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2006 - CWCS, Nottingham
Technical Support analyst, responsible for systems administration /
installation and telephone support to the firm's clients.
2005 - 2005 ClientLogic, Derby
Technical Helpdesk Advisor, providing telephone support to
external clients on behalf of BT.
2001 - 2005 (sabbatical)
1996 - 2001 Morgan Stanley, Canary Wharf, London
Member of the London Unix 'Specialist Support' function, handling
projects, providing a specialist administration role for market
data delivery to London & Europe and escalated support to less
experienced SAs.
- Managed the deployment of `Secure Filter', Morgan Stanley's
in-house market data delivery system, to London and Europe in
1998.
- Developed a suite of shell script tools to assist in the
management of Morgan Stanley's Unix network
- Appointed Lead Systems Administrator for London Office Equities
trade floor and for Morgan Stanley's Frankfurt Office.
- Successfully managed the design and deployment of the Unix
technical infrastructure for new premises in Junghofstrasse.
- Designed the Unix technical environment for new MSDW
International Private Client Group offices opened in Germany, Italy
and the UK in 2001 in conjunction with colleagues from other
disciplines.
- Provided familiarisation and formal training in Morgan
Stanley's Unix environment to colleagues in various areas of the
firm, notably Integration Engineering.
1994 - 1996 The Sakura Bank, Broadgate, London
Manager, Dealing Systems Support. Responsible for the provision and maintenance
of IT services to the Bank's London Office trading floor.
- Responsible for managing relationships with suppliers and liaising with
external auditors from the Bank of England and other regulatory bodies on
behalf of the Bank.
- Maintained the front-office network of Unix workstations, also
providing direct support to trading floor staff.
- Redesigned, rebuilt and dramatically improved the Unix environment (upgrading servers,
setting up NIS/automounter and establishing acceptable security
practices in particular).
1989 - 1994 Rolls-Royce & Associates, Derby
As part of a small team, successfully oversaw the growth of the Unix
environment (used for nuclear research and design, reactor simulation,
DTP, CAD, Ingres Database) from 20 machines to over 300 SunOS servers
and workstations.
- Promoted to Team Leader, September 1992.
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| Profile |
Computer Systems Manager / Administrator with ten years' experience in
managing (Solaris) Unix / TCP/IP networks, the most recent five years in a
global banking environment. An excellent communicator with a proven record
of managing business-critical projects from initial idea through to ongoing
support.
- Holds an honours degree in Computer Science.
- Consummate understanding of networking principles; extensive TCP/IP experience.
- Holds Comptia's Network+ professional certification.
- Considerable experience with Linux.
- Published magazine article writer.
- Professional proof-reading experience.
- Enthusiastic, innovative team player; strong sense of problem ownership.
- Extremely strong shell script skills.
- Capable HTML designer / developer.
- Has designed and managed two websites, one based on own webserver.
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| Education |
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1985 - 1989 Teesside Unversity, England
BSc (hons) Computer Science (2:1)
- Final year subjects: Artificial Intelligence, Software
Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction.
- Final year project: Lambda Calculus interpreter, written in
ML, to assist research into computability theory.
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| Interests |
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Include:
- Writing
- Keen participant in the Wikipedia project
- Tinkering with Linux distros and domestic networking
- Music (plays guitar)
- Cycling
- Gadgets and technology
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