Curriculum Vitae
NAME: David Robert Newby ADDRESS: 5 Cornfield Close
Nr
Spalding
Lincs PE11 3DB
TELEPHONE NO. Home: (01775) 630760 WEB SITE: http://www.evadan.co.uk
EMAIL: David@evadan.co.uk D.O.B.
PERSONAL
PROFILE:
|
As a widely experienced and
technically qualified professional senior systems analyst/developer, I am
very enthusiastic, highly motivated and quite capable of dealing with any
challenge presented to me. My career to date has given me a range of
expertise in systems management, application development, network design
& implementation, internet/intranet web development and
troubleshooting. I have proven ability
of working well as an individual or as part of a team to accomplish tasks,
with excellent interpersonal and communications skills. |
KEY
COMPUTING SKILLS:
VB.NET [8 yrs] Windows
NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista [11 yrs]
SQL
Server (All Versions) [11 yrs] COM
& Object Orientated Programming (OOP) [7 yrs]
ASP.Net
& classic ASP [9 yrs] ADO, Active X
[7
yrs]
Oracle
(v7,8i,9i) [8 yrs] Javascript + VBScript, AJAX [4 yrs]
Internet
Information Server (IIS) [9
yrs] Sybase, Firebird [1
yr]
HTML [10 yrs] Novell (v3.12 and 4) [3
yrs]
Unix (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux) [8 yrs] N-Tier architecture [8
yrs]
C# [3 yrs] XML
& XSLT [6
yrs]
Business
Fusion + yourSelf [2 yrs] PS
Enterprise (PSe) – (HR, Payroll, AMS etc…) [2 yrs]
Crystal
Reports [2yrs] .NET & Visual
Studio 2003/2005/2008 [8 yrs]
MTS/COM+/SOAP/Web
Services [3 yrs] WCF,
WPF, WF, LINQ [1 yr]
Subversion &
TFS, VSS [2 yrs] Design
Patterns, Messaging Systems (ESB) [2yrs]
MapPoint and
mapping solutions [2
yrs] DevExpress & Telerik Component Suites
[3yrs]
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY:
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(November
2008 – March 2009) (1
month contract + 1 extension) Woodland Anglia Cargo Terminal Priors Way Coggeshall Essex CO6 1TL |
·
Senior .NET consultant reporting
directly to the IT Director working on an EDI import application to interface
to an existing logistics system. ·
Greenfield project to write a complex EDI import
mechanism with various layers of business logic to interface into the
existing Cargowise logistics system. ·
Also refactoring of a lot of their original codebase and database structure on a different system and
fixing of various issues they had encountered. ·
Key Skills Used:-, VS
2008, VB.NET, LINQ, C#, Design
Patterns, SQL Server 2005, XML, DevExpress
controls, TDD, Subversion, Cargowise |
|
(October
2006 – November 2008) (6
month contract + 3 extensions) Ampy Metering Ltd/
Landis & Gyr 1 Lysander Drive, Northfields Industrial
Estate, Market Deeping, Peterborough. PE6 8FB |
·
Lead Developer/Technical
Architect in a $52million Smart Metering project for SRP, the main utilities
provider for Arizona. ·
Ampy (more recently
known as Landis & Gyr) are an international
manufacturer of smart gas, electricity and water metering solutions. ·
Successfully designed and implemented a large
scale multi-tier distributed smart metering/CRM system to communicate with
meters via low power radio and SMS gateways. ·
Also responsible for developing a full
meter/account/customer management system (AMS) to interface with the core system. ·
Full project lifecycle working in an agile
environment and utilising various SCRUM techniques
and TDD. ·
Also responsible for team management and systems
support. ·
Key Skills Used:-, Team
Foundation Server (TFS), VB.NET, C#, Design Patterns, LINQ, Messaging
Systems, Enterprise Service Bus, dependency injection with Castle Windsor, CAB,
WCF, SOAP Web Services, DDD, SQL
Server 2005, XML, Linux, Firebird, DevExpress
controls, SQL Reporting services, nUnit and MS
Test, Subversion, nAnt & Cruise Control, TDD,
core Frameworks, .NET 3.5, SOA, ReSharper. |
|
(August
2006 – October 2006) (2
month contract) Johnston Press plc, Woodston, PE2 9QR |
·
Senior ASP.NET
Developer working on Jobs and CV Matching website for a large media company. ·
