2001- date Freelance Consultant Cambridge, England
Website implementation work, small system maintenance and upgrade. Production planning and actual production of veterinary equipment.
2000 - 2001 Zeus Technology Ltd. Cambridge, England
IT Manager
Responsible to CFO & CTO for running IT department in ultra-high-tech business. At the peak of the growth I managed a budget of £0.5M pa, and provided IT for a company head-count growth of 10% per month. All provision, purchasing, support & maintenance of computers, communications, telephones and associated equipment came through department, peaking at 4 staff. Computer systems controled included almost every variety of Unix for servers, Linux and Windows 98/NT/2000 desktops.
At Zeus I instigated the company's first network-wide backup procedures; first proper asset logging and tracking; first formal agreements with suppliers of equipment and services; and in 2000 I co-ordinated the move to our new building dealing with lawyers, landlord's agents, architect & surveyors, movers, suppliers, etc.
1999 - 2000 The Dialog Corporation Cambridge, England
Technical Support Engineer
Performed customer support for the Knowledge Management products of the division of Dialog formerly known as Muscat Ltd. Responsibilities included analysis and solution of customer's problems often including operating system and web server configuration; release of products to customers, fault analysis, tracking and resolution.
1998 - 1999 Freelance Consultant
Computer systems consultancy and web site production. Planned training course on computer security for small businesses and education markets. Continued with self-education in use of Linux for network servers (Apache, Python, HTML, Qmail, Hylafax, etc).
1996 - 1998 Cambridge Animation Systems Cambridge, England
Support Manager
Responsible for customer support of Cambridge Animation's products for the cartoon animation industries, and for administration of computer systems belonging to the company (NeXTstep, Silicon Graphics, Windows NT). Staff directly managed included telephone help-desk, hardware installation and computer systems and network administration.
1993 - 1996 Setanta Software Ltd. Cambridge, England
Support Manager
Responsible for sales, specification, testing and installation of workflow management systems for printing industries such as newspapers, magazine publishers and general printers. System installation included customisation of Setanta's database and development of interfaces to customer's existing databases and other production systems. Also performed internal computer system administration (Solaris, SunOs, Linux, Windows NT) and some office administration and equipment purchase for resale as well as internal use.
1983 - 1993 CIS(Software) Ltd. Cambridge, England
Consultant Application Engineer
1992 - 1993 Specified and developed application software for new Mechanical Design product, based on interface design criteria database.
1989 - 1992 Developed, tested and maintained User Interfaces (programs and visible materials) for Drafting,Design and GIS products. Developed software to aid customisation of the products by agents and customers. Internal consultant and trainer on usage of Unix and CIS's products.
1985 - 1988 Produced programs, data and User Interface implementations for prototype and first releases of applications using mixed database, drafting and modeling. The products included Plant Design, G.I.S. and Mechanical Assembly/Kinematics.
1983 - 1984 Designed and implemented application GUI for intelligent workstation CAD system(possibly the world's first such GUI). Tested all CIS application software for new workstation (Sun/SunOs) and produced system installation and maintenance documentation for the new Unix platform.
1981 - 1983 CIS Inc. Cambridge MA, USA
Technical Vice President
Managed all software and applications support staff and equipment while supporting prime computer (licensee of cis software) and other cis customers. trained prime computer's sales and support staff and early customers. primary technical liaison with computervision during and after their take-over of cis.
1977 - 1981 Compeda Inc. Paramus NJ, USA
Engineering Manager
Responsible for sales and marketing support for drafting and plant design CAD systems; customer support and training; computer systems maintenance.
1975 - 1977 Computer Aided Design Centre Cambridge, England
Senior Engineer
Member of Plant Design Management System development team. Responsible for program testing; day to day engineering advice; preparation and execution of customer training.
1974 - 1975 Isopipe Ltd. Nottingham, England
Engineer - Project Leader
Performed consulting and project management for users of pipework detailing package. Responsible for project control; program testing with computer service bureau; and on-site customer advice in England and Canada.
1973 - 1974 Girling Ltd. Birmingham, England
Designer
Performed design and subsequent testing of commercial vehicle brakes and transmission components.
1971 - 1973 Pipework Engineering Developments Birmingham, England
Draughtsman
Designed piping systems and structural steelwork for conventional and nuclear power plant. Coordinated use of CAD program during initial trial and first contract.
1967 - 1971 British Steel Corporation, Pipework Engineering Div. Birmingham, England
Technical apprentice
Trained and worked in Estimating, Design, Fabrication, Site Control and on Construction sites. Took HND as `thin-sandwich' course and Outward Bound course.
1969 - 1971 Wolverhampton Polytechnic
Studied to HND in Mechanical Engineering (sandwiched with B.S.C. apprenticeship).
1960 - 1967 Queen Mary's Grammar School Walsall.
A-levels in Mathematics, Physics and Engineering. School Prize in Engineering in 1967. 7 O-levels including French and German.
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