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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Objective:   An interesting position with a high-tech company. 

Personal:    Date of Birth:                

    Nationality:                   British, full British passport.

                                        Marital status:                    Married.

                                        Other:                                              Full clean driving licence; car; SC security cleared. 

Education and Training:

Amraf Training plc                                                                                                                                                               Laindon

Windows 2000 Accelerated Course      (One week)                                                                               2000 

                        Amraf Training plc                                                                                                                                                         Laindon

                                                Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Course (NT4)                                         1999/2000

NT4 Workstation; NT4 Server; Networking Essentials; NT4 Server in the Enterprise; TCP/IP for Windows NT4; Internet Information Server 4.

Topics included: Installation, Configuration, Cabling, LAN, WAN, Protocols, Routing, DHCP, WINS, DNS, Troubleshooting, Trusts, Domains, WWW.

Microsoft exams passed for the MCSE  and MCP+I qualifications:

70-58; 70-59; 70-67; 70-68; 70-73 and 70-87.           

      MultiLingua                                                                                                                                                                                                       Guildford

                        TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Certificate                 1998 

                        Brooklands Technical College                                                                                                                          Weybridge

                                                Institute of Personnel Managers’ Certificate in Personnel Practice             1990           

                                                Post Office                                                                                                                                                                                                           London

                        Various computer courses, mainly programming                                          1980/6                       

                        Woking Adult Education                                                                                                                                                      Woking

                        GCE ‘A’ Level:  Government and Political Studies.                                                                              1992

 

                        Boldmere High School and Woking Adult Education            Boldmere & Woking        

                                                GCE ‘O’ Levels:  Passes in four subjects.                            Between 1969 & 86

CSE:  Passes in seven subjects. 

IT Skills                     Operating systems used: Windows 95/98, 3.11, MSDOS, NT4, 2000, XP and Server    2003.  Applications used: MS Office, Outlook, Netscape, Explorer, Novell Client, 

                                                     Ghost, Exchange, Lotus Notes, RIS, etc                                 

 

                                                                                                               

 

Employment:   [snip]                                                                                                                                                                                                       Feb 2006 April 2006

                            Desktop Engineer

                            Installing Windows XP and other software on to desktops and laptops for Royal Mail at various locations.  Auditing existing computers, adding new computers to Active Directory, migrating users data, deploying new computers, configuring, ensuring connectivity and follow-up floorwalking. 

[snip]                                                                                                                                                                                                     Feb 2005 to Feb 2006

                            Rollout Technician

                            Installing Windows XP and other software using RIS on to desktops and laptops for DSTL.  Auditing users old computers, deploying new computers, ensuring users data transferred on to network drive, configuring. Using Active Directory to add/remove users and computers. Migrating data to servers from desktops and between servers. 

[snip]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      London

                            Software Rollout Technician                                                                                                    Nov 2004 to Feb 2005

                            Installing Windows XP plus other software at the users desk for The Home Office. Initially saving certain data to a server, then installing XP from disk, followed by other software from disk or server, finally replacing the saved data back to the PC. Mapping drives, installing printers and general troubleshooting. 

                            [snip]                                                                                                                                                                                                        Farnborough

                            XP Technician                                                                                                                                                Sept 2004 to Nov 2004

                            Mainly rollout work at Qinetiq replacing NT PC’s both Desktop and Laptop with XP PC’s. Putting images on new PC’s, going to users desk obtaining information as to what data/programs to transfer then transferring it from old to new PC. Ensuring network connectivity and that everything is working alright and user happy. Troubleshooting any faults. 

[snip]                                                                                                                                                      Farnborough

                            Floor walker                                                                                                                                                                April 2004 to Sept 2004

                            Providing desktop support at BAe. This role included me going to user’s desks to provide assistance and support on mainly NT4 PC’s from troubleshooting problems with various software and hardware, to installing programs and new builds.  

[snip]                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Hook

                            Desktop Support                                                                    Dec 2003 to April 2004                           Working at EDS providing 3rd line support. Remotely accessing users PC’s via SMS and VNC. Developing and preparing new master builds for laptops and workstations, imaging and Ghost and PowerQuest. Building simulated site servers for migration from NT4 to XP. 

Selection Services                                                                                                                                                                     Bromley

                            Field Engineer                                                                                                                                            Sept 2003 to Dec 2003

Providing field support throughout south-east. This turned out to be mainly hardware support, repairing desktops, laptops and printers, with some desktop support.  

Synstar International Ltd                                                                                                                                              Aldershot

Desktop Engineer                                                                                   Oct 2002 to Aug 2003

                         Working at CSC’s European Headquarters installing software and peripherals, building new PC’s from 98/2000/XP images, configuring new builds including Lotus notes, connecting to LAN, moving PC’s, some hardware repairs, providing support on 98/2000/XP operating systems and Office 97/2000 suites. 

Entis Ltd                                                                                                                                                                                  Central London

                            W2K Deployment Specialist                                                     Jul 2002 to Aug 2002

                            Installation of Windows 2000 on new or re-used Compaq PC’s or laptops. Tasks included: creating Ghost image of existing users data to server; installing W2K using RIS, and other software to new/re-used PC/laptop; restoring users’ data and testing. 

Bourne Leisure Ltd                                                                          Hemel Hempstead

                         Windows 2000 Roll-out Engineer                                           Feb 2002 to May 2002

                            Installation of Compaq PC’s, Windows 2000 and other software at their sites throughout the UK. Tasks included: backing up data, dismantling of old PC’s, assembling new PC’s, testing network connectivity, new system, configuring settings, and software including SQL, Novell Client, Lotus Notes and Outlook. 

DAT Enterprises Ltd                                                                                                                                                          Bodiam, Kent

                            Windows 2000 Roll-out Technician  (perm-redundancy)        Apr 2001 to Dec 2001

                            Installation of Compac PC’s and then installing Windows 2000 using Ghost, and other software for a travel agent group at their shops throughout the UK.  

Self employed                                                                                                                            Moscow, Russia

                            TEFL Tutor                                                                                                                                                       Sept 1999 to Aug 2000

                            Teaching English language to Russian students of all ages. 

One Stop Community Stores Ltd.                                                                                                     Chertsey, Surrey

                            Post Office Manager                                                                                                              Nov 1995 to Aug 1999

                            Manager of a very busy sub Post Office. Ensuring prompt, accurate and courteous service to our customers at the counter. Serving all Post Office services from stamps to passports and car tax. Excellent customer service skills were necessary! 

J Sainsbury plc                                                                                                                                                  Brookwood, Surrey

                            Part time assistant                                                                                                                                 July 1994 to Nov 1995 

Forbuoys plc                                                                                                                                                                              Woking, Surrey

                            Post Office relief manager                                                                                                       July 1992 to April 1995                           

The Post Office                                                                                                                                                     Various locations

                            Various titles within The Post Office                                                            Sept 1970 to Sept 1991

                            1986 to 1991.        Project Leader and Facilities Manager in the PO computer building.

    1980 to 1986.  Computer Specialist. I provided support  remotely over UK.

1970 to 1979. Counter clerk at various Post Offices in Birmingham and Salisbury.                                                                                                    

Interests:       Computers, swimming, cycling, travel, tennis, DIY. 

References:  Available upon request.

 
 
 
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