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Working with technology in research and development, developing and delivering complex solutions in Canada.

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Work history

cable & wireless March 2008 to the present
Hosted Applications Architect

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How would you describe your time at cable & wireless?

Technical research and development role delivering complex managed solutions against customer and road map requirements

Evaluation and selection of tools and products, specifically by providing technical recommendations
Defining technical requirements to meet customer and business needs
Providing architectural expertise, direction and assistance to product managers and business analysts
Working with customers and technical solution partners to design and deliver solutions
Developing and coordinating end user acceptance testing
Design and development of managed applications such as Cisco TelePresence, IPCCTV, Virtualisation technologies and Windows 2003 infrastructure solutions capable of being deployed across the Cable & Wireless global network
Working with customers and the business to identify and opportunities for new technology solutions
Work with technology vendors such as VMWare, Microsoft and Cisco
Proactive application technology research
Production of technology proof of concepts against customer requirements and product road map
Produce technical documentation and implementation guides
Lead in improving methods, tools and techniques and provide training and mentoring
Provide technical consultancy and support
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cable & wireless December 2003 to March 2008
Delivery Manager (Technical Project Manager)

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How would you describe your time at cable & wireless?

Technical project delivery lead on large scale multi-site highly available customer solutions with the value in excess of ??1 million. Including IS and ISP solutions with DR capabilities using technologies such as DWDM, F5 BigIP & F5 3DNS geographical load balancers, Cisco ASA, Cat switches and PIX firewalls, Nokia firewalls, EMC Clariion SAN architecture, Sun clusters, Wintel servers including HP & Dell with Linux and Windows 2003, Microsoft clustering, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and MSSQL, VMWare, Netcool and BMC patrol monitoring.

Provided technical support and guidance to Project Managers, to support the implementation of new hosting services
Lead virtual teams of Implementation Engineers to deliver new Hosting services
Provided technical impact assessments for planned changes, and service amendments, during the early life support phase for new Hosting Services
Developed and maintained good relationships within the Hosting organisation to facilitate the delivery of new Hosting services
Managed relationships with the external vendors involved in the delivery of new Hosting services
Contributed to the development and improvement of Hosting Service Delivery Capability through the enhancement of service management and technical processes by supporting the Hosting Management Team.
Developed peer relationships with customers and external vendors
Demonstrated an ability to work under pressure, multitask and deliver timely and accurate work packages
Demonstrated an understanding of project management methodologies, and be able to identify the obligations to perform at the various stages of the project
Produced and maintained operational process and design documentation including network diagrams, to facilitate the consistent and high quality service delivery and support
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cable & wireless October 2001 to December 2003
Senior Microsoft Systems Engineer, Level 3

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How would you describe your time at cable & wireless?

Design and implementation of complex IT and hosting solutions incorporating a broad mix of technologies including Sun Solaris, HP, F5 BigIP & 3DNS, Cisco and Nokia devices.

Development and implementation of a security and incident response across a corporate platform
Design and implementation
of the corporate baseline security policy
UNIRAS CERT security alert assessment and the rapid design and implementation of security patches
Design & development of the internal MSI package infrastructure using Installstudio, Adminstudio, Novadigm and Active Directory
Technical development including the design, development and 3rd line support of key infrastructure and servers running on Active Directory and Windows server infrastructure
Supporting a Citrix infrastructure
Development of PHP/mySQL applications
Perl, Kix, NT shell, WMI script, login scripting
Designed and implemented a company wide McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Antivirus management platform
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Computacenter February 1999 to September 2001
Information Technology Consultant

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How would you describe your time at Computacenter?

Information technology consultancy role based across the Halifax Bank head office sites providing technical consultation and designs for internal IT projects

Design, development and deployment of financial applications and systems across the Halifax Bank head office network
Provided key
consultancy and technical escalation point for high level customer technical issues
Working with technical solution vendors and partners to design and deliver solutions
Developing and coordinating end user acceptance testing
Production of technology proof of concepts against customer requirements and product road map
Produced technical documentation and implementation guides
Lead in improving methods, tools and techniques and provide training and mentoring
Provided technical consultancy and support
Managed technical solution sign off and user acceptance testing
Delivered solution implementation and deployment
Developed scripted and automated solution deployments using NT shell, Kix and Perl
Provided a single technical escalation point for engineering issues across 5 remote corporate head office sites
Created virtual teams directly working with the customer (Halifax Bank) to provide technical consultancy for ongoing project work
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IBM February 1997 to February 1999
Network Engineer

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How would you describe your time at IBM?

Lead Novel 3.12/4 & Windows NT network engineer based at the Halifax Bank head office sites

Administrator Novell and Windows NT user accounts
Responsible for managing and maintaining Token Ring and Ethernet network topology
Maintenance of Lotus cc:Mail servers
Responsible for resolving network
issues on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Providing support to end users
Support and maintenance of network infrastructure hardware
Support and maintenance of server hardware and operating system software
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First Computer Centre November 1994 to September 1997
Network Engineer

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How would you describe your time at First Computer Centre?

Managed & maintained the retail shops internal Novell 3.12 network including cabling, servers and clients
Micropower February 1990 to November 1994
Service Engineer/Network Support

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How would you describe your time at Micropower?

Responsible for the software and hardware maintenance of Novell 3.12 servers across 2 retail sites, including server installs, support and maintenance

Education

Harrogate college September 1987 to June 1989
Electrical & Electronic Engineering

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How would you describe your time at Harrogate college?

BTEC National Diploma in Electrical & Electronic Engineering with Microprocessor Applications

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