Skills

I have always been the kind of person that likes learning new things, and trying to understand how things work. I have a hungry and inquisitive mind. I also like putting what I know into practice, in a creative and innovative way. I have worked in a professional I.T. environment for over 23 years, and have also used and developed my skills while working within the voluntary sector and at home on various projects. So over many years I have embraced different ways of working, and got along well with all team members.

I have always worked with computers, in some way or another. I like the challenge of programming computers, as well as assembling hardware and making it “come alive”. I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm with others, explaining the “magic” in a way that is accessible to people of various abilities and backgrounds.

• music - playing - teaching
• maths - think in binary
• teaching - with gmcc - qfs
• describe some of the projects @ nsc, lsd, microdevelopments
• hobby arduino - vpo, x10, railway
• sijtec website framework & data recovery
• nsc reading/writing mag tape - cobol & assembler
• learned cobol by reading other's code from printer

Java : NetBeans, Swing

LAMP : Linux, Apache, MySQL (aka MariaDB), PHP

Web Developer : HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, PWA, Joomla, Yii & HumHub, CakePHP, DokuWiki

Network Administration : TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Firewall, OpenVPN, MQTT (Mosquitto), Bash

Arduino Microcontrollers : C/C++, X10 Home Automation, Model Railway, Virtual Pipe Organ

Source Control : Subversion

Hardware : Build & upgrade PC's

Can work alone, as a part of a team, or lead a team

Can explain technical issues and processes to non-technical staff & clients

Keen to learn new ways of working, new programming languages

Programming and electronics are my hobby and joy

Designing, testing, debugging

Data conversion

Working with secure systems and data - official secrets act