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TransferMate Global PaymentsSoftware Developer
Oct. 2022 - Feb. 2023United Kingdom
Jumar TechnologySoftware Developer
Nov. 2021 - Jun. 2022United Kingdom
Consumer Savings NetworkSoftware Developer
Jun. 2019 - Dec. 2021HandforthDesigned and wrote a system to handle Mis-Sold Investment claims using VB.NET, Office 365 and SQL Server on Amazon Web Services. Office 365 documents are stored on Dropbox - part time employment.
Walker Smith - part of the Workr GroupSoftware Developer
Sep. 2018 - Sep. 2018ManchesterMore minor enhancements to the payroll software.
Walker Smith - part of the Workr GroupSoftware Developer
Mar. 2018 - Mar. 2018ManchesterMinor enhancements to the accounting software.
WALKER SMITH GLOBAL LIMITEDSoftware Developer
Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017ManchesterFollowing the takeover of Brian Hann Business Services by Walker Smith Global, I migrated the bespoke payroll software from a locally based server platform to being cloud-based with Office 365 and Dropbox – home-based, part-time contract. Additionally, there were some minor enhancements.
Consumer Savings Network LtdDeveloper
Mar. 2016 - Mar. 2016Handforth Enhanced a system written in-house to add new facilities and fix bugs to satisfy regulatory demands. The system had been developed with VB6 and uses a SQL Server database. Some new fields were added. This was a short contract.
Brian Hann Business Services Limited (BHBS)Contract Software Developer
Jun. 2015 - Sep. 2015HandforthMade further enhancements to the payroll and accounting system.
Brian Hann busSoftware Developer
Jun. 2015 - Sep. 2015HandforthMade a number of minor but necessary changes to keep the software up to date with payroll practice and to satisfy legal requirements.
Brian Hann Business Services LtdAnalyst/programmer - contract
Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2014Handforth Reconstructed the client’s specialist payroll management and accounting system based up on Excel to utilise Office 2013 instead of 2003, using SQL Server 2012 and ADO. Specialist functions have been placed in an Add-In rather than DLL to facilitate maintenance. The old system has been migrated successfully without any loss of historic data.
BRIAN HANN BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDApplication Developer
Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2014HandforthReconstructed the client’s specialist payroll management and accounting system based up on Excel to utilise Office 2013 instead of 2003, using SQL Server 2012 and ADO. Specialist functions have been placed in an Add-In rather than DLL to facilitate maintenance. The old system has been migrated successfully without any loss of historic data.
Bureau Veritas LtdExcel/VBA Developer
Feb. 2013 - Mar. 2013Didsbury, Manchester Developed an application in Excel 2010, extended by VBA, to provide a useful graphical management information tool, capable of monitoring a large number of contracts across Europe and Scandinavia.
Brian Hann Business Services Limited (BHBS)Contract Software Developer
Mar. 2012 - Jul. 2012HandforthFurther enhancements were made to the payroll management system.
Brian Hann Business Services Limited (BHBS)Contract Software Developer
May. 2010 - Aug. 2011Handforth Contract to produce a specialist payroll management and accounting system based up on Excel with a suite of customised financial functions using ADO and SQL Server, written in VBA and placed in a DLL using VB6.
AutoCoding Systems LtdContract Software Developer
Apr. 2010 - May. 2010Sutton Weaver, Runcorn Short full-time contract of 3 weeks to produce an Excel spreadsheet (extended with VBA) to facilitate the preparation of quotations for the installation of factory automation – initial phase.
University of ManchesterResearcher
Jun. 2009 - Apr. 2010Visualise MR scans for research using IDL - two days per week.
Glenfern AssociatesContract Software Developer
Jan. 2008 - Jan. 2008Rewrote and rebuilt the company's website using PHP, XHTML and CSS to web standards, and incorporating a service written in C# for gear manufacturers - www.glenfernassociates.co.uk
VirtenSysContract Software Developer
Aug. 2007 - Aug. 2007Added functionality to an engineering spreadsheet with VBA, producing XML and executing Perl scripts under the control of the Excel workbook; Designed and developed an application in Excel/VBA to model and visualise lender plan rules for loan brokerage software, and so generate XML input to a web services application written in C#. Contract spanned 3 days/week.
Thoroughbred Solutions LtdFreelance Programmer
Oct. 2006 - Jul. 2007Cheadle, Cheshire Designed and developed an application in Excel/VBA to model and visualise lender plan rules for loan brokerage software, and so generate XML input to a web services application written in C#. Contract spanned 3 days/week.
Glenfern AssociatesSoftware Developer
Jul. 2005 - Sep. 2006Designed and developed a software application called CIVEM® to help local government target benefit fraud more effectively. Registered the trademark with the UK Patent Office, designed and produced promotional literature to market the products.
Cable & WirelessAnalyst/Programmer
Sep. 2004 - Jun. 2005Completed successfully a contract to enhance FORTRAN legacy systems on DEC Alpha systems under OpenVMS. Commended for the innovative use of Excel, Access and VBA to help in achieving this goal. Also, built spreadsheets to send to OfCom.
PowergenAnalyst/Programmer
Nov. 1997 - Apr. 2002Supported, maintained and enhanced the IT part of the energy trading system.
Developed a message translator in TibCo and C++ for NETA across two software platforms - Windows NT and Sun Solaris.
Migrated software between major versions of OpenVMS, between Oracle 7 and 8 and switched databases from RDB to Oracle.
Designed and wrote a number of PC-based applications in C and C++ and ported them later to an IBM AIX environment.
Mercury CommunicationsAnalyst/Programmer
Jan. 1996 - Oct. 1997Development programmer working to enhance two important systems that were used to manage the Mercury telephone network.
Substantially modernised a major portion of the network management software without rewriting all of it, and at a much reduced cost. By encapsulating the FORTRAN code in C wrappers and converting them into server applications, clients running on PCs and Unix computers could access the servers remotely, using the Open Software Foundation's DCE, remote procedure calls and Interface Definition Language (IDL).
SWEBAnalyst/Programmer
Sep. 1995 - Dec. 1995Member of a small Management Information Systems team.
Added several custom mapping facilities in Microstation to the PC system employed by SWEB to record the state of the regional electricity company's power distribution network in Bristol and the South West.
Offset ServicesAnalyst/Programmer
Jan. 1994 - Jan. 1994Development programmer for a small, but specialised computer services company.
Developed an application to read data from an external source and construct 3D geometrical figures and shapes in Microstation for viewing, sizing and manipulation. i.e. pipe-work, pressure vessels and structural steelwork. Subsequently the package was exported to several countries.
ICIAnalyst/Programmer
Jan. 1986 - Jan. 1992Member of Design Systems Group within the Engineering Department. Involved with support, maintenance and enhancement of a number of scientific, engineering, decision support and "expert" systems - mainly DEC FORTRAN. e.g. photogrammetry, pipe-work design and pipe stressing, film manufacturing, design of experiments and cost estimation.
ICLDesign Automation Computer Programmer
Jul. 1979 - Aug. 1985Computer programmer in Design Automation Department at ICL MAN05, specialising in bare board testing and software to design and build uncommitted logic arrays for ICL's S3L project in collaboration with Fujitsu.
ICLDesign Automation Computer Programmer
Sep. 1974 - Aug. 1976Computer programmer in Design Automation Department at ICL MAN05, working on programs to test the electrical continuity on bare board multi-layered, through-hole plated printed circuit boards.
ICLQuality Control Chemist
Jan. 1973 - Aug. 1974Quality Control Chemist in multi-layered printed circuit board manufacturing facility at ICL West Gorton (MAN05)
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