What I do!
An innovative, creative IT solutions designer, with over twenty years
experience! Currently employed by Sun
Microsystems and working with many of the world's leading companies, I am
based in Sun's City office and have worked with the UK's leading Banking,
Broking and Media companies. I have spent over 25 years in the IT industry
working in Government, Banking, Insurance and IT supply. Over this period, I
have acquired massive experience in technology solutions design &
development, primarily using RDBMS software with UNIX computers.
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Professional Qualification
I joined the
organisation that became the "Chartered Institute of Management"
in 1994 and am a professional member. This entitles me to the MCIM.
I joined the
BCS in 2000 as a professional member (MBCS)
and have now obtained the Chartered IT Professional (CITP) accreditation. I
have the also passed various systems design and project management
accreditation exams including the NCC Systems Analysis certificate, the
Association of Project Managers PRINCE 2 Foundation exam and the Open group's
TOGAF practioner certificate.
I.T. Industry
In 2007, I was
appointed as Sun's representative on the
EU
Commission's software and services technology platform's steering
committee. This is better known as NESSI.
From 2003 to
2006, I acted as one of the judges for the BCS's "Infrastructure Developer
of Year" competition. I have also served as member of user groups'
committees (Oracle & Sybase). Through 1988 to 1995, I was a member of
firstly the Oracle User Group committee and then the Sybase User Group
committee. I served as National Chairman for the UK Sybase User Group from
1995-1997.
Publications
"Migrating to the Solaris operating system" - Pepple, Down &
Levy - Prentice Hall 2003
"Optimising performance for write intensive environments
- Uk Sybase User Group May 1996
"An Overview of
the UK Computer Aided Software Engineering market - Oracle European User
Group Spring 1990
Sept 2008
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