Experience

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  Elcome Ltd

  • United Kingdom
  • Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Development Manager

    • Dec 2015 - Present

  • Development Manager

    • Feb 2014 - Present

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  Texturing Technology Limited

  • Port Talbot

  • System Architect/Team Lead

    • 2012 - 2014
    • Port Talbot

    Working under the Agile framework, development and implementation of a large web site delivered Roll Shop Management System (ERP) to accommodate primary Roll Shop functionality within TATA South Wales Roll Shops. This is an extension to the original ERP to include direct client roll shop functionality and to interface to their legacy mill systems. Report generation via CR and dynamic PDF creation.Development of a .NET Interface Server application to handle data transform and data integration into supporting systems including legacy database applications.Technologies: C#, ASP.NET4, .NET4, WCF, EF4/5, LINQ, SQL Server 2008R2/2005, IIS7, MMQ, DevExpress, CR2011, Visio, TFS

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  AP Benson

  • Software Consultant

    • 2008 - 2014

    Associate member of A.P Benson Consultancy Group, providing IT consultancy services for various Welsh Government IT initiatives. I am also a technical advisor to OFTNAI, Oxford University based AI/Automation research charity.

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  Air Liquide

  • Cirencester

  • Senior Web Developer

    • 2008 - 2014
    • Cirencester

    Working on behalf of IDLS, web site and web services design and development of a real-time, web based, monitoring and reporting system for Cryogenic installations and gas tank installations across the UK. Data is received from remote telemetry units which communicate via GPRS and/or SMS. Historical data is stored to an SQL Server 2008R2 database and available on-line via large data grids or secured WCF services to clients and engineering departments. Extensive use of SMS and email web services for alarm escalation. Automated data transform and transfer to French tank scheduling and delivery systems. Development of a remote GPRS/SMS Data Logger based on .NET MF Gadgeteer technology and MODBUS smart sensors. Technologies: C#, ASP.NET4, WCF, SQL Server 2008R2, MySQL, SilverLight5, DevExpress, Subversion

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  IDLS

  • Cirencester

  • Senior Web Developer/Senior Software Developer/Team Lead

    • 2012 - 2012
    • Cirencester

    Development of a client and engineering ASP.NET web site for VMM (Belgian company) to monitor, display and alarm on environmental data gathered from major cities in Belgium, Data adapters used to pass on the data to their appointed government departments. Development of a .NET application to load and validate the data via web services.Technologies: C#, ASP.NET4, WCF, SQL 2008R2, DevExpress, Subversion

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  Time for Medicine

  • UHW, Cardiff

  • System Architect/Lead Developer

    • 2011 - 2012
    • UHW, Cardiff

    Design and development of both a public and private, web site delivered, adaptive, multi-condition, self-learning neural network medical diagnosis system. Based on SOA, it used the MVC paradigm and included advanced heuristic and Neural Net components. All diagnostic units were distributed, secured WCF web services and included load balancing, security and submission rules. Extensive use of public facing questionnaires, complex data analysis of large data sets, PDF document generation, workflow and manual and automatic neural net training. Integration and use of SNOMED data. Use of CMS (DNN). Technologies: C#, ASP.NET4, WCF, JSON Web Services, DevExpress ASP.Net, Peltarion Synapse (Neural Network Software), NxBRE Inference Engine, Visio, SOA, DNN, TFS, Sharepoint

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  Accolade

  • Cirencester

  • Senior Web Developer

    • 2011 - 2011
    • Cirencester

    Web site and web services development for remote real-time GPRS/SMS based monitoring and alarming of the Paddington Station roof structure whilst major repairs carried out. Client data access via large exportable data grids from the web site or via secure WCF services. Design and development of a client facing web site and web services for monitoring and alarming of A14 Bridge structure whilst major repairs are undertaken. Design and development of a .NET Crystal Reports based mass reporting application with PDF concatenation and automatic email distribution.Technologies: C#, ASP.NET4, .NET4, WCF, EF4, Silverlight5, CR2011, Subversion

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  Texturing Technology Limited

  • Port Talbot, Wales

  • System Architect/Lead Developer

    • 2008 - 2011
    • Port Talbot, Wales

    Design and development of a Roll Shop Management System (ERP) to replace an existing Oracle Forms based ERP and associated systems. The new ASP.NET system had to be developed alongside the existing with functionality transfer carefully handled to not cause any factory operation down time. Interfaces to existing Client (TATA), PLC and SCADA systems had to be re-engineered using latest WCF web services. Technologies: C#, C++, ASP.NET4, WCF, EF4, LINQ, SQL Server 2008R2, IIS6/7, DevExpress, CR2008, Modelio

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  National Grid Transcom

  • Cirencester

  • Senior Web Developer

    • 2010 - 2010
    • Cirencester

    Development of a secure ASP.NET web site for remote monitoring of Super Grid Transformers. Data modelling and analysis modules for temperature and efficiency profiling. Views include grid, charting, mimics, modelling, historical, analysis and geo mapping. Development of GPRS modem and Internet hosted controller applications allowing for constant control and monitoring of remote assets. Technologies: C#, ASP.NET3.5, ASP.NET2, .NET2, SQL Server 2005, C++, C, Embedded C, git

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  Datataker Pty Ltd

  • Cirencester

  • Systems Architect/.NET Developer

    • 1993 - 2008
    • Cirencester

    Design, development and subsequent support and constant upgrade of a .NET application to support the range of data loggers produced by the Australian company. Over 15,000 users worldwide.Technologies: C++, C, .NET2, .NET3.5, Web Services, MS SQL Server 2000, SOAP, ActiveX, STL

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  Sun Microsystems

  • Yately

  • Contract Software Developer

    • 1991 - 1993
    • Yately

    Development of a logistics repair cycle tracking system with vendor management and warehouse control.Technologies: C, C++, Progress 4GL, Unix

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  Thorn EMI Business Communications

  • Maidenhead

  • IT Manager

    • 1989 - 1991
    • Maidenhead

    IT manager for implementation and support of an integrated Business Support System.Technologies: Progress 4GL, C

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  System Designers PLC

  • Farnborough

  • Team Leader, Finance and Communications Division

    • 1987 - 1989
    • Farnborough

    Team leader of Dealer Information Systems workstation development and maintenance teams.

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  Systems Designers PLC

  • Farnborough

  • Team member

    • 1985 - 1987
    • Farnborough

    Software engineer of Aerospace Division working on a flight simulator upgrade from analogue to digital for Aer Lingus.

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  Royal Air Force

  • Various

  • Engineer/Software engineer

    • 1976 - 1985
    • Various

    Trained as an electronics engineer and then as a software engineer on the AEW project. Seconded to GEC.