Professional Qualifications

9/69 – 7/71 Camborne School of Metalliferous Mining (Cornwall) England: 1st Class Associateship in Mining Engineering.
10/66- 6/69 St. Andrews University (Fife) Scotland: B.Sc. (Chemistry and Geology).
9/65 – 7/66 Rotherham College of Technology: 'A' levels in Maths, Physics, and Chemistry.
7/83 Wits Business School (Johannesburg) - Executive Development Programme
6/82 Finance For Non-Financial Managers
4/74 Holder of S.A. Manager's Certificate of Competency for Metalliferous Mines
11/75 Professional Engineer - Mining (South Africa) - relinquished 2003

Additional Information

Major Skills (By discipline)
IT / Systems Management
Project Management (PRINCE2 Practitioner); Business Analysis; System Analysis; Systems Design; Testing; Database analysis and design, Development, Reporting.
Programming Skills
Language Experience Core
Delphi 5, 6, 7, 8 Over 8 years X
Visual Basic (versions 2 to 6) Over 10 years X
C# 2 years X
VB.NET,ADO.NET 6 months
VBA, ActiveX 4 years X
MS-Access (V2 to 2003), DAO and ADO Over 10 years X
Java and JavaScript, 1 year
SQL 7 - 2005 and T-SQL 5 years X
DBase, Clipper, FoxPro (DOS and Visual) Over 10 years X
BASIC, PASCAL, FORTRAN, C Over 10 years X
XML, HTML and XHTML, XSLT 1 year
Crystal Reports. (V6 – V11 Enterprise/Developer) Over 10 years X
OOP and basics of UML 2 years
Oracle and PL/SQL 6 months
Perl 2 years X
COM, DOM 6 Months

IT Projects in the last 8 years
Current Software Redevelopment Assisting two companies to redevelop and re-issue commercial software packages. (Delphi, C# and SQL Server, Crystal Reports)
Current Commercial Software Development Developing application software for sale on company website written in C# and ADO.NET.
October 2006 Confidential Delphi 7 front end GUI controlling external analogue instrumentation
Ongoing Various Provided public and on-site training courses for New Horizons (Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle; Edinburgh; Glasgow branches), Learning IT (Inverness and Stirling); and Skye and Lochalsh Learning Centre Network in:
SQL Server 2000 T-SQL
MS Project L1 and 2
Word (2000-2003) L1 to 3
Excel (2000-2003) L1 to 3
PowerPoint (2000-2003) L1 and 2
Publisher 2000 L1
Access (2000-2003) L1 to 3
Outlook (2000) L1
Crystal Reports (8.5-11) L1 and L2
09/05-01/06 GE Corporate Fleet Services Contract assistance in conversion of an in-house fleet finance administration system written in Clipper (S87) to a third party Oracle / Java application (Miles). Skills involved are Clipper, Perl, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, Oracle SQL. Requires understanding legacy clipper code, converting functionality to an XML based application, and writing XSLT transforms to provide input / output in required format. This also involves database analysis, functional and field mapping within an object oriented application. Then translating the results into SQL for data extraction by / processing by the XML application. Some functionality has to be provided externally via Perl scripts. It has also involved writing small utilities in Clipper.
07/04-12/04 Xerox Office Products, Bourne End, Bucks 6 month Contract creating Crystal Reports Enterprise (7.5 and 10) into Oracle (8i, 10i) databases. The more complex reports consisted of several sub-reports, joining multiple tables, passing variables as well as multiple complex formulae. Performance was important as the reports ran against Oracle and Crystal servers based in the USA. Required writing PL/SQL scripts to extract and check the data before converting the data extraction routines to Crystal format.
02/04-07/04 NHS GPASS, Glasgow 6 month Contract programming support using Delphi 5, ADO, SQL2000, T-SQL, DOM, XML, COM, OOP. GPASS is used by 85% of all GPs in Scotland.
01/03-10/03 Conversion of existing GWAcc in-house commercial software from Delphi 5 to 7. Creation of new products for sale via GWAcc web site in Delphi 7. Rewriting VB and Delphi code into C# to test .NET concepts
06/03-10/03 UBS Affiliate I T Consultant with international consultancy investigating suitability of centralising IT functions within a previously decentralised gold mining company. This involved interviewing personnel, examining current techniques, technologies and procedures; and reporting back with conclusions and recommendations to the Project leader
10/00-09/03 South African Diamond Workers Union Designed, built and implemented a networked, client / server Pension / Sick / Unemployment Fund Administration and Reporting System for the Diamond Cutting Industry of South Africa. The initial work was to make the original DOS Clipper S87 / Clipper 5 code ‘Year 2000 compatible’. This extended into a complete redesign and rebuild of the system as a client / server based on Delphi 5 (using OOP techniques), MS Access 2000, Crystal Reports 9, XML and ADO platforms. System was also designed to migrate to SQLServer 2000. The system controlled membership of the Union, the Sick Fund, the Unemployment Fund and the Pension Fund. It included cheque generation, image processing (cataloguing and retrieving Microfiche images from CD). The 100+ reports included legal reports to the Receiver of Revenue and the Registrar of Pension Funds; pension projection letters with complex formulae having financially binding results; letters; cross tabulations; graphics.
02/00-10/00 SANLAM, Johannesburg Designed, built and implemented an Employee Loan Administration system for Financial Institute - providing internal and external company reporting and controls. Platforms were Access 97, VB6 and Crystal Reports 7. The system also provided import from and export to EDT systems. The system was used to control loans of up to R25000 (£2000) made to employees of subscribing companies under the control of a major building society. The system kept track of all loans, payment history, personnel history (including address changes) and also provided agent tracking information.
10/99-02/00 Confidential Designed, built and implemented a Project Management / Drawing Office Time Management and Reporting System. The system used Access 2000, ADO, VB6 and Crystal Reports 7; and replaced a DOS based Clipper system.
08/99-10/99 First National Bank, Head Office, Johannesburg Designed, provided technical support and project managed a signature verification system for a major Banking group. The system was based on VB5 and Access97. The initial work was a conversion from Clipper and PCX format scans. The system captured scanned signatures of authorised personnel and produced ‘signature’ books’ which were distributed to the bank’s branches as a verification tool.
04/99-08/99 AFROX Health Care (BOC Subsidiary), Johannesburg Senior Systems Analyst / Programmer - converting Health Care system from Access 2.0 to VB6 and SQL Server 6.5 for major Health Care system provider. The VB code used OOP against SQL tables and stored procedures. Responsibilities included code and GUI system design against a set of business cases, and creating stored procedures for input and reporting.
01/99-03/99 Confidential Designed, built and implemented an MS Access / VB6 system to obtain debt, debtor and client information; manipulate, take and make payments, follow up and report on debt administration for a private Debt Administration company.
09/98-12/98 Confidential Designed, built and implemented an MS Access / VB6 system to obtain, consolidate, maintain and report on Telecommunications Supplier technical circuit information and accounting for major VPN service provider.
06/98-09/98 Monyaka (Bass Leisure subsidiary) Follow-on Three-month contract with LPM Company to document procedures and technical compliance requirements for Gaming Boards, SABS and internal needs.
06/98-05/99 Project Manager / Consultant to an Outsourcing Company. Included writing an MS Access based Time Recording system
11/97-05/98 Monyaka (Bass Leisure subsidiary) Completed a six-month contract as a Business Analyst to a company producing limited pay out slot machines (LPM). The contract involved specifying, designing and testing the hardware and software links between remote system components and the central Monitoring and Control System; specifying changes; implementing processes and procedures. The aim was to bring the South African version of the UK Monitoring and Control Systems

