Employment History

Current Position: 

Senior Developer

Xxx Limited                                                                                        Windsor , Berks

October 2002 – present                                                                                                       

I initially joined Tenon Technology to carry out data integrations (predominantly with MBS Great Plains/Dynamics), VBA and SQL Server development, and also to be responsible for data warehouse development.

When Tenon Technology was closed, I was transferred to Financial Services to write and support an extranet application to handle employee benefits.

·         Started in ASP / COM+ / SQL Server / Site Server application.

·         Rewritten and extended and integrated with other data using ASP.NET / SQL Server.

·         Web based membership management application for Employee Benefit schemes, allowing companies (and their employees) subscribing to schemes to manage their contributions and benefits, run reports and lookup integrated data.

·         Working unsupervised, liaison with senior management and IT staff.

·         Recently began to develop a simplified and extended version using 2005 beta tools.

·         Also developed other software for internal reporting and automatic generation of benefit documentation.

 

Team Leader /            Senior Developer,        Development     Department

Tate Bramald Limited                                                                     Richmond, Surrey

August 1993 – September 2002

·         Led a team of up to six developers.

·         Developing Business Intelligence data extraction tools, data marts and web based reports.

·         Developing bespoke add-ins/reporting solutions/integrations and custom interfaces to accounting software.

·         Developing stand-alone software products to add functionality to other systems.

·         Responsible for full life cycle of projects.

Tate Bramald was a leading reseller of mid-range accounting software, and specialised in systems integration. Clients ranged from city institutions through to small and medium sized businesses and charities.

The work involved dealing with clients from a pre-sales stage, through specification, system design and development, to testing, roll-out and support.

Projects ranged from a few days or weeks working alone, through to six months plus, working in a small team. Projects typically involved liaison with other departments and with clients. There was also a large element of Project Management.

Projects included: Order Processing and Invoicing applications, Trading systems, Time recording and Job Costing applications, Pension Management, Stock control and warehousing, and Management Information Systems.

Originally, these were written using VB and MS Access/VBA. Back end databases were typically SQL Server or Jet. However, over time, we specialised in data warehouse/web based applications, using SQL Server to extract data from a variety of sources, build cubes where appropriate, and then generating web reports and user interfaces using ASP/XML.

During my time at Tate Bramald I was promoted from Analyst/Programmer to Senior Developer and Team Leader. I was responsible for planning, scheduling and overseeing the work of the team, for staff recruitment, and for a departmental budget, reporting directly to the managing director.

Employment History

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Contractor

Agricultural Development Advisory Service, MAFF                                      Guildford

March 1993 – August 1993                                                                                                     

Used Dbase IV for the creation of centralised database of UK food producers, with imports/ feeds from a variety of sources.

Manual and Automatic de-duplication processes. Search and export facility, and logging of usage in mailing lists.

Analyst              Programmer

Venispo Group Limited                                                                                   London

August 1989 – March 1993                                                                                          

Mainly responsible for developing interactive telephone applications using a proprietary version of Basic (Telsis PDL). Involved in all aspects of production from planning, scripting and testing, right through to roll out, sole responsibility for all of the programming.

Maintenance and creation of company Client Management databases (clients lists, call logging, revenues) using dBase and C, and integration with and reporting on financial applications using Lotus 123 macros.

Responsible for a small network of PCs and Apple Macs.

I was also given responsibility for overseeing other staff within the office.

Production Manager

English Eccentrics                                                                                           London

Jan. 1984 – Sept. 1988                                                                                                

Responsible for managing the printing, manufacture, warehousing and delivery of fashion garments. Liaison and negotiation with external factories and suppliers, in charge of the warehouse and delivery staff.

Order Management and Stock Management systems developed on Apricot PC.

Cook

Cranks Restaurants                                                                                         London

Oct. 1980 – Sept. 1983                                                                                                

I started this job while completing a part time course at Central London / Middlesex Polytechnic. While there I was prompted to head cook with responsibility for several staff and for orders, and was offered the position of Assistant Manager.

Project Engineer

Amoco (UK) Limited                                                                  Milford Haven, Wales

Sept. 1979 – Sept. 1980                                                                                              

Design and testing of production systems on an oil refinery.

Computerised heat exchanger and distillation column design programmes written using Fortran.

Personal Information

Interests

Football  - both playing and watching, other sports (cycling, swimming, skiing), travel, films and TV.

Other Information

I am married with four children.

Nationality: British

Full clean UK driving licence