Naas, Co. Kildare, Eire.
B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin in 1995.
20+ years experience across a variety of I.T. disciplines- :
Programming Experience:
Assembly language (Zilog Z80A, IBM380, Motorola 6502/6510A,Intel 80x86 processor architectures), Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland Delphi, Borland Pascal/Object Pascal.
Operating Systems:
Experienced administrative user of operating system platforms; DOS, Windows 3.0/WFW, 95/98, NT 4.0/2003 Client/Server, 2000/Pro and XP. Working knowledge of UNIX and associated tools.
Web Applications:
Experienced Apache web server administrator, PHP script programmer, Database integrator. In-depth knowledge of SQL, and some knowledge of JavaScript scripting.
Technical Writing:
Former freelance technical writer, contributing to such publications as "Your Commodore", "Home Computing Weekly", "Your Computer", "Irish Computer" among others.
On the Job Training:
Trained at Oracle, Bracknell, UK as an Oracle Designer 2000 administrator. Excellent knowledge of many database platforms, tools & technologies:- Oracle; MS SQL Server (5-2005), MySQL, Microsoft Access 97-2003, Borland Paradox and Delphi, ODBC, DAO, RDO, ADO etc.
Work Experience:
Manyyears experience as a systems architect, analyst/programmer, and an integration specialist on three-tier client/server project. Experienced I.T. trainer.
Current Role:
Currently working as an I.T. trainer on both proprietary, and Microsoft Office software with certified MOS Master Instructor credentials. Responsibilities also include design/development, administration and data quality assurance of 'in-house' database solutions.