve data quality, with over 750,000 parts scanned and linked so far. Initially started as an idea turned proof-of-concept, the app is now used by a division of First Choice Group’s Data Quality team.

750,000+ Parts Linked, 1000s of Work Hours Saved

🏆 Won VIP award for Innovation in October 2019, and then the Overall Company VIP award for 2019 - the company’s highest individual award.

GoHype.png

GoHype

Founded as a popular Instagram account which reposted travellers trips from around the World.

GoHype turned into an iOS App where invited influencers shared their trips & travel tips with users. The app uses affiliate integrations with Booking.com, Jetradar and GetYourGuide to fill submitted trips in with bookable elements, and provide a booking experience.

47 Trips, 32 Influencers, 1,000,000+ Total Followers

MixtaperPreviewNew.png

MIXR for Spotify

MIXR is a Spotify companion that connects to your account to provide on-demand tailored playlists of recommended new music. Born from a frustration of waiting for Spotify’s Discover Weekly / Release Radar / Daily Mix playlists, and until the end of the year for Spotify Wrapped.

Provides tailored playlist Mixes, listening history, details on songs, albums, artists, playlists & user’s listening habits.

21,000+ Mixes created by users