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Summary
Talented IT professional, with excellent analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills. Sixteen years experience in projects ranging from small end-user applications to enterprise-level integration solutions. Skilled in all stages of the software development process, from initial analysis through to final deployment. Proven ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies and new ways of working.
Professional Experience
IT Consultant Candle Corporation 2000 - present
Candle Corporation is an international organisation providing products and consulting services for Enterprise Application Integration and Application Infrastructure Management. http://www.candle.com
Key Projects:
EAI project for an international pharmaceutical company
With a small team of developers, designed and developed a system to integrate personnel information between Peoplesoft, iPlanet LDAP, and telephony systems, providing a web interface to 1600 users.
Key technologies: WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQ (MQSeries), Java, J2EE, JMS, JSP, Servlets, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Jakarta Struts, Log4J, JUnit, Ant, Xerces, XML, XSLT, DB2
IP Gateway for a major Australian telecommunications company
Designed and developed a high performance software gateway component for a multi-vendor project providing communications between mobile EFTPOS devices and banking systems.
The delivered system reliably handles up to 16,000 simultaneous TCP/IP connections per server, with a scalable architecture allowing multiple parallel servers for higher loads.
Key technologies: Microsoft Visual C++, WebSphere MQ.
Delivery-Channel Integration project for a major Australian bank
Lead Designer and developer on COM+ integration component, connecting customer's Visual Basic applications with business services over message-oriented middleware.
Assisted with design, development and testing of other components across the project.
Key technologies: Microsoft Visual C++, WebSphere MQ, cross-platform ANSI C
In-house projects:
Assisted with production of a lightweight development process based on Rational Unified Process, including some elements of Extreme Programming and Agile Development.
Developed a suite of tools in Python and Jython for automated integration testing
Developed prototype graphical wagering terminal in Java Swing.
Other Technologies used:
Modelling tools : MagicDraw UML, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Office
Development tools: WebSphere Studio Application Developer, Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, Emacs
Platforms: Windows, Linux, HP/UX, Solaris, other flavours of Unix
Version Control tools: CVS, SourceSafe, PVCS
Senior Developer Charismatek Software Metrics 1995 - 2000
Charismatek is a small Australian company that develops software metrics tools and provides consulting and training in function point counting. http://www.charismatek.com
Led a small development team, maintaining and extending the company's flagship product, the Function Point Workbench
Overhauled existing product, debugging, refactoring, improving performance, and adding new functionality.
Provided customer support and assistance
Designed and developed a re-working of the Function Point Workbench
Evaluated requirements and derived use cases from original product and user workshops.
Constructed a detailed UML design
Evaluated alternative technologies, building prototypes in Java Swing, Delphi, and Borland C++ Builder
Developed the initial release of the new design
Mentored other developers
Key technologies: Borland C++, Borland C++ Builder, C++ Standard Libraries (STL), Rational Rose
Developer Fielden Management Services 1991 - 1995
Fielden is a medium sized Australian company that develops Asset Management and Maintenance products. http://www.fielden.com.au
Developed software to integrate Unix server data with PC-based reporting, analysis, and image display tools
Maintained and developed Fielden's range of products, both in-house and at customer sites.
Key technologies: Borland C & C++, Assembler, PowerHouse 4GL, Visual Basic, Cognos tools
Developer Predictive Management 1987 - 1991
Predictive Management was a small Australian company that developed applications for Project Management, and hardware and software for video capture and multimedia presentations.
Assisted development and maintenance of Project Management solutions in Artemis and TimeLine
Developed a stand-alone interactive graphical Gantt charting tool for DOS
Developed a range of tools for image capture and presentation, using proprietary hardware.
Key technologies: Borland C & C++, Assembler
Education and Qualifications
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) - Monash University, 1985-1987
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform
IBM Certified Specialist, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere MQI v2 (MQSI)
Candle Consulting & Services Asia/Pacific Contributor of the Quarter, Jan-Mar 2003
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