Professional                HNC Computer Aided Engineering                                    1982-1984

Qualifications               HNC Mechanical Production Engineering                            1980-1982

            OND Mechanical Production Engineering                           1978-1980 

Technical                     IBM CrossWorlds Upgrade Course                                    Nov-2002

Qualifications IBM CrossWorlds Boot Camp Developer Course                 Nov-2002

                                    Introduction to Java Course                                             Nov-2002

                                    PVCS 6.5 Version Manager Administrators Course Jun-1997

                                    IBM Laptop Maintenance Course                                      Mar-1995

                                    IBM LAN Server  Parts 1 & 2                                            Mar-1993

                                    Compaq Rack Mount Server Installations                          Oct-1993        

Key Skills                     Hardware

IBM                     PC’s, Laptops, Servers, Netfinity Servers

                                    Compac               PC servers, Rack Mounted Servers

                                    Backup Devices    DAT and DLT

                                    Networks             IBM Token Ring and Ethernet 

                                    Software        

PVCS 6.5, Visual Source Safe, CrossWorlds 4.x, ATG Dynamo 5.1, Ghost, Microsoft Windows XP, 98, 95, NT4 Workstation, NT4 Server, NT4 Enterprise, OS/2 v3, OS/2 Warp, OS/2 Connect, LAN Server 3 & 4, Novell 3.x and 4.x, Microsoft Office 97, 2000 Standard and Professional, Backup Exec 

Employment                 Technical Consultant & Team Leader

History                        [snip]                          05/2000 – 06/2002 

Set up PVCS system from scratch, for over 100 in-house software developers to develop a new Web Site for the Wealth Management Project, utilising my Configuration Management skills, and defining the software development life cycle.  Upon completion of this task I took on the PVCS administration and support role to maintain operational efficiency of the PVCS repository and user base.  I produced user manuals and administration guides for the Wealth Management PVCS system. 

Set up project to analyse, recommend and implement an efficient release process for code releases to the test environments, for the ATG Dynamo, CrossWorlds and IIS Servers. 

Designed and built a new test environment comprising IIS, ATG Dynamo and CrossWorlds servers and the code repository, using existing PVCS system as a template.  Develop the complete code release process from PVCS for the Wealth Management Banking work stream.

[snip]                                    02/1998 – 02/2000 

Devised data migration system for 800 end users within the Cabin Services operation.  Set up Project Plan and obtained senior management approval prior to implementation.

                                    Devised data migration system from OS/2 LAN Server to NT4 Server for 200           end users within the aircraft maintenance operation, which was a 24/7 mission critical department. 

Developed and maintained, standard configurations, for the developer PCs and Servers running NT4 workstations and server software utilising Ghost. 

I was the PVCS administrator and support for 50 developers who were designing and developing a new Aircraft maintenance System along with Aircraft, Flight and Cabin crew scheduling system, in a VB and C++ environment. 

Network Server Specialist

Glaxo Wellcome                                   02/1997 – 02/1998 

Managed a team of 20 local administrators for 50 IBM LAN Manager servers, giving 3^rd level support, reviewing server configurations and backup strategy.  Designed standard builds and uniform backups for all the servers.

Prepared the LAN Manager servers for a Global Project to migrate all the servers to new NT server farm.  Generated lists of all users, access rights, data shares and print queues. 

Systems Technician

Lloyds Bank plc                                    11/1995 – 02/1997 

Initially provided 2^nd level support for several hundred desktop and laptop users covering Microsoft Office and Lotus Smart Suite products on Token Ring and Ethernet networks.  

Produced standard builds for NT, OS/2, DOS & Windows for various departments using off the shelf software packages and bespoke in-house software. 

Technical Consultant

NMB UK Ltd                                          12/1994 – 11/1995 

Responsible for administration, support and purchasing of all IT equipment, instigated support and maintenance contracts for the servers, pc’s and network router equipment.

Personal                      Date of Birth: 9^th November 1960                                                                   

Chairman - Watford Round Table

Organised Round Table annual firework display for 24,000 people raising over £15,000 for local charities 

Hobbies: Creative cookery, Local charity work, Golf and Marquetry.