| Full Time Employment
June 2019 - to date |
Evolve 4 Solutions (formerly MCG Consulting Group) – Head Office (Winsford, Cheshire)
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Consultant Developer
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Developing solutions for school catering and food production
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Focused on developing the front-end and back-end components of the flagship ERP systems, using technologies such as: VB.Net, ASP.Net, Azure SQL, SQL Server, XML, XSLT, HTML and CSS
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Experienced using Subversion, GitHub and RedGate SQL Source Control for Source Control and JIRA for Issue Management |
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| Full Time Employment
Oct. 2012 - May 2019 (6 years, 8 months) |
Anari (part of the Accelya group) – Head Office (Congleton, Cheshire)
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Senior Engineer - Software Development (formerly: Analyst Programmer)
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Focused on developing front-end and associated back-end components of the flagship airline revenue integrity system supporting multiple DBMS
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Lead front-end developer, working in Microsoft Access and VBA using ODBC data sources
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Back-end DBMS development using: Oracle, IBM Netezza, PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server
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Development of several bespoke VB.Net Windows and Console applications
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Prototyping and Management of Cloud-based Reports using BIME
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Competent in batch file scripting to automate tasks, such as a software release
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Familiar with working in JIRA based Agile sprints and using Source Control
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Recommended, configured and manage two critical Synology RackStation NAS
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Contributed towards winning Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2016
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Full Time Employment Feb. 2007 - Sep. 2012 (5 years, 8 months) |
Synectics Solutions – Head Office (Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire)
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Database Developer
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Implemented new SIRA Systems for Banks and Insurance Companies with involvement throughout the Project Lifecycle |
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Assisted Clients with Data Mapping and Migrations from their Existing Systems |
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Implementation of Data Loading processes, Transformations, Reports and MI Extracts using Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 technologies (T-SQL, BCP, VB Script, DTS, SSIS, Replication etc.) |
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Experienced using Subversion for Source Control and JIRA for Issue Management |
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Full Time Employment July 2006 - Feb. 2007 (7 months) |
Synectics Solutions – Head Office (Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire)
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Database Analyst |
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Provision of support for SIRA Financial (fraud detection and risk avoidance software) to end users at financial institutions |
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Programming and querying of the databases using SQL Server technologies (SQL, VB Script, DTS jobs, etc.) to fulfil user requests and to implement system enhancements |
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| Full Time Employment
Dec. 2002 - July 2006 (3 years, 7 months) |
Allied Healthcare Group – Head Office (Stone, Staffordshire)
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Systems Developer and I. T. Support Technician |
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Development of Bespoke Applications for: Invoicing, Reporting,
Departmental Task Management, Data Cleansing, Data Conversion and Specialised Utility Functions - predominately in Microsoft Access and Microsoft Visual Basic |
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Oracle Support and Development of Bespoke SQL / Oracle
Discoverer Reports |
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Phone, Email and Face-to-Face Support to Internal Users for ICT
Hardware and Software |
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Specialist Support for: BACSTEL-IP software, HMRC (Inland Revenue) Payroll Year End EDI Submissions and Blackberry devices |
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Management of: tasks, outstanding issues and delegated tasks
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Primary Contact for Corporate Website (Technical and Design
related) |
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Contact and Co-ordinator for Disaster Recovery Remote Site |
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University Industrial Placement (Full Time)
July 2000 – July 2001
(1 year) |
Software AG - World Wide Headquarters (Darmstadt, Germany)
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Script Programming (Perl and ‘C’ Shell for UNIX) for Project Support |
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Tamino Database Software Testing and Test Report Distribution |
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Phone, Email and Face-to-Face Support to Internal Users |
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Configuration of Compile Servers |
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Resource & Documentation Maintenance |
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General Assistant for Project Support Personnel |
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Development of basic knowledge of German language |
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Vacation Work
July 1999 – Sep. 1999
(3 months) |
OCM Business Systems – Storage & Testing Facility
(Droitwich, Worcestershire)
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PC Technician and Hardware Tester |
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Stock Control and Order Processing |
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Vacation Work
July 1997 (for 2 weeks)
May 1997 (for 1 week) |
Discover Britain
– Head Office (Worcester)
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Internal Technical Support (Junior rank) |
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Phone and Face-to-Face Support to Internal Users |
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Maintenance and Installation of Hardware and Software |
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School Work Experience July 1995 (for 1 week) |
Computer Aided Technologies / Expert Graphics
(Hanley Swan, Worcestershire)
| Programmer (Microsoft Q-Basic) |
| General Assistant |
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Duke of Edinburgh Award
May 1995 - June 1995
(Saturdays only) |
Save The Children
(Worcester)
| Till Operator |
| Customer Services |
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Vacation Work
July 1994 (for 2 weeks) |
Worcester College of Technology
| Assistant Computer Technician
(General Computer and Peripheral Maintenance) |
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