Working alongside three other developers to
produce the new http://www.jobstoday.co.uk website (combining functionality
from both the existing jobs site and the http://www.cvmatch.net site). ·
Functionality included a “Job Posting” section, CV
matching to jobs and recruiter and candidate administration and accounts. ·
Also developed a lot of complex custom templated server controls in ASP.NET for use within the
site and a great deal of AJAX pages too. ·
Provided integration with Daxtra’s
CV parser for extracting meaningful data from uploaded CVs. ·
Key Skills Used:-,
ASP.NET, VB.NET, Templated, server and custom
controls, AJAX, SQL Server 2000 and
2005, Visual Studio 2003, Javascript, XML,
Dreamweaver |
|
(June 2006 – August 2006) Unison, WC1H 9AJ |
·
.NET Consultant
working on a Pay and Grading Project for Unison ·
Coding of web pages in ASP.NET, VB.NET and C# to
perform new calculations and modelling on the re-organisation of all of Unison’s new pay scales. ·
Various other change controls/fixes to their
systems. ·
Key Skills Used:-,
ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, PS |
|
(February
2006 – June 2006) (3
month contract) Johnston Press plc, Woodston, PE2 9QR |
·
Senior ASP.NET
Developer working on an Entertainments Platform Project for a large media
company. ·
Solely developed an entire “Entertainments”
platform for use within over 250 web portals for all the local and national
newspaper sites that Johnston Press own. ·
Functionality included a What’s
On section, Cinema and Restaurant Guides, Photo galleries (with uploading of
photos via MMS and the web sites), full searching of all items/events etc… ·
Use of complex custom templated
server controls in ASP.NET for ease of implementation for the site designers. ·
Content feeds and editorial taken from a number of
different sources. ·
Key Skills Used:-,
ASP.NET, VB.NET, Templated, server and custom
controls, AJAX, .NET Web Services, SQL Server 2000 and 2005, Visual Studio
2003, Javascript, XML |
|
(October
2005 – Present) Various
Projects Evadan Systems Ltd Office 5 King Langtoft PE6 9NF |
·
Various Projects ·
Setup “yourSelf” system
with Business Fusion and PSe for the Church of
England and training for several users. ·
Ongoing enhancements and development of new
functionality to the “Donations” .NET system for the Garfield Weston
Foundation. ·
Enhancements to London Furnishing’s Stock control
system. ·
Working on ABF Property Management System (VB
based) for Associated British Foods and also developing a web based solution
in .NET. ·
Implemented a web based mapping solution for a
fleet management tracking system utilising both
Microsoft Virtual Earth and also Google APIs. ·
Key Skills Used:-, yourSelf, Business Fusion, PSe,
VB.NET, VB6, ASP ADO.NET, SQL Server
2000/2005, Crystal Reports, MS Access, C#, Visual Studio 2005/2008, Virtual
Earth, Google APIs, Javascript. |
|
(July
2005 – October 2005) 3
month contract ContainerLift Ltd Dunmow |
·
CF.NET
development on PDAs and barcode stock control system ·
GPS monitoring
application over GPRS ·
Developed a PDA application in .NET for tracking
the movement of pallets onto lorries and between depots (Full development
life cycle) ·
Also developed a .NET system for monitoring the
GPS locations of lorries around the country and
using web services and MapPoint to plot locations and calculate routes. ·
Designed and wrote a low level .NET installer
program for the PDA application to automatically install from an SD Card. ·
Key Skills Used:-,
VB.NET, CF.NET, SQL Server 2000, MS MapPoint, Web Services, HTTP Requests,
Windows |
|
(April
2005 – Present) Ongoing
Projects Evadan Systems Ltd 5 Cornfield Close Spalding Lincs PE11 3DB |
·
Various Projects ·
Developed an entire Stock
Control System using PiccoLink barcode scanners
with a VB front end and a web interface for a plastics company. ·
Built a survey creation add on module for the SalesLogix eCRM system that
enabled users to create online web based surveys for their email campaigns. ·
