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Education

1993 -- 1996

Computer Science Tripos (BA Hons)

in all three years

1988 -- 1992

• S Levels (2)
• Physics (grade 1), Maths (grade 2)
• A Levels (4 at grade A)
• Physics, Maths, Further Maths and Chemistry
• GCSEs (11)
• 7 As, 3Bs and 1C including English, Maths and Computing

Statement

I am currently looking for Object Oriented work for client server or front end applications in Java.

Career history

1996 -- present

IBM UK Ltd., European Application Support

1 Year contract

• Created and maintained departmental intranet site
• Assisted the production of newsletters to the intranet
• Developed (Java) widgets and charting tools for the Human Computer Interaction group
• Developed Java data and analysis products using JDBC
• Contributed to internal Java developer newsgroups
• Gave talks to Java developers at internal conferences
• Positioned Java and JDBC as a data mining development environment

My skills in presentation and training were also used by IBM Education and Training

• Wrote an introductory course for Java programmers
• Taught IBM's Java course in the UK and in the Netherlands
• Taught other Object Oriented Analysis and Design courses in the UK
• Trained other teachers in Java skills

Whilst in EAS I followed the continuing development of Java, currently at level 1.1. See the skills section below for a complete list of Java skills.

1995

IBM UK Ltd., Global Services

Vacation work

• Extensive customer contact, both at user and management levels
• Installed and supported a variety of platforms, including Novell Netware, Windows 3.11 and Windows NT 3.5
• Telephone help desk support for multiple countries
• Produced detailed technical documentation for WAN configuration for help desk

Gained IBM special achievement award.

1995

Churchill College, Cambridge

• Developed project management skills
• Presented project design and implementation to peers and computer lab
• Implemented searching algorithm with AI heuristics

1994

IBM UK Ltd., Warwick Development Group

Vacation work

• Designed and implemented Management Information System
• Presented solution to management and users
• Developed under MVS, VM and ISPF

Gained IBM special achievement award.

1992 -- 1993

IBM UK Ltd., Warwick Development Group

GAP year work

• Implemented a data management system and transmission facility
• Developed data processing and compilation utilities
• Managed the code library
• Gained presentation and inter personal communication skills
• Developed on a variety of different platforms, including OS/2, VM and MVS

Gained IBM special achievement award.

Skills

Personal

• Good inter-personal skills with experience at both user and management levels
• Presentation and teaching ability
• Project management experience of between two and eight man teams
• Good overall knowledge of systems and human computer interaction
• Fast learning curve of new systems

Languages

• Java (Certified Programmer) at both 1.0 and 1.1 levels including:
• JDBC - the database connectivity package for Java
• JavaBeans - the component architecture for Java
• RMI - distributed object architecture
• C
• Objective C
• C++
• Modula-3
• Lisp
• ML
• PostScript
• JCL
• REXX

Operating systems

• Solaris
• NEXTSTEP
• OPENSTEP
• Linux
• Windows 95
• Windows NT 3.51
• Windows NT 4
• OS/2 Warp

Other skills

• Education and training experience
• System knowledge and experience in IP and Token Ring networks
• Object Oriented design and implementation techniques, including having taught courses for IBM Education and Training
• HTML knowledge including internet and intranet design

Hobbies

• Clean driving licence and car. Member of Institute of Advanced Motorists
• First aid certificates including First Aid at work, Public First Aid and Caring for the Sick
• ITEC professional qualification in anatomy, physiology and massage
• Musical skills in piano, clarinet, saxophone and singing
• Ballroom dancing
• Silver Duke of Edinburgh award