Employment Position (June 1977 - July 1978)

Employer

Cummins Engine Co.
Darlington, County Durham, United Kingdom

Business

Manufacturing large diesel engines

Job title

Computer Operator

Employment Position (July 1978 - January 1979)

Employer

BOC Datasolve
Sunbury, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Business

Mainframe computer bureau.

Job title

Computer Operator

 

Employment Position (January 1979 - December 1985)

Employer

The London Stock Exchange
London, United Kingdom

Business

Stock Exchange

Job titles
Principal Systems Programmer (May 1982 - December 1985)
Senior Systems Programmer (May 1981 - May 1982)
Systems Programmer (September 1979 - May 1981)
Computer Operator (January 1979 - September 1979)

Employment Position (December 1985 - March 1995)

Employer

United Computer Services Company
on behalf of the International Airports Projects,
King Abdulaziz International Airport,
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Business

Operating the airport computer system. This system handled all maintenance and general administrative activities.

Job title
Technical Consultant (December 1988 - March 1995)
Senior Systems Programmer (December 1985 - December 1988)

Projects included
Writing a mainframe Software Management System to track software versions and to transfer software items between different environments (Development, QA and Production)
Microsoft Windows programming using various languages (C++, Microsoft Word macros, Microsoft Excel (Visual Basic) macros, Microsoft FoxPro, Lotus Notes etc.)
Use of Microsoft PC/LAN products: Windows, Windows NT, Word for Windows, Excel, Project
Use of IBM OS/2 as a workstation and as a Lotus Notes server
Mainframe programming in various languages (assembler, SAS etc.)
Installation and maintenance of mainframe software
Mainframe hardware planning
Performing support functions (assisting users with problem solving)

Computer environment
Amdahl 5890-180E CPU in Jeddah running a nationwide SNA network
Amdahl 4745 and IBM 3725/3720 communications controllers
Ethernet LAN with Novell Netware 3.11, IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows NT 3.5

Employment Position April 1995 - August 1997)

Employer

Thai Systems Corporation (IBM subsidiary)
Bangkok, Thailand

Business

Thai Systems Corporation was developing a computerised tax system for the Thailand Revenue Department using Oracle databases with a user interface written in, initially, Oracle Forms and, subsequently, Lotus Notes.

Job title
Testing Analyst (April 1995 - March 1996)
Release Management Coordinator (March 1996 - March 1997)
Lotus Notes Developer (March 1997 - August 1997)

Projects included
Software Release Management: building, packaging and tracking of software modules for installation in the customer environment.  This involved development of a Microsoft Access database and use of CMVC (Configuration Management and Version Control – an IBM software product)
Software testing: developing test plans and performing software testing
Development of a prototype tax registration system using Lotus Notes

Computer environment
Production: ES/9000 with VM, MVS/ESA & VSE, Oracle database
Development: IBM PC with OS/2, RS/6000 with AIX, Oracle database, token ring LAN
Target system for new application: IBM PC with OS/2, RS/6000 with AIX, Oracle database, Ethernet LAN, X.25 & TCP/IP WAN

Employment Position (August 1997 - April 1998)

Employer

Gateway Computers Limited

Bangkok Thailand

Business

Providing computer services.

Job title

Senior Technical Consultant

Projects included

Development of a web site; involved writing HTML pages, Perl CGI programming JavaScript and Java. The web site displayed order status information, thereby saving companies the cost of international telephone calls.

Computer environment
PCs (486 and Pentium) running Windows 3.1, 95 & NT
Unix server in Canada hosting the web site

Employment Position (May 1998 - October 1998)

Employer

Orient Business System Sdn. Bhd.
Butterworth, Malaysia

Business

Supplying computer software and consultancy services.

Job title

R & D Director

Projects included
Advising on all aspects of hardware and software purchases
Working with ISOxPERT, a Lotus Notes application for managing ISO 9000 tasks
Writing Microsoft Access applications
Assisting other employees with their projects

Computer environment
PCs (486 and Pentium) running Windows 3.1, 95 & NT Server 4.0
Lotus Domino r4

Employment Position (January 1999 - August 1999)

Employer

Docuplus

High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Business

Supplying computer document development personnel.

Job title

Software Developer

Projects included
Setup of a Windows NT network using Small Business System (SBS) and Exchange 5.0
Designing, developing and implementing a system to track applicants, current staff, vacancies and contracts using Outlook, Access and Word (programmed in VBA and VBScript)
Maintenance of the company web site

Computer environment

PCs running Windows 95, 98 & SBS

Employment Position (September 1999 - date)

Employer

LASERCOM (UK) LTD.

Beaconsfield, United Kingdom

Business
Supplying computer software and services for document composition and Internet presentment
Supplying integration services
Providing website hosting services on its own Application Services Provider (ASP) installation

Job title

Technical Support Analyst

Projects included
Software integration activities (programming in Java, Perl and C++)
Creation of an Internet application to display consumer electricity & gas bills (use of CheckFree I-Solutions i-Series, Java, .jsp, WebSphere, DB2)
Creation of various demo Internet document presentment sites (use of Java, .asp, Jscript, IIS etc)
Support of internal IT systems in the UK
Development of Lotus Notes databases including the company web site

Computer environment
LAN with Windows 2000 Server, PCs running Windows 95, NT & 2000
International network (over Internet) of Lotus Domino r4.6.7 & r5 servers