Developed another stock control system for the
London Furnishing Company using Unitech barcode
scanners for checking in/out goods. ·
Various other support and development contracts
with other companies. ·
Key Skills Used:-,
Visual Basic 6, SQL Server 2000, ASP, HTML, Barcode Scanners, Active X |
|
(Oct
2004 – 2007) Ongoing
.NET Project Work British Sugar & Associated British
Foods and also the Garfield
Weston Foundation |
·
.NET Projects ·
Working for British Sugar, ABF and the Garfield
Weston Foundation doing various fixed price .NET projects including a
Donations System, Contact Management system and a Property Management
database. ·
Implemented their current live Charity Donations
system in their head office in Grosvenor St and currently provide ongoing
support to their users and any further development enhancements ·
Various other enhancements to Donations System and
coding of approx 30 reports using SQL Server and Crystal Reports in .NET ·
Key Skills Used:-,
VB.NET, ADO.NET, SQL Server 2000, |
|
(Aug
2003 – March 2005) [Initial
1 month contract +4 extensions] Northgate Rebus HR PE3 6JY |
·
Senior
Developer/Consultant ·
Working in Professional Services department doing customisation for PS Enterprise and Business
Fusion/yourself for a number of major clients (including Debenhams, EasyJet, Diamond Trading, EMI Records, Mitie, PowerGen(E.ON), Scottish
Water, BASF to name but a few) . ·
Implemented “Time & Attendance” and “Mileage
Expense” systems for several clients. ·
Project managed a U3 database, web and Business
Fusion upgrade from start to finish for a large chemical company (BASF). ·
Developed the NSPCC’s current pension system. ·
Implemented all the Law Society’s web based
Payroll & HR systems including their Training and Recruitment modules. ·
Also, worked in the Business Services Hosting
department solving payroll related problems for a large hosted customer base. ·
Key Skills Used:-, SQL Server, PS Enterprise, Business Fusion,
ASP, VB, Impromptu, MTS/COM+,
VBScript, VBA, PS Scheduler, Oracle, DTS, COM, Windows 2000 Server, Citrix,
Terminal Services, XML |
|
(June
2003) [1
month contract] Spicers Ltd Sawston CB2 4JG |
·
E-Commerce
Consultant ·
Short term contract tuning IIS performance and
troubleshooting various network and application problems. ·
Involved IIS log analysis and web farm monitoring
and tweaking various IIS components. ·
Key Skills Used:-, IIS, perfMon,
Cisco LocalDirector, SQL Server, ASP, Windows 2000,
XP, Web Farms, COM, Web Services. |
|
(Feb
2003 – May 2003) Evadan Systems Ltd The Old Chapel Manuden Nr Bishops Stortford Herts CM23 1DT |
·
Freelance
Development Work ·
Working for my own company I secured a number of
development contracts with large companies (writing systems using Visual Studio,VB, Interdev, ASP, COM
and .NET). ·
The systems I developed included a school Canteen
system, a Stock Control system using barcode scanners, a Sales and Marketing
email and web module
for one of the leading E-Business packages on the market that tracks customer
interest for various marketing campaigns and a holiday home rental web site. ·
Improved my company network infrastructure to handle
the demands of today’s business requirements and to cater for multiple
support and
development environments. ·
Key Skills Used:- VB,
Visual Interdev, ASP, XML, Oracle, MS Access, .NET, ADO, IIS, SQL Server,
HTML, SOAP, n-Tier Application & Web UI Design, COM & COM+, Visual Studio, RF Technology and PicoLink
Barcode scanners, CRM Software. |
|
(June
2001 – Feb 2003) [6
month contract + extensions] GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Building 6, Ware Herts |
·
Senior Business
Analyst/Developer ·
Working for the Small Projects and Rapid
Application Development Group (SPARG) group in Pre-Clinical IT (PC-IT) at
GSK. ·
Responsible for developing GXP compliant systems
for the various business areas within GSK to iQMS
standards ·
Successfully wrote and delivered four major applications
to the business through the full project life cycle (ie.
