Preferred Role:

Project Manager, Software Engineering Manager

Current Skill Set:

Project Management, people management

Preferred Location(s):

Belfast

Position Sought:

I would like a role as software engineering manager, test manager or project manager

Current Work Permits:

Authorised to work in the EU

Education:

GCSE or equivalent

Driving Licence:

Yes

Objective

Find a challenging environment to make full use of the extensive knowledge gathered during my career.

Experience

Apr 2005-Present Huisman Management Solutions Portadown

Project Manager

A 6-month contract for Eircom Ireland as Project Manager in the IT Department.

· Manage project to resolve problems in the SLA Manager product.

· Manage project to integrate the SLA Manager product for both the wholesale and retail areas for eircom.

Aug 2004-Mar 2005 Huisman Management Solutions Portadown

Project Manager

Initially a 3-month contract for O2 Ireland as Project Manager in the Technology Group.

This contract was extended twice.

· Manage project to replace WAP Gateway

· Manage project on billing improvements. This includes hardware replacement, introduction of management tool, introduction of monitoring tool and introduction of end-to-end load testing for E-Top-up services.

· Manage project to introduce End-to-End Load Testing for all of the O2 Ireland Data services. This includes WAP, MMS and SMS.

· Manage 3G End-to-End testing project for all of the O2 Ireland services. This includes Video Telephony, Ringtone downloads, Game downloads WAP, MMS and SMS.

May 2004- Jul 2004 Huisman Management Solutions Portadown

Property Developer

Worked as property developer by upgrading and renovating houses.

Jan 2004-Apr 2004 LogicaCMG Dublin

Senior Project Manager

Project for delivery of global address book application to very large telecom provider:

Responsibilities included but were not limited to:

· Manage the relationship between development centre and system Integration team

· Manage the relationship between third party provider and System Integration team

· Recruitment

· Project progress reporting

· Manage external test resources

· People Management

·Team building

Jul 1998-Dec 2003 IONA Technologies PLC Dublin

Software Engineering Manager

Manage teams varying in size from 7 up to 36 people. Technologies used were C++, Java, DCOM/COM, CORBA, WebServices and Application servers. The responsibilities included but were not limited to:

· Manage the team responsible for the maintenance of Orbix and OrbixWeb

· Host management for WebServices product Artix

· Implementing "eXtreme Programming" in engineering group worldwide

· Manage cost reductions by reduced budget targets

· Plan and timely delivery of agreed products

· Define and manage interoperability tests and test matrix between all of IONA products

· Set-up and management of glasshouse test network

· CORBA compliance testing with the Open Group

· Manage external test resources

Jan 1998-Jun 1998 IONA Technologies PLC Dublin

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Manage resource planning for QA department as well as project control and verification.

Apr 1996-Dec 1997 Compuware Europe B.V. Amsterdam

Teamlead Quality Control Presentation Services Department

Manage a team up to 9 people with the following responsibilities:

· System testing for new functionality.

· Evaluating best possible tools.

· Manage relationship between software development and software production.

· Regression test environment

· Code coverage environment

Jan 1996-Mar 1996 Compuware Europe B.V. Amsterdam

Teamlead 2^ndline Support/Quality for Control Desktop Pr Centre

Manage a team up to 8 people with the following responsibilities:

· Analysis of customer reported problems.

· Proposing possible workarounds to customer.

· Reviewing proposals from the development team.

· Beta testing.

· Regression test environment.

· Code coverage environment.

Mar 1995-Dec 1995 Compuware Europe B.V. Amsterdam

Quality Control Engineer Control Desktop Product Centre

Responsibilities:

· Unit testing of patches and new features.

· Review documentation for new functionality.

·Source-code checking on several platforms.

Jul 1990-Feb 1995 Interprogram Amsterdam

Senior Systems Constructor

Responsibilities:

· PTT Telecom in Groningen -

Develop and unit testing of existing and new applications.

System analysis to enable detailed telephone calls specification on consumer invoices

· Ministry for Internal Affairs in The Hague -

Manage maintenance for a budgeting system used by three Ministries.

System analysis for budgeting system.

Jul 1987-Jun 1990 HOVU Automatisering Almere

Systems Analyst/Programmer

Responsibilities:

· Develop and maintain financial administration, salary administration, equipment monitoring and commercial support applications

· Develop application for data communication between head office and branches

· Develop programming standards

· Develop user documentation

· Manage data processing department (3 data typists)

Nov 1985-Jun 1987 HOVU Automatisering Almere

Computer Operator

Responsibilities:

· Develop Back-up strategy

· System management

· End-User support

Mar 1982-Oct 1985 Data General Nederland BV Amstelveen

Materials Handler for Field Service Department

Responsibilities:

· Ordering and maintaining the supply of computer parts

· Implementation of a supplies control system

Jan 1981-Feb 1982 Dutch Royal Army

Corporal (obligatory military service)

For 6 months of my military service I served in the Dutch UNIFIL detachment in Lebanon.

Education

1972-1979 HAVO (equivalent to Leaving Certificate).

1979-1980 HTS-Engineering/Design at HTS Amsterdam

1987 "Structured programming in COBOL" at VOLMAC, Utrecht.

CQCS at ACTO, Amersfoort.

1990 Advanced CQCS at HOVU Automatisering BV by CYBERTEK.

1991 "System Construction" at Interprogram.

"Communicative Skills" at Interprogram.

1992 "Potential Management" at Interprogram

"Advanced Communicative Skills" at Interprogram

1994 "Test Management" at Interprogram

1995 "Uniface academy" at Compuware

"Winrunner" at Compuware

1996 "Software Project Planning & Management" at Compuware

"Management skills for the new & prospective manager" at Compuware

1998 "OrbixWeb" at IONA Technologies

"Advanced Excel" at Moresoft computers Ltd.

"Interviewing Skills" at IONA

"leadership & Influencing Skills" at IONA

"Structured Software Testing" at IONA

1999 "Goal and Objective setting for managers" at IONA

"Stress Management" at IONA

2000 "Finance for non-Financial Managers" at IONA

"Emergency First Aid" at Liberty Risk Services

"Innovate & Activate" at IONA

2004 Project Management Approach and Solution Implementation Method at O2 Ireland

2005 Currently undertaking Master Degree in Project Management

Achievements

2001 Co-written paper on "extreme Programming in a maintenance environment" published in IEEE Software magazine

2001Presented the paper on "extreme Programming in a maintenance environment" at the ICSM in Florence, Italy

2002 Presentation on "Implementing eXtreme Programming within IONA" at XP-SIG in Dublin, Ireland

Interests

Photography, reading, gardening, carpentry, computers.

Technical Knowledge

Software

Technologies

Hardware

Operating systems

Windows 2000, XP, NT4.0 NT3.x, 95, 98, ME

Unix and MacOS

Programming languages

Orbix/OrbixWeb

Uniface

COBOL

C++

CQCS

Java

Data bases

Oracle

DB2

CORBA

WebServices

Software packages

MS-Office

Communication

TCP/IP

Scripting

Perl, JavaScript

Test Automation Tools

Winrunner

Loadrunner

QARun

Sun Solaris 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 2.9

HP-UX 10.20, 11, 11.11 both 32 and 64bit

IBM AIX

IBM 3090

UNISYS 1100/2200

PC's

Apple Macintosh