Technical Consultant (Nov 2003 - )
Currently employed as a Software Engineer and Architect developing a cross- platform SCM related product as well as providing Consulting services on our own products and those of a partner company. I am currently developing a Unix user-interface in C++ on Linux, but which will run on almost any Unix platform.

Senior Consultant (Sept 1996 - Oct 2003)
Worked up from a Software Engineer, through Technical Architect to Senior Consultant in the employ of a leading multi-national CORBA/Java/.NET/OO Consulting and Training company.  My job for the seven years I was there involved a diverse mixture of Consulting, Architecture, Mentoring, Training, and Software Development.  Almost all of this work has involved working directly with clients (mainly large banks, insurance and telecoms houses), including helping to direct their IT stragegies and architect their software systems.  I have had projects exhibited at such shows as CTExpo and JavaOne.  I presented seminars and training courses (some up to a week long) on behalf of my employer and have been involved in the writing and development of their training material.  I have also played a role in setting up parts of their network and looked after their website in their early days.  During the entire time I kept my hand in with some routine systems adminstration.

Software Engineer (Aug 1994 - Sept 1996)
Employed by a small software house to develop their own product, a C++ documentation tool (a pre-cursor to JavaDoc, but more powerful).  My role was in the design and development of the parser technology used to extract comments and semantic information from source code.  I was responsible for the development of fuzzy parsing techniques and comment association technology found in the product today. I also played a role in the Technical Support of the product.  My last year also saw me as the companies Systems Administrator,running their Sun SPARC network and mail system.

Training and Seminar presentation (>650 hours).  I am used to communicating complex and technical ideas to a variety of levels of personnel.  Used to travelling and getting around whilst abroad.

I speak a little French and a very small amount of German, both of which I would like to improve.

As you will see by the rest of my website, I am a keen GNU/Linux user and advocate the use of FOSS (Free Open Source Software, as in Free Software released under the GNU General Public License) and indeed a lot of my own software has been made available under the terms of the GPL.  I have been using Linux for over 5 years, and am used to installing and setting up Linux servers, and performing upgrades and maintenance on them. I also help support a Linux modem driver.

I have several years experience of being a part-time Unix Sys Admin on both SunOS and Solaris, with a small amount of Windows NT thrown in.  I have a good understanding of the day-to-day issues of running a network and have a good knowledge of setting up TCP/IP networks connected to the Internet.