Current Employer :                      Where: Foreign countries outside the UK or close to my home in the Hague
 Type of work     : All. The more technical the better.

 Skills:-
 I'm a Compaq Mission Critical Consultant! I've been working on since November 1987. I have 14 years Tandem experience in the following COBOL, SCOBOL, C, Guardian, Enscribe, SQL & TACL. I have S-Series and K series experience.
Place of Birth:        Doncaster, South Yorkshire, U.K. 

Marital status:        Single

Driving Licence: Clean and also passed Institute of Advanced Motorists driving test.

Sort of Jobs I'm a contractor. I'm a techie by trade.  I like development, systems management and technical support most.

Languages: Fluent Dutch. (Passed some Dutch exams). Conversational Swedish.     I speak a little Spanish and have an 'O' level in German.

Skills Summary: TANDEM COBOL, SCOBOL, TACL(programming), TEDIT, 'C' Native mode & TNS ‘C’, NETBATCH, FUP, PATHWAY, SQLCI, DDL, ENFORM, TCIP/IP, DSM SCM, NDM and CONTROL. ENSCRIBE & SQL DATABASES. TCP/IP. OSS ITP Webserver. Interfaces to IEF generated code on the Tandem. Atlas.

I have also many years experience in installing, configuring and using Windows ME, 95, 98 2000 and 3.1. I have successfully installed and have some experience in using Linux. I have 2 years experience using Windows NT (3.5 & 4).

Systems utilities e.g. Mediacom, TAPECOM, RMS, CONTROL, BACKUP, RESTORE, MEASURE, ENLIGHTEN, VIEWPT, TMFCOM, SAFEGUARD TN6530 and DCOM.

Special: I have written several useful Tandem routines with documentation:-
Tape Pooling routine, which uses tapes from a pool of tapes allocated to that type of backup. Runs in Netbatch and records time of backup, how long taken and how many cycles of tapes.

Oct 2000 - Present - [snip] The Hague & Rotterdam

I've just started as a Systems Engineer at [snip]. I help support a Petrol card system on an S series Tandem. I've been working on the project the longest which means that I have most of the responsibility for looking after the system. Tasks include looking after Backup strategy, general maintenance of disks, spoolers, the application, batch and so on. I installed OSS on our Tandem and also got the ITP Webserver running

June 2000 - Sept 2000- [snip] Bank Utrecht

Developer - Shares team working with Cobol/Scobol and embedded SQL.

November 1997 - End of April 2000 - [snip], Amsterdam, Holland

I was part of the systems management team. I helped maintain 4 Tandems, answer Tandem questions from the developers and I worked on improving the TACL’s to start and stop the system. This was a support role and a maintenance/development role. I helped keep the system running and deal with live problems when they occur. I helped the developers with Tandem advice and manage Security using SAFECOM. I maintained and improved the macros that start and stop the system processes, improving the macros by adding error handling, error messages, improving readability, maintainability and speed. I analysed TACL parts of the application and rewrote/developed new code to improve the application for users, developers and operators. I did other day to day Systems managments tasks including adding IPM's to the system using DSM SCM. I spoke Dutch in the working environment and dealt with telephone problems in Dutch. Currently I helped with the conversion from the K series machines over to the S series Servernet

April 1997 – October 1997 [snip], Utrecht, Holland

I worked with Atlas doing maintenance work and wrote new programs in Cobol (SQL & Enscribe). I did performance work and teaching TACL/Performance Techniques to Dutch colleagues.

November 1996 - April 1997 [snip], Stockholm Sweden

We wrote a system which ne[snip] to process transactions for the Norwegian bank - BBS. We need to process a lot of data very quickly and are therefore using the Native Mode C (NMC)/RISC compiler. I have been educating 2 ‘C’ programmers in how to use the Tandem. I wrote & designed the Netbatch/TACL batch relationships between the batch programs.

May 1996 - October 1996 [snip]. in Den Haag Holland.

Testing an Access application for the first month. Tested the new SQL/IEF Tandem telephone Card system for the other 5 months. I provided technical advice. Dutch was the working language.

November 1995 - April 1996 [snip] (via Twinsoft) in Utrecht/Hoofdorp, Holland

Developed software for use with paying over THE INTERNET. I have written 2 TCP/IP C communication servers in C (one waited, one no waited) which talk to users via Internet.
I updated a TAL program to send messages to EMS using the SPI interface (for system error message handling). Dutch was the working language.  

