Additional Information

Objective
To make full use of my unique range of IT and management skills and interests to develop technically advanced information systems that provide business advantage to users. I have an extensive knowledge of numerous development languages and computing environments including Visual BASIC 6, C#, VB.NET, SQL Server, Perl, PHP, mySQL, (LAMP), ASP, ASP.NET, XML, Java and JavaScript on Windows and Linux / Unix platforms.

As well as my technical ability, my written and verbal communication skills, project management expertise, team leading, mentoring and management skills allow me to make a consistently valuable contribution to any IT project.

Available Skills
The following skills are listed in alphabetical order.

Skill Description of Experience Duration
ASP / ASP.NET Development of numerous web sites using ASP and more recently ASP.NET 1999 to Current
Access Development of numerous database systems in Microsoft Access using all versions of Access from 1.0 through to 2003. Development using Access Forms and Reports and VBA. 1994 to Current
C# / VB.NET 18 months experience of C# / VB.NET, developing AI applications and Web Applications / Windows Services with C# , and Workflow applications and desktop applications in VB.NET. May 2006 to Current
COM / COM+ Several years of experience with COM/COM+ systems on Windows platforms, including MTS. Experience of multi-tier, transaction based database systems with thin and thick client and distributed COM components. 2000 to Current
Crystal Reports Use of Crystal Reports to develop reporting systems against a range of databases. All versions of Crystal Reports up to and including Version 8. 1996 to Current
HTML / DHTML / CSS Development of numerous web sites using HTML / DHTML and CSS. Development with Dreamweaver, Frontpage or text editor. Development of sites meeting W3C standards using CSS and HTML4 standards. 1994 to Current
Java, JavaScript Development of JavaScript inserts for Web Pages. Development of Java applets and applications. Use of JDBC. 1999 to Current
LAMP Linux / Apache / mySQL / PHP web site development skills. 2001 to Current
MS-Office Automation of MS-Office applications using VB / VBA in all versions of Office form Office 4.3 to Office XP. I am particularly skilled with MS-Word automation and automation of MS-Excel. 1996 to Current
mySQL Extensive use of mySQL as a database for web site back-ends. Use of this database with ODBC, PHP, Perl and ASP. 2001 to Current
Oracle Development of Oracle databases using Oracle Versions up to Oracle 8. T-SQL, ODBC, Stored Procedure development. 1997 to Current
PHP Development of web site back ends in PHP, particularly the use of object oriented PHP development. This has been sued on several websites, including eCommerce applications. 2001 to Current
Perl Development of CGI scripts for web sites in object oriented and non-object oriented Perl. 1997 to Current
SQL Server Extensive experience in SQL development in all versions of SQL from SQL Server Version 6.5 to SQL 2005. Use of ODBC, Stored Procedures, T-SQL, Triggers and Database Replication. 1997 to Current
Visual BASIC Extensive development work with all versions of Visual BASIC from VB3 to VB6. Development of ActiveX and OLE applications, and extensive use of OO development and design techniques. Extensive experience of ADO, OLEDB, XML development. 1993 to Current
Web Services Development of Web Services using SOAP and proprietary web APIs. 2002 to Current
XML Extensive use of XML as a data interchange medium between Web Sites and non-Internet applications. Use of DTDs and XSLT. Also use of XSLT / XML in dynamic web sites. Creation of Schemas. 2001 to Current

Business Sectors Worked In
In the last 20 years I have worked in the following business sectors: E-Commerce, Finance and Banking, Insurance , The Post Office, National Health Service, the Steel Industry, Light Manufacturing, Road Haulage, Communications, Public Transport Management, Higher Education, the Building Trade, the Voluntary Sector and Academia.

Other Details
I am a published author with half a dozen books and several hundred articles to my credit.
In my spare time I run a web hosting service for non-profit organisations and develop Artificial Intelligence applications I am also a licensed radio amateur, occasional radio presenter and I enjoy writing short fiction and scripts. I am currently improving my skills in .NET, C# and other emergent technologies. My most recent interest is in Ruby on Rails.