About Gavin Coates
My name is Gavin Coates, and I am a 29 year old Software Engineer, living in Southwest Scotland.
I have been employed as a Software Engineer since 2005, primarily using C# and MVC, Entity Framework and jQuery. Prior to this I studied Computing at University, while working on a number of programming projects to build experience.
Most of my work involves development of internal systems for various companies, using C#, WPF and Entity Framework. I also spent 4 years working in the Oil & Gas industry, developing Subsea Control Systems, using industrial automation technologies such as OPC and Iconics Genesis 32 HMI.
Technologies
Primary - These are the technologies I use on a daily basis:
- C#
- ASP.NET
- MVC3
- Entity Framework
- jQuery
I also have experience with:
- PHP
- Visual Basic
- Silverlight
- Genesis 32 SCADA
- Beckhoff systems and programming



