Personal Information

• Date of birth: 23^rd November 1966
• Nationality: British
• Married: to Natalie (3 children)

Professional Experience

·         2000 - present
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Software Trainer-Designer-Consultant-Mentor-Programmer

o        taught numerous training courses on C, C++, Java, C#, OO, Analysis & Design, UML, Patterns. Delegate feedback available at http:[snip]

o        numerous technical articles published (C/C++ Users Journal, Overload, CVu, ObjectiveView). Available online at http:[snip]

o        speaker at technical conferences. Presentations available online at http:[snip]

o        appointed convenor of ECMA TC39 C# Task Group.

o        attended the ISO/IEC TC39 CLI/C# ballot resolution meeting in Hawai'i as the Principal UK Expert.

o        converted the ECMA C# Language specification into XML using PERL and then converted the XML into HTML using XSLT/CSS.

o        co authored (with [snip]) the Microsoft Press book: Visual C#.NET Step by Step

o        interviewed by Microsoft Press about [snip].

o        wrote the instructor led training course Introduction to [snip](now part of the official Microsoft curriculum).

·         1997-2000
QA Training, Cirencester, UK.
Course manager, product consultant, senior lecturer:

o        Object-Oriented Design for Java

o        Object-Oriented Design for C++

o        Java for C/C++ Programmers

o        Java for non-C Programmers

o        Advanced C++ Development Techniques

o        C++ for C Programmers

o        C++ for non-C Programmers

o        C++ Primer

o        Object-Orientation Analysis and Design using the UML

o        Object-Oriented Software Development

o        Object-Oriented Primer for Software Developers

o        Advanced C

o        C Programming

o        C Primer

·         1994 -1997
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Programmer: digital TV, soft real-time, multi-threaded Solaris. C++,SQL

·         1991 -1994
[snip]
Computer advisor: PC/UNIX LAN/WAN administration Computer lecturer: C, Pascal, C++, Design: M.Sc. and H.N.D.

·         1989 -1991
[snip];
Programmer: database clustering research. Prolog, C

Professional Memberships

·         Association of C and C++ Users. #94012i

·         Association of Computing Machinery. #4672473

·         British Computer Society. #M0835080

·         Engineering Council. C.Eng. #483215

Education

·         1986 -1989
University College Cardiff
Computer Science, B.Sc. Hons. 1^st

Additional Professional Activities

·         C# UK panel member. The first UK C# panel meeting was held on the 15^th July 2002.

·         C++ UK panel member. Meeting are held regularly at BSI Chiswick, where the UK formal position is discussed and agreed.

·         ACCU secretary 1996 -1999. The Association of C and C++ Users is a non-profit making organization run by and for software engineers.

Hobbies

·         With three kids I don't get much spare time, but what I've got I mostly spend working on my Marlin Roadster (short wheel base, British Racing Green). Occasionally I go fishing (my childhood passion). On Wednesday's I bash a ball about in a pathetic excuse for tennis.

·         My interests include training excellence, design, simplicity, problem solving, and Monty Python (which should be required knowledge for all software developers). I'm very good at sleeping. And breathing. Both of which I practice a lot.