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Administrative

Fixer/Problem solver.

Quantify and qualify the task, the first key!

Communicating the task and possible solutions.

Progress chasing the solution

Project Control
  • I learnt about Critical Path Analysis at the end of the 70s, & employed the ideas at a start-up, then in a PLC who could be sending out over 100 systems a day. Now I apply the techniques all the time!
  • The technical knowledge was no good without being able to communicate & getting people to buy in. I therefore got myself involved with various leadership tasks.
  • Developed other communication skills e.g. Newsletter editing
  • Financial considerations; fitting all factors together (resources, schedules, financial year and market year etc) for optimum solution.

Selling Customer Service

I have taken time to be trained in sales management and customer service selling techniques.

Entering partnerships with blue chip companies.

Financial

Creating budget plans for divisions, departments and projects. Policing customer accounts.

Training

Presentations

Providing paying customers and in-house staff, product training.

Giving formal presentations to customers, staff and politicians!

 

 

 

Technical knowledge

Mechanical engineering

Experienced in the development and build of high tolerance Electro/ pneumatic /mechanical systems.

Production engineering

Experienced of implementing processes for continuous and batch production, including Kanban and ISO. And subsequent policing of production.

MINT

Experience of drive profiles for stepper and servos.

Digital hardware

  • Design of microprocessor based products
  • Familiarity with principles from logic through to skew
  • Interfacing methods, serial links, parallel etc with related technologies; optics, rf lines. Protocols RS485,232, IEEE488, etc
  • Mass storage

Assembler
  • Z8 interface
  • 8051 remote controls and home automation
  • Z80 LED signage

Related test and measurement
  • Use of protocol analysers to determine datastream content. EG no broadcast on an X25 system.
  • Reflectometers for actual performance analysis of broad and base band structures
  • ICE & logic analysers for timing and oddballs in system operations. E.G software cycle taking indeterminate time, due to LSI design fault

Telecomm
  • Involved in most aspects of the introduction of a new Airtraffic control telecomm switch (one up from a high quality telephone exchange for radio, landlines, leased lines, optics etc. With call routing, stats etc
  • Involved in the subsequent administration of above
  • Involved in the Upgrade to an Ericson PABX, and a Mitel ISDN system.
  • Involved with a review of a Central system used for polling and remote upgrade of client estates during the year 2k work.
  • Introduction of remote monitoring and control systems e.g.; noise monitoring ILS, car parking, production line monitoring and control etc

PLC
  • For system control, i.e. for interacting with other production line equipment and a baggage system.
  • Experience of programming and interconnecting

Vision system

CCTV, graphics, optics, fibres, teletext insertion.

Experience of employing the technologies, e.g. a to reduce system failures and increase bandwidth throughout, involved in spec and design

Specialist
  • Scintillation counting with radio isotopes
  • Year 2k upgrades for blue chip clients effecting hardware and software

 

 

 

Software knowledge

NT

Configuring systems

  • NT workstation, installing and configuring PC based systems for various clients using network configurations.
  • End-user. Configuring and administering my own home network consisting of NT 3.51 and 4 Windows 95 & 98 on a Novell network.
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Novell

Configuring and administering systems

  • Configuring Automated office systems.
  • Implementing security
  • Printer servers
  • IPX and TCP/IP for DEC Pathworks

DOS

Conversant with all variants down to interrupts and calling routines

VMS

Configuring and administering MicroVAX clusters

UNIX
  • Administering Remote interactive Terminal System and Security access control
  • Configuring and administrating my own Apollo workstations and SCO PCs
  • Configuring and supporting HP-UX for clients

Windows
  • 3.1,3.11 WFW , 95 and 98 familiarity with setting up and modifying ini files etc

Databases
  • Writing applications in Dbase e.g. a Passenger Information System and companies Management accounts.
  • Project managing the introduction of various Oracle and Informix systems and their subsequent administration and report creation, using SQL

C
  • Reading/debugging of machine control code
  • Writing small links/programs
  • Using for monitoring code timings

Visual Basic

Small test programs with professional front ends

Microsoft's suite of Office applications
  • Projects for Windows
  • Used for costing, resource usage, schedules archive and communications
  • Word + FrontPage +Corel/venture. Used for publications, reference, intra and internet. Plus mailing with macros.
  • PowerPoint used to create training material and presentations.
  • Access used to track software bugs and solutions.
  • Excel created macros and applications for in-house and customer use at DEK, for processing test data.
  • Outlook express Preferred mail, news interface

Set-up departmental Office suite.

SPC packages

QC calc used to monitor a process performance. Used with clients and in house.

 

 

 

Interests and other activities.

Publications

I have written for the trade press and various new -sheets

I have just completed editing a multi- media magazine for a Jubilee event

Voluntary work

I have been involved in the Engineering Councils Neighbourhood Engineering project at various schools.

Building things

I love building things. Creating the design then building it, whether it is in brick, steel, wood or plastic. This has included furniture, buildings, vehicles and toys.

 

 

 

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