From first analysis through to final project delivery and full documentation
for the systems). ·
Business analysis for projects and iQMS deliverables in various areas of GSK on a consultancy
basis. ·
Successful completion of SOPs for the business. ·
Also responsible for IIS administration of all the
web servers, and served as a key player in future network design and
implementation strategies. ·
Key Skills Used:-
Visual Studio, iQMS, VB, ASP, Oracle, .NET, iPASD, NT4, ADO,
IIS, COM, XML/XSL, VBA, SQL
Server, Visual Interdev, HTML, Lotus Notes, Documentum,
n-Tier Design, UML, VBScript & Javascript, Perl
and UNIX (Solaris) |
|
(Sept
2000 – April 2001) [6
month contract] British Telecommunications
Ltd FastTrack Solutions, 109-117 Long Road CB2 2HG |
·
Analyst
Programmer ·
RAD developer in a 4000 user environment ·
OO design/analysis including modeling a multitude
of COM projects ·
Key Skills Used:-
Visual Studio, VB6, ASP, SQL, Oracle, NT4, ADO, IIS, XML, COM, VBA, HTML,
XML, Dreamweaver, n-Tier
Application Design, Javascript & Attachmate 6.5 |
|
(Jan
2000 – Sept 2000) [6
month contract + extenstions] Auto-OnLine
Ltd, Auto Online House, |
·
Hands-on IT
Director ·
B2B dot com company (currently valued at
£15million) providing remarketing solutions for the Internet car market. ·
Design to implementation of entire IT
infrastructure and systems
for both in-house and Globix. ·
Developed various full life cycle applications and modules for
interface with all RAC customers (using VB and XML). ·
Implemented a high tech training room using Sun
NetRays with smart cards and Terminal Server. ·
Fully responsible for all IT purchasing, outsourcing
and hiring
plus presenting progress reports to the board of directors every month. ·
Key Skills Used:- VB6,
Visual Studio, SQL, ASP, IIS, NT4, ADO, Oracle 8i, Solaris 7, Apache, COM,
VBA, HTML, Hyperflow load balancing/failover clustering, Javascript, XML,
Windows 2000, Citrix and Terminal Server. |
|
(Feb
1999 – Jan 2000) [6
month contract + extensions] SmithKline Beecham New Frontiers Science Park
(North) |
·
Developer/Support
analyst ·
Headed a small team on a large budget project,
developing a replacement LIMS system (CIMTRACK) start to finish for entire
n-tiered infrastructure within project budget, including all Y2K testing and
web based reporting functions with ASP. ·
Achieved competent understanding of LIMS systems,
Genotyping methods and QMS procedures. ·
Key Skills Used:- Sybase, IIS, VB6, Visual Studio, ASP, COM, HTML, NT4,
|
|
(July
1998 - Feb 1999) [3
month contract + extensions] Simoco International
Ltd |
·
3rd
line support/development ·
Contract with large telecom company. ·
One of Three MCSEs responsible for 21 NT Servers,
all BackOffice issues and 3rd line support to the helpdesk. ·
Developed company web site (on Apache and IIS) and
web mail system using ASP and MS Exchange Serer. ·
Key Skills Used:- NT4, VB6, Visual Studio, MS Exchange, SQL, SMS, HEAT,
Proxy Server, IIS, Citrix Winframe, Windows Terminal Server, RAS, ASP,
Apache, Solaris, HTML |
|
(Feb
1998 - July 1998) [3
month contract + extension] Wickford Test and Repair
Centre Ford Motor Company Ltd Wickford |
·
Senior Systems
Support Analyst contract for Ford Motor Company ·
Fully responsible for 3rd line desktop support and
management for site plus development of replacement Shipping and Receiving
system for interface with Ford’s main Oracle based supplier database. ·
Key Skills Used:- HP-UX,
