Skills and Abilities

 

I/T Systems Architect

Business Analyst

I/T Systems Analyst

Project Leader

Team Leader

Computer Systems Programmer

Web Design

Database Administrator (Progress)

Application Programmer

System Administrator

Computer Operator

Database Development

o    Progress (OpenEdge)

o    SQL

 

Computer Languages

o    Progress 4GL

o    HTML / CSS

o    C/C++

o    Visual Basic

o    COBOL

o    Euphoria

o    D

o    Universe Basic

o    Assembler (IBM, Intel, Motorola)

Computer Tools / Applications

o    MS Office

o    MS Project

o    MS Visio

o    C.A.S.E.

o    Web Development

o    Globus Banking

o    Rational

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment History

Dates (From-To)

May 1997  November 2008

Company Name

Admerex Limited

Locations

Melbourne, Sydney, Johannesburg (South Africa), Cupertino (USA)

Job Titles

  * Technical Product Manager

  * System Architect

  * Technical Consultant

  * Application Developer

Duties

  * Architect and Lead developer for a Retail Banking system

  * Architect and Lead developer for a Security Key Management system

  * Project Manager for running a Proof-of-Concept project for a Knowledge Management system for the Defense Departments Materiel Office

  * Quality Assurance consultant for the Globus banking system implementation at Rabobank

  * Team Leader and Product Architect and Designer of a Securitization system.

  * Training internal technical and sales staff

  * Preparation Request-For-Information papers for the sales team.

  * Due Diligence Technical Assessor.

  * Senior Technical Advisor in the transition to the Globus banking system.

  * Principle Design Engineer, redevelopment of the Retail Banking System into a 3-tier, data driven banking engine with an open API to support third-party products

  * Contract Application Programmer with the team responsible for the maintenance and enhancement of the Retail Banking System.

  * Alternate System Administrator, Configuration and Release Manager, and Database Administrator.

 

Dates (From-To)

February 1995  April 1997

Company Name

Cargill Australia Limited

Location

Melbourne, Fremantle, Port Hedland

Job Title

Business Analyst

Duties

  * Providing Information Technology support for the companys Wool and Salt divisions. These operations were based in Western Australia (Fremantle and Port Hedland) and supported from Melbourne.

 

 

Dates (From-To)

November 1986  December 1994

Company Name

Australia Post

Location

Melbourne

Job Titles

Team Leader

Technical Consultant

Lead Programmer

Duties

  * Converted the VMS version of Australia Post's Express Courier system to Ultrix, and implemented it at Australian Air Express.

  * Provided on-going technical support to ensure that the Australia Post's helpdesk system would have a 99.9% up-time.

  * Developed numerous customized reports to enable Australia Post to monitor and meet its service level agreements.

  * Managed the development team for the Express Courier system for five years.

 

 

 

 

Dates (From-To)

August 1985  October 1986

Company Name

Short Term Contacts

Location

Melbourne

Job Titles

Contract Programmer

PC Support

Duties

ICI Pty Ltd

  * Developed a Purchase Order system

 

Coles Myer

  * Converted the Grace Brothers database to Coles Myer

 

Smorgon Steel

  * Provided support for all the Personal Computer users in the organization

  * Developed automated monitoring software for steel production.

 

Cargo Newpack Industries

  * Developed software to calculate materials requirements

  * Developed customized software to enhance the third-party accounting system.

 

Motorola Communications

  * Developed software to manage repairs and service components

 

Dates (From-To)

July 1983  July 1985

Company Name

Motorola Communications

Location

Melbourne

Job Title

Systems Programmer

Duties

  * Provide System Programming support for the MIS department

  * Installing third-party software packages

  * Installing system software patches

  * Managing the system backups

 

 

 

 

Dates (From-To)

July 1981  June 1983

Company Name

Repco Manufacturing

Location

Melbourne

Job Title

Application Programmer

Duties

  * Conversion of legacy systems

 

Dates (From-To)

April 1974  June 1981

Company Name

Foodland Holdings

Location

Melbourne

Job Titles

Systems Programmer

Application Programmer

Computer Operator

Duties

  * Provide System Programming support for the MIS department

  * Installing third-party software packages

  * Installing system software patches

  * Managing the system backups

  * Maintained in-house developed systems, including Purchase Ordering, Promotions, Payroll, and General Ledger.

  * Operated the IBM S/360 computers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Date

1978

Institutions Name

Caulfield Institute of Technology

Course

Computer Science

Date

1972

Institutions Name

Croydon High School

Course

Higher School Certificate

 

Training

o    Project Management

o    Software Development Cycle

o    Database Systems

o    Networks

o    Specific Programming Languages

 

Hobbies / Interests

 

  * Project Administrator for an Open Source project (Windows Library for the Euphoria Programming Language)

 

  * Developer for an Open Source project (Euphoria Programming Language v4.0)

 

  * Developer for an Open Source project (Build system for D Language programs)

 

  * Music Composition

 

  * Basic Thai language (reading, writing, and spoken) at a 3-year course at Melbournes RMIT. (Completed 1995)