Experience

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  Travis Perkins

  • Northampton, England, United Kingdom

  • Software Engineering Manager

    • Sep 2022 - Present
    • Northampton, England, United Kingdom

    I am line managing a team of software engineers, who work on a variety of systems, but I also task manage engineers who specialise in the finance systems. I am also responsible for support for those systems.

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  Travis Perkins plc

  • United Kingdom
  • Wholesale Building Materials
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Technical Service Lead

    • Aug 2019 - Sep 2022

    This is a new role for Travis Perkins, working alongside a service lead, in a DevOps environment, providing technical support. The role is likely to evolve over time.

  • Senior Software Operations Engineer

    • Dec 2018 - Aug 2019

    Travis Perkins is moving to a DevOps type IT solution and the Scrum Master post has been abolished. I am now working as a Senior Engineer in one of a number of 'service pillars'. These pillars are a merge of engineering and support functions.

  • Scrum Master / Senior Software Engineer

    • Nov 2014 - Jan 2019

    I'm both scrum master and line manager for a team of five to eight software engineers. It's my job to help them to work out what they can do, of the current project, in a two week Iteration and then help them to achieve that target.As their line manager, it's my job to enable them to be the best they can be in their current position and to encourage them to develop their skills and careers.

  • Software Developer/ Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer

    • Nov 2006 - Nov 2014

    As an developer / engineer and then senior engineer in a team, I developed software in Universe Databasic, VB6 and VB.Net. Most of the time I worked on finance related projects but more recently have been involved in stores and branches related projects.For the last few years we've also been moving to an Agile based methodology.

  • Production Support Analyst

    • Sep 2001 - Nov 2006

    As part of a team, I was responsible for ensuring that company wide, nation wide systems functioned correctly. These were predominately Universe Databasic systems but I also supported Microsoft systems as required.

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  Waymaker Ltd (Media Information Ltd)

  • Northampton / Chesham, United Kingdom

  • IT Support Manager

    • Sep 1998 - Sep 2001
    • Northampton / Chesham, United Kingdom

    As IT Support Manager, it was my job to ensure that Windows NT systems, Citrix systems and Linux systems continued to function as required. My team consisted of two network administrators and two database administrators.

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  Softcare Systems Ltd

  • Northampton

  • Customer Support Analyst

    • Aug 1995 - Sep 1998
    • Northampton

    It was my job to support and train customers, mainly on site, in their use of our charity database system. I also installed and supported SCO Unix and Windows NT systems for customers.

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  United Society for the Propogation of the Gospel (USPG)

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Computer Systems Manager

    • Jan 1992 - Jul 1995
    • London, United Kingdom

    Initially as Database Administrator and then as Computer Systems Manager it was my responsibility to ensure that the society's IT systems functioned correctly. While I was there, I was also involved in the process to upgrade their system from a Honeywell Bull mini computer to a HP Intel based system running Windows NT.

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  Option Software

  • Potto, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  • Trainee Programmer

    • Jan 1991 - Jan 1992
    • Potto, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    I was a trainee programmer, writing programs in Microsoft Professional Development System (BASIC), for GP surgeries.

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  Tinto Industries, subsiduary of Rio Tindo

  • Harare, Zimbabwe

  • Production Planning Manager

    • Jul 1985 - Apr 1989
    • Harare, Zimbabwe

    As Production Planning Manager, it was my job to ensure that farm implement batches were programed through the factory in a timely manner. To help me in this, I had a department of five planners and clerks.

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  Farmec, part of the Astra Group then

  • Harare, Zimbabwe

  • Computer Supervisor, Parts dept

    • May 1984 - Jun 1985
    • Harare, Zimbabwe

    When IMCO closed, due to a drought, I was transferred to Farmec to assist in the computerisation of their parts department. The software was supplied by a British company, running on Data General systems.

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  IMCO Farm Implements, part of the Astra Group then

  • Harare, Zimbabwe

  • Production Planner

    • Mar 1982 - Jun 1984
    • Harare, Zimbabwe

    As a member of the Production Planning team, it was my responsibility to take a batch of farm implements and a required date and program them through the factory, calculating materials required, path through the factory and deadlines.