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Self-employed
Informix Database Consultant and Educator
Current
Project (part-time until June 2003)
Consultancy and
Education on Informix Dynamic Server 9.3 system
administration – with the emphasis on Business
Continuity aspects of the product. The customer is a
major multi-national credit card company. Developed
specialised workshops on database administration.
Most recent
project
Education on
Informix Dynamic Server and Supervision of migration of
housing stock management system from green-screen
Informix SE based application to GUI Informix IBM
Informix Dynamic Server 9.21 based application. Role
involved liaison with 3rd party application
provider, in-house system administration, and in-house
developers and the training of in-house system
administration staff.
Migration of
Informix SE based database from HPUX 10 to HPUX 11.
Other Major
Achievements
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Founded International
Informix Users Group
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Consultant on
Enterprise Replication for government Agency advising on
configuration, implementation, and database design
issues for electronic data storage system.
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Consultant to 3rd
party developer on performance monitoring and tuning for
large multi-node network of Informix Servers.
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Consultant on disk
space management for major government department
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Supervised Migration of
large database to new hardware, new OS revision, and new
Informix version.
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Consultant to European
Government Agency on Installation, Commissioning, and
training for Informix based data storage and processing
application.
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Developed membership
management database for IIUG in Informix-4GL
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Developed software to
integrate and clean legacy data into Informix database
for large insurance industry client
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Developed training
courses on Informix SQL, 4GL, HyperScript, Wingz,
Online, and Dynamic Server products
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Installed stock
forecasting system for large telephone manufacturer
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Delivered presentations
at Informix Worldwide conferences
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Consultant on project
to improve Informix system administration.
Other Consultancy Projects
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Database admin and
development of customer records system for Net in a
Nutshell primarily using 4Js BDL and Informix 7.3 for 5
months.
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Consultancy to a number
of pensions companies, through Beta Computers and
Sherwood computers, specifically on the use of Amarta.
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Database Administration
for TWEFS for 3 months.
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Application development
for Department of Social Security in HyperScript for 6
months.
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Application development
for large insurance companyin Informix 4GL for 6 months.
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INFORMIX consultancy
for European Patent Office in HyperScript for 5 months.
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Technical Skills Audit
of VARs for INFORMIX – 4 months.
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Application development
of stock forecasting package for Motorola – 6 months.
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Numerous other smaller
consultancy exercises aimed at improving performance of
ESQL/C and Informix 4GL applications, Informix Online
and Dynamic Server engines, at various versions from
version 5 through to version 7.3.
Training
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Developed courses on
INFORMIX-SQL, INFORMIX-4GL, INFORMIX Dynamic Server.
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Taught these courses
and others at SPHINX, SkillAdvance, Motorola, European
Patent Office, and INFORMIX. Taught courses on site for
Rumanian Patent Office, Bulgarian Patent Office, and
numerous UK customer sites including IBM Hursley,
Siemens Business Systems, Registers of Scotland,
Tunbridge Wells Equitable Friendly Society, and Sherwood
Computers.
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Developed and Taught
Wingz Spreadsheet to end-users at Motorola, and
HyperScript for developers.
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Taught Introduction
UNIX, UNIX Admin, Oracle SQL for SkillAdvance.
Platforms included SCO UNIX and Windows NT. |