I T Training Courses presented
I am currently providing in-house and on-site training for New Horizons (Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle); Learning IT (Inverness and Stirling); and Skye and Lochalsh Learning Centre Network in:
T-SQL, SQL Server (2000/2003), MS-Access, MS Project, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Crystal Reports (9, 10, 11)

I have also presented HTML and XML Systems Analysis; Database Analysis and Design; OLAP, Visual Basic, Delphi, Oracle Optimisation for other training houses in South Africa
I T and General Management
General Management Responsible for hiring through to firing. Up to 150 staff
Financial Management Budgeting, Cost Control, Financial Planning and Forecasting, Capital Budget of R4million (£400 000)
Strategic Management I T and Mining Industries
Project Management Full life cycle Projects of up to 3 years
Contract Negotiation SLA Negotiation 3 year contract worth R6m (£600 000) per year
Outsourcing Staff Transfer, SLA Management 30 staff
Business Re-engineering Investigation and Implementation
Production Management Production Engineering Projects worth over R10m (£1million)
Industrial Experience
Mining: Open Pit and Underground: Coal, Gold, Platinum, Asbestos, Chrome, Copper, Silica
Agriculture
Brick making
Paper and Pulp
Forestry
Power Generation
Water Treatment
Manufacturing
Education and Training
Skills Development

Other Work and Experience
 Managed outsource contract when employer outsourced I T function to external company. Involved in staff transfer, SLA determination, and SLA management. (2 years)
 Mining consultant for internally developed ERP system (Sybase, Microstation, Powerbuilder) that modelled major mining operations in 3-D linking planning to production, financial, materials management processes. (4 years)
 Senior Consultant - Planned Maintenance. Selling and developing public courses in PM and Reliability Centred Maintenance. Consultant to companies on PM needs and requirements. (1 year)
 General Manager - Industrial Engineering consultancy. All functions: from hiring to firing, financial management, marketing, reporting, etc. – Included managing the process of moving an internal department into a self-funding, profit making external company. (8 years)
 Operations Research Analyst - developed improved operating processes for Mining, Paper and Forestry industries using Geostatistics, Linear Programming, etc. (2 years)
 Financial Analyst - share evaluation using DCF, NPV, IRR, etc. for investment decisions by Senior Management. (2 years)
 Technical Analyst - simulation modelling of surface transport for platinum mining operations. (3 years)
 Shift Boss – underground sectional manager on Gold Mine (3 years)
 Production Miner - gold mines, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa. (2 years)

Assignment History

(This Seller has recently been shortlisted or contracted for the following people4 assignments)

• Delphi Developer: delphi sql server glasgow
• ASP.NET technical trainer: ASP.NET technical trainer - available to teach a five day ASP.NET 1.1 course in the UK on w/c 9th July. All details will be provided on contact. We cover all travel/hotel/meals etc...
• Bond Adapt Trainer: We are looking for a trainer/consultant to carry out User Training on Version 9 of Bond Adapt. We require training for 18 users. We will leave it your discrection as to how you would prefer to carry this out. We will provide the training documentation i.e. user guides.