To obtain a senior position at an industry-leading company.
• Banking and Finance - Prudential (NZ and Aust), New Zealand Funds, Bank of America
• Resources/Energy (Shell)
• Telco's - Telstra
• Utilities (Mercury Energy - Auckland electricity retail and line)
• Transport (Car Haulaways) - billing and operational
• Not for Profit Associations
• Dept of Education (NZ).
• 8 years full-time Application and Database Development experience in various roles including: Project Leader, Specification Analysis, Design, and Estimation, Programming, Reporting/Auditing and Delivery.
• Focused on n-Tier Web Intranet/Internet development for the last 4 years using Microsoft Technologies: SQL Server, ASP, XML, XSL, Javascript and HTML, Visual Basic, COM+(MTS, MSMQ), and .NET.
• Strong Analysis and Documentation skills for producing Technical and Function Specifications using UML and Data Modeling.
• SQL Server DBA experience including data migration.
• Pre and Post Sales support experience
• Microsoft Architecture skills
• MSc hons. in Mathematics, and BSc in Computing and Mathematic.
• Project management and Team leadership skills.
Desired Job Type |
Employee/Contractor |
Desired Status |
Full Time |
Description of my perfect job |
A job which has a mixture of Technical/Analysis and Communication Tasks. |
Company Size |
Medium 100-500 |
Category |
IT Development |
Desciption of the Company I would like to work for |
An Organisation which has opportunity for promotion to various roles and provides regular training. |
Skill Name |
Skill Level(«-Beginner, «««««- Expert) |
Last Used |
Experience |
ASP |
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Currently Used |
3 years |
DHTML/DOM |
««««« |
Currently Used |
3 years |
Javascript |
««««« |
Currently Used |
3 years |
XML/XSL/XML Schema |
««««« |
Currently Used |
2 years |
UML Documentation |
««« |
Currently Used |
1 year |
Visual Basic |
««««« |
Currently Used |
5 years |
SQL Server |
««««« |
Currently Used |
5 years |
MTS, COM+, MSMQ |
««««« |
Currently Used |
5 years |
MS Active Directories |
««««« |
Currently Used |
1 year |
IIS 4.0/5.0 |
««««« |
Currently Used |
4 years |
ADO |
««««« |
Currently Used |
4 years |
DTS (SQL Server) |
««««« |
Currently Used |
3 years |
ORACLE 8 PL/SQL |
««« |
Currently Used |
9 Months |
.NET (C#) |
«««« |
Currently Used |
6 Months |
Delphi |
«««« |
3 years ago |
2 years |
Smalltalk |
«««« |
3 years ago |
2 years |
C |
««« |
5 years ago |
1 year |
Crystal Reports |
«««« |
2 years ago |
1 year |
MQ Series (IBM) |
««« |
3 years ago |
2 years |
Professional Experience
Sample Project |
FPA Web Site – Content Site Managerwww.fpa.asn.au |
Responsibilities |
Technical Project Leader and Systems Architect |
Description |
This Application allows FPA Staff to manage, publish, and moderate content on their website. Content is stored in the database as XML and published to ASP files. The site also interfaces with Membership data from their corporate database. Members can also purchases products and renew their membership on-line. |
Size |
4 months - 4 person team – 2000 users |
Client |
Internet Explorer or Netscape (Plain vanilla HTML with Javascript) |
Web Server |
ASP/XML/JS Pages, Internet Information Server, SSL Security. COM+, XML, ADO 2.6 |
Database Server |
SQL Server Version 2000 |
Sample Project |
Telstra Intranet Site Manager |
Responsibilities |
Senior Developer – front and back end |
Description |
The Intranet Site Manager is a tool designed for Telstra Intranet developers and content producers to build and manage the hundreds of sites from across all business units and around the country that make up the Telstra Intranet. |
Size |
6 months - 8 person team – 10000 users |
Client |
Internet Explorer |
Web Server |
ASP/XML/JS Pages, Internet Information Server, SSL Security. |
Application Server |
COM+, XML, ADO 2.6 |
Database Server |
Oracle 8 |
I Developed their web based inter-bank business to business (B-B) reconciliation system. This system is currently used by international banks including: ING Barings, UBS Warburg, Morgan Stanley DW, Goldman Sachs\BGA , and Deutsche Bank.
