About Me

Work

I've been a programmer for all my professional career. My first 4 years were spent on a CoBOL based software suite for GPs but I quickly became interested in the Web and have been working in that field for the past 26 years.

Key Technical Skills:

  • ASP (classic)
  • ADO, DAO, OLEDB, RDO
  • AJAX
  • CSS
  • DHTML
  • OOA, OOD, OOP
  • Server Scripting:
    • VBS Files
    • Unix Shell Scripts (bash mostly)
    • Powershell
    • .bat files (believe it or not, you still need these from time to time)
  • PHP
  • PRINCE2
  • SSADM
  • SQL:
    • MS SQL Server
    • MS Access
    • MySQL
    • MySQL Cluster
    • Oracle 10g
  • Web Server Administration:
    • Apache
    • IIS
    • Tomcat
  • XHTML
  • XML
  • XSL(T)

Languages:

  • C
  • C++
  • CoBOL
  • JavaScript / JScript / ECMAScript
  • Java
  • JSP
  • Pascal
  • Perl
  • PHP
  • Python
  • VB, VBScript, VBA
  • VRML

Frameworks / Libraries:

  • OpenGL (Graphics Library)

Operating Systems:

  • DOS (all versions)
  • Windows (all versions)
  • *nix
    • Tru64 Unix
    • Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLES 9)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5)
    • Debian
    • Knoppix ;-)
  • Mac OS X

Professional Interests:

  • Security
  • Web Development

Formal Qualifications & Training:

  • ITIL (Foundation) - 2011
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) - 2011 (v7.1)
  • PRINCE2 (Foundation) - 2008
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) - 2007 (v4.1)
  • Member of the Institution of Analysts & Programmers (MIAP) - 1990

Academic Qualifications:

  • MSc.Software & Information Systems (2010)
  • Diploma in Systems Analysis & Software Design (1994)