“Business Systems Developer with over 9 years experience of meeting commercial objectives through projects, maintenance and support with a variety of technologies.”

KEY SKILLS:

     RPG        MS Access         Visual Basic         SQL         MySQL         Search Engine Optimisation 

      (X) HTML        CSS             Java Script                PHP             Net.Data              AS400 APIs 

INDUSTRIES: 

Document Management               Manufacturing                   NHS                 Human Resources

            Investment Fund Management            Web Marketing                   Insurance  

EXPERIENCE: 

March 2004 – April 2004            [snip]

Fixed price contract to create a web based database search facility with PHP and MySQL. 

February 2004 – March 2004                 [snip]

Full life cycle project to create a charity fundraising database using Microsoft Access. 

November 2003 – February 2004   [snip]

Created and recently launched [snip], a community website with a discussion forum running on phpBB2 and MySql, with code in PHP, XHTML and CSS.  Funded by displaying adverts and marketed by search engine optimisation and submission, participation in online forums and Google Adwords.  

October 2003 – November 2003               [snip] Access Expert’ for the Finance & Controls Department of this mortgage services company located in Dartford.  I automated some of their Microsoft Access and Excel based procedures. 

August 2003 – October 2003                   [snip]

Upgraded [snip] with content management and tracking using PHP and MySQL.  Zero marketing budget, but log file analysis shows a good number of regular visitors a week and frequent new visitors via search engines. 

March 2003 – August 2003                   [snip]

Analyst Programmer at their London office: supporting their insurance premium collection and recording system.  I was given the opportunity to use my skills in RPGIV, CL/400, net.data, HTML, CSS, Javascript, MS Access, SQL, and Java.  These are some of the system developments that I worked on:

·         Documentation of their insurance premium collection recording system.  The Business Analyst and consultants put the information that I was able to quickly produce to immediate and effective use.

·         Solely responsible for a number of enhancements to their MS Access Complaints Database. I received numerous glowing remarks about the time taken and the productivity increases that resulted.

·         Modified their web-based reports to follow a new reporting structure.  These reports used net.data to present output from the As/400.

·         Assisted with the initial lifecycle stages of a major audit project, including the feasibility of printing the required number of forms, and working on program and report specifications.   

December 2002 – March 2003                 [snip]

Created ‘West Midlands Job Hunt’ website using HTML, CSS, JavaScript.  Utilised search engine optimisation and online promotion to generate regular traffic.
 

April 2001 – December 2002                   [snip]

Analyst Programmer for this document management software house in Walsall.  My role was to create, modify and support programs that import, archive and retrieve both COLD and scanned image documents.  This meant using RPGILE, CL/400, net.data, HTML, CSS, Javascript and Visual Basic.  The projects that I was most responsible for are:

·         Completing the development of Webpoint, a browser based document retrieval system that uses IBM’s ‘net.data’ CGI system and related Internet technologies to interface with RPG and CL programs through the AS/400 (iSeries) HTTP server.

·         Integration between GTOS products and other business packages using Visual Basic. 

August 2000 – April 2001                        [snip]

Redesigned the roleplaying club website to feature a new game, with HTML, Fireworks and Dreamweaver.  Also learning Java, Linux and Microsoft Access. 

June 2000 – August 2000                       [snip]

Analyst Programmer on the coupon processing side of this firm in Corby, where RPG/400 and CL/400 are used within their in-house systems on the IBM AS/400.  I rapidly gained an understanding of their systems – which enabled me to design, write, implement and train users to use a new function that allowed more than one Coupon Transaction Report to be run a week for customers who required it. 

April 2000 – June 2000                         [snip]

Created, maintained and marketed a website for a local roleplaying club with HTML, Fireworks and Dreamweaver. 

April 1998 – April 2000                          [snip]

Systems Controller for this Japanese owned International Manufacturer.  Here I joined a team that use RPG/400 and CL/400 to trouble shoot, maintain and modify BPCS v4.02 and v4.05CD on the IBM AS/400 for users throughout Europe.  My role was as an Analyst Programmer, which saw me engaged in projects such as:

·         The creation of a Recurrent Customer Order Scheduling System.

·         Working with various departments within the company to design and implement a set of parameters for the Centralised Purchasing System.

·         Modifying the Centralised Purchasing System as requirements and input data change: for instance to process the Euro, and making changes to the related EDI system.

·         Writing comprehensive documentation for the Centralised Purchasing System. 

July 1997 – April 1998                           [snip]

Junior programmer in a RPG/400 programming team for this City of London and Zürich based software and consultancy house involved in investment fund management.  

June 1996 – July 1997                           [snip]

Information Technology Assistant (Junior Programmer) for this Surrey based software house writing software running on IBM AS/400s with optional GUI interface on PCs. Their main product was the OASIS suite of Human Resources programs.  

June 1995 – June 1996                           [snip]

The Computer Operator at this busy practice in Hull with 4 doctors.  I supported a patient database on 14 computers, spread over 3 sites, linked by both LAN and WAN.  I also supervised both paper and computer based procedures.

EDUCATION:   

1992 – 1995    University of Humberside                BA (Hons) Business Information Systems (2.1)

1991 – 1992    Bromley College of Technology       RSA Higher Diploma in Administrative Procedures 

OTHER COURSES:

Financial Markets, Time Management, Payroll, Unix, RPG API programming, Visual Basic, Customer Service.