Sample Project |
Esphere |
Responsibilities |
Front and Back End Development, Mentoring new developers, Maintain Documentation |
Description |
This is an intranet application for performing reconciliation’s. This system is used by international merchant banks to settle financial transactions. |
Size |
5 months - 15 person team - 50 users |
Client |
Internet Explorer 5, using XML, Javascript and XSL |
Web Server |
ASP/XML/XSL/JS Pages, Internet Information Server |
Application Server |
MTS, XML, ADO 2.5 |
Database Server |
SQL Server Version 7.0 |
In my role as Technical project Leader, I managed and assisted in the development of n-tier finance applications using ASP, Visual Basic, Microsoft Transaction Server, Site Server, and SQL Server.
Sample Project |
IPAC FundSource Web sitewww.fundsource.co.nz |
Responsibilities |
Systems Architect, Development Leader, Liaison with designer. Ongoing support |
Description |
This site displays the latest financial news and statistics for all Funds available in New Zealand. It also has a searchable archive of historical articles. Maintenance of News Articles, Fund statistics and also Users is also incorporated in to the Web site. |
Size |
4 months - 3 person team - 500 users |
Client |
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. |
Web Server |
ASP/XML/XSL/JS Pages, Internet Information Server |
Application Server |
MTS, XML, ADO 2.5 |
Database Server |
SQL Server Version 7.0 |
Sample Project |
Australian Unit Trust Management System |
Responsibilities |
Systems Architect, Specification of project, Development Leader, Assist permanent support staff. |
Description |
This application maintains client’s accounts including deposits, withdrawals, redemptions, rebates, reporting, statements, and correspondence. |
Size |
4 months - 4 person team – 10 users |
Client |
VB Executable |
Application Server |
VB Objects on MTS/COM+ |
Database Server |
SQL Server Version 7.0 |
Sample Project |
On-line Performance Monitoring Reports |
Responsibilities |
Systems Architect, Specification of project, Development Leader, |
Description |
This application generates a detailed performance monitoring report on-line. Agents can log on and download their client’s reports at any time. Some performance tuning was required to reduce the generation time to 4 seconds. |
Size |
6 months - 2 person team – 10 users |
Client |
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, Crystal Reports. |
Web Server |
ASP/XML/XSL/JS Pages, Internet Information Server |
Application Server |
VB Objects on MTS/COM+ |
Database Server |
SQL Server Version 7.0 – 2 GB Database |
As a senior developer I led teams of programmers in projects for various clients. I was involved in all aspects of development process from initial scoping to delivery. In this role I used the latest microsoft technology to provide IT application solutions.
Sample Project |
Vehicle Handling System |
Responsibilities |
Specification of project, Systems Architect , Development Leader, Team Leader (2 staff), Reporting at regular meetings, Ongoing Support on and off-site. |
Description |
This is “Car Haulaways” core system. This system processes, dispatches and invoices the processing, storage and movement of vehicles. |
Size |
6 months – 6 person team – 50 users |
Client |
VB 6.0 application on Windows Terminal Server |
Application Server |
MTS, MS Message Queue |
Database Server |
SQL Server Version 7.0 |
Team Leader of Commercial Customer Information Systems. My team of 3 people developed Visual Basic/SQL Server and Web Applications and also maintained an existing FoxPro database.
(Promoted from Analyst/Developer in October 1997)
Project Leader for application development projects for Prudential Client Services in New Zealand and Australia. In this varied position I provided specifications and cost estimates, developed and supported applications as well as manage projects and recruit contact programmers.
Sample Project |
Requirements Management System |
Responsibilities |
Liaise with Business Analysts to derive a business Specification, Systems Architect , Technical Specification, Development Leader, Team Leader (3 developers), Reporting at regular meetings, Ongoing Support in New Zealand and Australia. |
Description |
This system manages new applications for life and investment products. It automates all letter generation and keeps track of the various stages in creating a new policy. |
Size |
6 months - 6 person team – 500 users (in New Zealand and Australia) |
Database Server |
32-bit SQL Base Servers on NT Server (NZ and Australia) |
Interfaces |
IBM DB2 Database (using MQ Series), MS Word (via OLE), Lotus Notes, Tower Imaging Server, Staffware. |
I Managed a 16 month project to migrate all sites and users from “dumb terminals” to Windows Office Products on a Novell LAN. This included, preparing “request for proposals”, reporting to steering committee meetings, and managing staff.
Programming and testing of Banking and Accounting systems. Praxis Software develops systems in Pascal and 'C' for many purposes including remittance processing, accounting and 'point of sale'.
Masters of Science Thesis (Mathematics) 1992
Path-following methods for Boundary Value Problems and their application to
Combustion Equations.
First class honours in Mathematics 1991
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computing 1990
Supervisory Skills for Team Leaders 1997
Object Oriented Systems Development 1996
Programming with Smalltalk 1995
Project Management Workshop 1994
Australia, United States
Music, movies, cooking, swimming, and hiking
References are available upon request.