Welcome, my name is Francis (or František) Malina and I am a software engineer, entrepreneur
and creator of Blocl, a community services directory, and
Flatmate Rooms, which was a popular UK nationwide room rental website and online letting agency
offering rooms to rent.
I build software and automate business processes and I train and advise people on how to do it.
Thanks to Unilexicon,
I am considered a world renowned expert in knowledge organisation systems and thanks to creating
Unilexicon for Medicines
I get to help pharmacists and pharma companies in their daily job.
When not getting some innocent adrenaline fix I am usually found in cafes,
home and on client sites working on web systems and software,
typing into the terminal, text editor or consulting on the phone.
My religious beliefs are based on my mathematical and spiritual findings
I outlined in a short
essay about God's plan.
Working remotely, used to travel to stay near client sites.
I am Slovak/Moravian 🇸🇰 of origin,
lived in England for 15 years and returned to Slovakia.
See my CV.
What I look like.
Email: fmalina at pm.me, phone: +44 (0) 7308 122 511
Software engineering services
Versing code daily in
Python,
HTML5,
CSS,
JS,
SQL,
BASH,
XML
(SVG,
SKOS)
in mind with
UX,
IA,
DEVOPS,
SCM,
I10N,
TDD,
PCI,
W3C,
WCAG,
SEO,
ROI
Interviews and speaking engagements
Information architecture (DfE),
SEO consultancy (Yahoo)
Security advisory
Vulnerability report,
prevented possible take-down of the NHS.uk website.
Technical SEO consultancy
Case study: SWOT,
SEO strategy,
followup,
launched exponential growth of organic search traffic for the Designer Pages.
SME website design
Billinge History Society,
Food norms (Book in Slovak),
Herbal Medicine (Book in Slovak),
Print & machine embroidery Slovakia,
Virgin Holidays Cruises.
R&D and scientific
Breathing under water,
idea that enabled the development of the fracking process
and modern diving gear.
Testimonials
“Francis is an excellent Python engineer and Django expert.
He worked on developing a large platform from early stages
and created a robust architecture for a complex problem.
His knowledge is wide ranging, and outstanding for Python,
and I personally learnt a great deal from him. Highly recommended”
Sid Datta,
Director of Quantitative Strategies at CF Partners
“Frank is an all-round wizard! He worked officially as
an information architect, and helped with taxonomy design and development.
However it was obvious pretty quickly that he had a lot
to offer across the scope of our work, and helped
with software development (in Django, PHP, XSLT, JavaScript, bash scripting...
whatever it took to get things done), database design, analytics
and even web server performance analysis.
I'd recommend Frank without hesitation for organisations that
need people with good brains and the ability to have a go at almost anything.”
Dr Ian Piper,
Information Architect,
Director at Tellura Information Services,
Author of Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development
“Frank delivered great results for an SEO Campaign for Designer Pages.
He really understands some of the more complicated voodoo behind
search engine results and can articulate how to improve your visibility
through simple changes. Would recommend and hire again.”
Top qualities: Good Value, On Time, High Integrity
Avi Flombaum, entrepreneur,
founder of Desinger pages
“Frank is a diligent and highly skilled web developer and SEO expert,
with ruthless perfectionism and technical expertise in his veins.
I would recommend Frank to anyone looking for a sublime technical solution.”
Kevin Jones,
top Manchester SEO,
founder of Shopblocks
“I worked with František (or Frank as we knew him) on at least
one large scale web development project at Northcliffe.
His input on SEO and performance related issues was exceedingly thorough,
detailed and technically strong. We gained a lot from his expertise
in this area and I would recommend him for his in depth knowledge,
experience and enthusiasm.”
John Armstrong-Prior,
Senior Analyst/Programmer; A.N.Digital
“Frank has an excellent knowledge of SEO issues, and further to that,
also an excellent understanding of how to develop, design and tune
web sites to conform to SEO 'best practices'. He possesses excellent
understanding of many open source solution platforms.
In addition to all this, Frank is also easy to work with and generally
a great guy to have on the team!”
Brian Eyre, Senior Software Developer