VB, SMS, NT4, MS Office, TCP/IP, Oracle, HTML, SQL Server, Visual Studio |
|
(March
1997 - Feb 1998) [Permanent
position] KCS Information Management
Ltd Bishops Stortford Herts. CM23 3HX |
·
Technical
Support Manager ·
Fully responsible for start to finish large IT
support contracts while managing a team of system analysts. ·
Network design and installation work for clients. ·
Web master and VB development consultant. ·
Key Skills Used:- NT4, VB6, MS Office, Unix, Novell, MS Exchange Server,
TCP/IP, Oracle, SQL Server,HTML, IIS, Visual Studio,
Groupwise |
|
(Oct
1996 - March 1997) [Permanent
position, sub-contracted by KCS] Wickford Test and Repair
Centre Ford Motor Company Ltd Wickford, Essex. |
·
Plant IT
Manager. ·
Fully responsible for start up and administration
of plant's Unix network (HP-UX), standardization of PC client loads,
developing site’s web pages. ·
Wrote an MS Access based barcode system to replace
the site’s production system. ·
Key Skills Used:-
HP-UX, VB, HTML, MS Frontpage, MS Access, Oracle, SMS, SQL Server, NT4 |
|
(Nov
1995 - Oct 1996) [Permanent
position, sub-contracted by KCS] Research and Engineering
Centre Ford Motor Company Ltd Laindon, |
·
Senior Systems
Analyst and Client/Server Co-Ordinator for Ford of ·
Fully responsible for development/maintainenance
of 17 Client/Server and web based applications for multiple Ford plants
through ·
Key Skills Used:- Oracle,
VB6, OfficeVision, HTML, Javascript, MS Office, HP-UX, NT4 |
|
(Sept 1994 – Nov 1995) [Permanent
position] KCS Information Management
Ltd Bishops Stortford Herts CM23 3HX |
·
Helpdesk Support
Analyst ·
Sub-Contracted to Ford Motor Company. ·
Responsible for providing network and 2nd
line PC support to over 4000 users. ·
Key Skills Used:- Novell
Netware, MS Office, Outlook, NT4, HTML, PC Support skills |
|
(May
1994 - Sept 1994) [Permanent
position] South Woodford Electronics Southmill Trading Centre Bishops Stortford, Herts |
·
Electronics PCB
Designer ·
Finished university and took a job in the
electronics field, designing and producing PCB modules. ·
Studied Novell CNE course in spare time |
EDUCATION
AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Ampy Metering Ltd - Dependency
Injection / Inversion of Control using Castle Windsor
-Messaging Systems
/ Enterprise Service Bus / CAB
- LINQ to XML
Northgate Rebus HR -
PS Enterprise Training (HR, Payroll, Recruitment and AMS modules)
-
Business Fusion + yourSelf training
GlaxoSmithKline
(GSK) - All required GSOPs completed for IT development
work and business
-
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Training
-
Lotus Notes development training
-
Portal Training
-
Sybase Admin
-
Transact SQL (T-SQL) and SQL Server
-
Active Server Pages (ASP)
BT FastTrack
- OO Analysis & Design with
Business Objects
BareFoot - MS Exchange Server (v5.5)
InterQuad - Microsoft Certified Professional
(Windows 95 MCP Product Specialist)
- Novell CNE qualifications (Novell 3.12 CNE)
Hewlett Packard -
HP UX (9&10)
Ford Motor Company - PC Configuration (3rd
line support level)
- X.400 Silas Administration & X Windows
(Exceed)
- Oracle & SQL Server Admin
- Visual Basic
- ISO9000 and QS9000 qualifications
KCS Information -
Microsoft Windows NT Server
Management Ltd (KiM) - Systems Management
Server (SMS)
- HTML, VBScript and JavaScript
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9 G.C.S.E.s in Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Technology,
English (Lang), English (Lit.), Geography,
French and German.