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Dave Howe
Software and Hardware Engineer
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Member Since:
2003/02/24
Top Skills:
Encryption
SSL / HTTPS
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2,204,978
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1621
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Professional Background
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Software and Hardware Engineer
ANS Group Plc
March 2015 – Present
Development, Fault resolution and deployment assistance for the Rapid Cloud automation platform.
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Education
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Polytechnic of Wales
Computing Technology
1988 – 1990
Sunderland Polytechnic
1987 – 1988
Wearside college
1985 – 1987
Thorney Close Secondary School
1981 – 1985
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Level 33
Dave needs 107,022 points to level up.
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Overall
33
2,204,978
Encryption
21
929,270
Security
16
568,725
SSL / HTTPS
14
424,556
Email Clients
11
266,387
OS Security
10
220,342
Email Protocols
9
196,207
Exchange
9
164,920
Email Servers
8
128,276
Vulnerabilities
8
128,173
Outlook
7
111,242
Anti-Virus Apps
6
92,538
Email Software
6
73,477
Linux Security
6
72,692
Linux
5
71,629
Network Security
5
65,789
Web Browsers
5
64,487
Networking
5
63,862
Windows Server 2008
5
63,314
VPN
5
58,365
Microsoft IIS Web Server
5
58,329
Software Firewalls
5
53,233
Apache Web Server
4
46,916
Software
4
46,714
File Sharing Software
4
43,275
Web Servers
4
42,294
Active Directory
4
38,907
Windows XP
4
37,857
Windows Server 2003
4
36,392
Linux Networking
4
35,572
SSH / Telnet Software
4
35,470
.NET Programming
4
33,225
Internet / Email Software
3
27,330
PHP
3
26,735
Microsoft Legacy OS
3
25,612
System Utilities
3
25,292
Hardware Firewalls
3
24,399
Digital Forensics
3
23,533
Thunderbird
3
23,286
Cisco
3
22,850
Windows 7
3
22,782
Microsoft Applications
3
21,493
C#
3
21,425
Web Applications
3
21,418
Storage
3
20,989
Microsoft Server OS
3
20,785
AntiSpam
3
20,200
Internet Protocol Security
3
20,130
ASP.NET
3
18,500
MySQL Server
3
18,350
Unix OS
3
18,272
Algorithms
3
18,248
Windows Networking
3
18,200
Microsoft SQL Server
2
17,639
Programming
2
16,875
Routers
2
16,548
HTTP Protocol
2
16,450
Web Development
2
15,740
Groupware
2
13,868
Linux Distributions
2
13,408
Networking Protocols
2
12,839
Java
2
12,791
Web Services
2
12,600
Server Software
2
11,889
Windows OS
2
11,688
Internet Protocols
2
11,618
Storage Software
2
11,510
DNS
2
11,350
Google Workspace
2
11,250
Wireless Networking
2
11,160
Microsoft Office
2
10,700
Networking Hardware-Other
2
10,515
Internet Explorer (IE)
2
10,500
Miscellaneous
2
10,358
Windows Vista
2
10,189
Visual Basic Classic
2
9,740
iPhone
2
9,500
Network Analysis
2
9,300
Microsoft Forefront ISA Server
2
9,232
Storage Hardware
2
9,209
TCP/IP
2
9,170
Web Languages and Standards
2
8,864
Mac OS X
2
8,568
SBS
2
8,397
Cloud Computing
2
8,168
Network Management
2
8,149
Network Architecture
1
7,800
C++
1
7,400
Smartphone Programming
1
7,400
Java App Servers
1
7,200
E-Commerce
1
7,178
Microsoft Access
1
7,050
Smartphones
1
6,800
ASP
1
6,740
HTML
1
6,723
Project Management
1
6,500
Lotus IBM
1
6,400
Scripting Languages
1
6,400
Microsoft Excel
1
6,300
Switches / Hubs
1
6,264
IT Administration
1
6,200
Editors IDEs
1
6,000
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
1
6,000
Printers and Scanners
1
6,000
Shell Scripting
1
6,000
Server Hardware
1
5,900
Visual Basic.NET
1
5,800
Visual C++.NET
1
5,800
Internet Marketing
1
5,772
Databases
1
5,750
Firefox
1
5,500
Hardware
1
5,368
Windows 2000
1
5,361
Network Operations
1
5,200
JavaScript
1
5,164
Remote Access
1
5,060
Windows Live Mail
1
5,000
Web Components
1
4,950
Chat / IM
1
4,875
Windows Batch
1
4,675
Adobe Acrobat
1
4,500
System Programming
1
4,472
Home Security
1
4,384
Linux OS Dev
1
4,264
BlackBerry
1
4,000
Google Chrome OS
1
4,000
Microsoft Word
1
4,000
Oracle Database
1
4,000
Laptops Notebooks
1
3,912
Microsoft DOS
1
3,800
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
1
3,768
Microsoft Development
1
3,500
Voice Over IP
1
3,500
Web-Based CMS
1
3,500
MultiMedia Applications
1
3,220
Delphi
1
3,100
Disaster Recovery
1
3,050
Windows 8
1
3,000
Windows Server 2012
1
3,000
Wireless Hardware
1
3,000
LibreOffice
1
2,900
Math / Science
1
2,900
AJAX
1
2,800
Apple Hardware
1
2,800
Novell Netware
1
2,800
Citrix
1
2,752
Application Servers
1
2,672
Java EE
1
2,664
Anti-Spyware
1
2,640
C
1
2,500
WCF
1
2,400
DB Dev Tools
1
2,200
Microsoft SharePoint
1
2,200
SSIS
1
2,100
Virtualization
1
2,100
Dell
1
2,001
.NET App Servers
1
2,000
Acronis
1
2,000
Apple Software
1
2,000
Assembly
1
2,000
BlackBerry Programming
1
2,000
Broadband
1
2,000
Content Management
1
2,000
Cyber Security
1
2,000
Digital Cameras / Camcorders
1
2,000
FoxPro
1
2,000
FreeBSD
1
2,000
JScript
1
2,000
Microsoft 365
1
2,000
Microsoft Dynamics
1
2,000
Office Productivity
1
2,000
Productivity Apps
1
2,000
VBA
1
2,000