November 1994 - October 1995 [snip] in Den Haag & Groningen, Holland.

Working on [snip] charge card project. I was working in the test team as the Technical Tandem expert, providing technical support for the Application Testing department. I wrote test specs, test programs, SQL queries, sorted out Tandem related problems and supported the other members of the team. I provided the technical link between our team and development to discuss Tandem/Application problems. I moved to the development department in PTT at the end of January when the test team was disbanded. I worked to enhance the Cobol programs for new functionality for the existing system. We used embedded SQL code. I also rewrote TACL macros for efficiency, readability and compactness. I worked on the replacement system which is being written using IEF. I converted the old Cobol interface code into C modules to work with the new IEF system. I integrated the IEF code with the Interface code and solved the problems we have with IEF.

April 1994 - November 1994 [snip] in Brighton (part of BT)

Application and technical support on the chargecard project. I dealt with live and overnight batch support of the SQL application and I answered queries from the users. I provided a link between technical and application support and perform a variety of technical duties. I then moved to application development to write COBOL/SQL programs.

January 1992 - April 1994 [snip] UK Ltd in Hemel Hempstead.

I progressed from application programming to the Quality Assurance team and onto Systems Managing after impressing [snip] with various performance improving projects. As Systems Manager I looked after the running of the system and I evaluated new hardware. I worked on the performance team to increase system performance. I reduced the batch logon time by half and I completed a major project to make further improvements to reduce the batch run time and eliminated memory problems.
I programmed in COBOL and SCOBOL on many parts of the system writing online and batch programs. In the Q. A. team I looked after the CONTROL software package and wrote TACL code and menus.
I provided live application and system support for the UK & German systems.
I worked long hours and worked hard to beat tight deadlines.

December 1990 - January 1992 [snip] in Sheffield

I worked as an Associate Systems Engineer in Sheffield after being transferred by Midland Bank.
I worked on both the Tandem and IBM mainframes, converting the Tandem hot card system onto the IBM. I was a major part of the team to resurrect the Tandem Polling System, acting as Systems Manager (with another SE) and rewriting the old DB Batch jobs into TACL / NETBATCH. As such I was responsible for operator education and supervised the system that went live in 1991.
On the IBM I wrote batch programs in COBOL.

June 1990 - December 1990 [snip] Plc in Sheffield

I was an Analyst programmer working on [snip] Switch Card batch and on-line systems. I was on call-out duty for the Switch Card polling system.

November 1987 - June 1990 [snip] in High Wycombe.

Junior Analyst working on Payroll and Pensions Payments systems

Courses: Cobol/Scobol (in house at Equity and Law) - 6 weeks
Tools and Techniques for Analyst Programmers - 1 week
Introduction to IBM hardware and software - 1 week
IBM Cobol conversion course - 1 week
Easytrieve IBM - 2 days
Netbatch Self-teach - 20 hours
SMDM1 - 1 week
C II Programming - City and Guilds - Evening Course
C III Programming - City and Guilds - Evening Course
Enlighten - 2 Hours
SQLCI Self-Teach - 1 week
Embedded SQL Self-Teach (COBOL/C) - 1 week

TACL programming - 1 week

Academic Qualifications

Education: 1978-1984 Weston Favell Upper School, Booth Lane South, Northampton.
1982 'O' level passes in Maths (A), Physics (B), Geography (C), Biology (A), Chemistry (A), German (B/C), English (C), Religious Education (C).

1983-1984 'AO' passes in Maths (A) and General Studies (C).

1984 'A' level passes in Chemistry (B),
Biology (D), Maths [Pure and Statistics] (B).

1984-1987 Sheffield University, gained a special Honours degree in Mathematics, Class II(i).
Courses studied included Statistics, Pascal, Convexity, History of Maths, Optimisation, Control Theory, Modelling and Mechanics/Bio[snip]l Dynamic Systems.

Final year: Mechanics of snooker.
Projects Calculus in the 18th century.
Corrosion of reinforced concrete under marine conditions.

Interests:        I love to travelling and spend a lot of spare time exploring new countries and cultures. I write about my experiences on my web page.
I do aerobics 3 times a week.

Referees: Available on request