About Us
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Established in 2019 as a University based software development team, e-Saving Solutions has been working towards technological success. We provide efficient and effective solutions to clients problems in an energy saving manner which is beneficial to them, ourselves as a company, and the environment as a whole. We already have numerous projects under our belt which can be found in the projects section of this site. In it you will see a common theme of environmentally friendly designs that are consumer friendly so are there for easy to understand, use and adapt to various requirements our clients have set out for us. In each project we undertake we put it through strenuous testing, using feedback from clients to help improve whatever the project may entail and ensure they are nothing but satisfied with our end result, which time and time again is delivered on time.
The Team
Our team consists of...
| Organisational Manager | | | Jamie Rice |
| Technical Manager | | | Bruce Wilson |
| Reporting Officer | | | Mark Kostryckyj |
| Liaison Officer | | | Rory Dobson |
| Software Developer | | | Michael Linton |
| Web Developer | | | Andrew McGregor |
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Organisational Manager
✖The role of the organisational manager is to organise the team and oversee all sub tasks. The organisational manager is responsible for planning out the sprints of the project, ensuring everyone is doing their tasks on time and delegating any unassigned jobs.
Jamie Rice
Jamie is in his third year of a degree In information systems at Heriot watt. During his
time at university Jamie has been part of many projects in a variety of different subjects.
This has allowed him to deal with multiple different roles, from the design of software
systems in UML right the way through to devising a marketing strategy for different products
and services. He is also versed in design principles of website and application creation.
Technical Manager
✖The technical manager will review all code and ensure everything submitted is up to a sufficient standard as well as writing code themselves. They are in charge or delegating coding tasks and supporting the developers.
Bruce Wilson
Bruce is a 3rd year Computing Science student at Heriot Watt University, alongside working
for the University as an intern software developer.
He volunteers for the Scottish Huntington's Association, as a youth ambassador with SHAYP
(Scottish Huntington's Association Youth Project).
He has experience using programming languages such as Java and Python, and web development systems including nodeJS, PHP and apache.
Reporting Officer
✖The job of the reporting officer is to keep track of all of the decisions made by the group and to take minutes of meetings.
Mark Kostryckyj
Mark is a third year Computing Science student at Heriot Watt University who also works
as a lifeguard on the weekend. He enjoys the mathematical/problem solving side of all
aspects of computing. He has undertaken courses demonstrating skills with languages such
as Java, C and Sql and currently updates and maintains a local nursery's website in his
spare time.
Liaison Officer
✖The liaison officer is responsible for maintaining regular contact with the group manager, and to ensure strong communication in the team. This facilitates a strong working connection between all group members.
Rory Dobson
As part of his course, Rory has recently been studying multiple programming languages including
Java and Python, as well as growing his general fundamental knowledge in software design and development.
He has worked on several university projects, most notably his work on an autocorrect program,
a flight planner, and a C based image encoder. He has also been developing his front-end skills in HTML,
CSS and JavaScript through the creation of a website and an app. Recently, he has been studying ethical
hacking and cyber-security in his free time.
Software Developer
✖The software developer will develop the software components, integrate and test them. They are responsible for the design of functionality as well as the implementation. This role is shared with other position titles.
Michael Linton
Michael is a third year Computer Science student at Heriot Watt University.
He has experience with python, php and linux. He has been working on backend
communications, dealing with data from SQL tables to json packets. During his
time at university he has developed these skills and utelise them while working
in a team.
Web Developer
✖The Web Developer will be responsible for implementing the majority of the web app's user interface and integrating it with some parts of the severside software to display data to the user while aiming to achieve a well made user interface that it is both easy to use and to understand.
Andrew McGregor
Andrew is a 3rd year Computer Systems at Heriot Watt University, and has experience working
on small web development projects utilising Material Design Bootstrap, PHP and JavaScript. He
also has learned other programming languages such as C, C# and Java, and is working towards
improving his overall knowledge about software engineering and fundamental programming skills.
He has also been improving his knowledge of closely related subjects such as networking and basic
electrical engineering by working on projects involving Arduinos.
Beliefs
We believe...
At e-Saving Solutions we believe in a simple principle of user friendly and hassle free products which in turn will not only assist our clients in day to day work life but also extending to their home life as well.
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Our Core Beliefs
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At e-Saving Solutions we believe in a simple principle of user friendly and hassle free products which in turn will not only assist our clients in day to day work life but also extending to their home life as well. It is one thing to provide a product but it is another thing to go about doing this in a way which we as a company can stand behind. In order to do this we believe this mindset has to be nurtured from within, promoting equal rights, equal pay and reasonable working hours to maintain high levels of employee morale. This helps create a workplace in which we as a team enjoy being part of, helping to spark creativity and productivity. Overall consideration for those within the company and maintaining consumer satisfaction are the core components of our belief system.
Projects
We have worked on projects such as...
Bubble home
HWUndersea
e-Saving Solution Website
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Bubble
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We are currently in development of a new application for the "Team Esteem" which will allow an individual to view the power usage of their home or any property they desire. This is an effort esteem has undertaken in order to make individuals more 'power conscious' about their day to day life in order to make homes more environmentally friendly.
Check it out by clicking here!
Goal of the app
We at e-Saving Solutions are developing an application that will allow control of an individual's property power outlets as well as getting a visual representation of how much power this property collectively uses. We are thrilled to be able to develop our ideas in how homes, office space, or any other property can be made more eco friendly. With this in mind we know how much user experience is crucial in making sure those who wish to use our application can use it without fault.
HWUndersea
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We were tasked with the design and creation of an interface for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for Hwu Undersea. We were given a very minimal brief with certain crucial aspects the client required the interface to have, an example of this was the ability to change between AI and manual control, along with other aspects such as data retrieval, geographical updates of location and activation sensors. It was up to us to build an interface which did the crucial requirements they set out but also use our ingenuity to design any new features and display them all coherently on one - two screens. When designing this interface we had to go through strenuous trial and error to see which features of this system should be centre of attention so the user has easy access, to others which could take a 'backseat' so to say and be as much of a focus.
e-Saving Solution Website
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This website that you are currently reading this on is designed and created entirely by e-saving solution employees. We didn't use any basic web creation tools, instead it was done through our own knowledge and vision.
Design Decisions
Our ambition for this website was to create a sleek, visually appealing website that everyone can use. As you make your way down the page you might have noticed the continuing pattern going down the background of the page, this was to promote a feeling of progression and giving the website a natural flow. Go back to the home screen after reading this and in the top right feel free to have a look at different colour palettes that are provided to cater for those with colour blindness. These are the types of details we strive for in everything we do.