Senior Software Architect

JJO Plc | Feb 2004 - Present

JJO Plc are one of the largest manufacturers of Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Furniture with a annual turnover of £34 million. JJO Plc have 3 factories which cover an area over 0.80 million sq ft with over 300 employees. My overall responsibilities include the development of line of business systems for desktop and mobile, network design and configuration, windows server infrastructure and research and development.

Skills
c#, .net (WPF, MAUI, Xamarin, Winforms, Gprc, LINQ, Asp.net), Windows, Linux, Android, PowerShell, SQL Server, MySQL, Cisco IOS, Superset, Active Directory

Other
git, gitea, bootstrap, linux .net

Chief Technical Architect

FS Walker Hughes Ltd | Dec 2000 - Feb 2004

FS Walker Hughes was a company formed by ex-colleagues from Manchester Airport. I joined the company as a 4th Member and Shareholder holding the position of Chief Technical Architect. I was responsible for engineering applications for Manchester, Luton and Liverpool Airports.

Skills
C++, C#, MFC, ATL, WTL, SQL, Win32, COM, GDI+, .Net

Senior Software Engineer

Baxall Security Ltd | Mar 2000 - Nov 2000

Baxall Security Ltd is a leading British manufacturer of high-quality CCTV equipment and video network solutions. My position at Baxall was a Senior Software Engineer in a team of 4 developing and constructing the design and development of a multi-session CCTV camera system.

Skills
C++, C, MFC, ATL, WTL, Win32, COM

Contract Senior Software Engineer

Manchester Airport Plc | Nov 1998 - Feb 2000

At Manchester Airport I was in a team of System Developers, developing a high-profile Airport Based Management System. The system was deployed live on the 15th July 2000 and supports over 200 users in and around the Airport.

Skills
C++, C, MFC, ATL, WTL, Win32, COM

Contract Senior Software Developer

Gehis (Uk) Ltd (AHH Pharmaceuticals) | Jul 1998 - Oct 1998

Gehis UK is the largest UK pharmaceutical wholesaler. The project I was involved in was developing a Pharmacy Dispensing System, which is to be used in over 3000 pharmacies throughout the United Kingdom. The system is to be used for dispensing, labelling, keeping patient records, drug interaction checking and stock control and ordering via modem.

Skills
C++, MFC, ATL, Win32, COM

Contract Senior Software Developer

ICL (Fujistu) | Jan 1998 - Jul 1998

My position at ICL was a Software Developer. The project I was involved with was codenamed IDAHO (ICL's Database for Airport Handling Operations).

Skills
C++, MFC, ATL, Win32, COM

Senior Software Developer

Price Waterhouse Cooper | Mar 1995 - Dec 1997

At Price Waterhouse I worked on a desktop application called Arena. This was a spreadsheet-based application similar to MS Excel, and was used to calculate Corporation Tax for Price Waterhouse. The product was used in-house and, in some instances, sold to some of their major clients.

Skills
C++, MFC, ATL, Win32, COM

Senior Software Developer

Blackburn Associates System Integrators Ltd (BASIL) | Jul 1994 - Mar 1995

At BASIL I held the position of Senior developer. I was working on a system called CHOCS (Computerised Handling Operation Control Systems). The system managed and processed flight information within an Airport.

Skills
C++, C, MFC, ATL, Win32

Senior Software Developer

MIS Computer Services | Apr 1987 - Jul 1994

I joined MIS as a Programmer/Analyst developing applications for the Local Authority sector. The applications consisted of Planning and Building Control Systems. I was involved in all aspects of designing, developing, testing, installation, customer support and project consultancy. In August 1989, I was promoted to Senior Programmer and worked solely on technical software development, working directly with the Technical Director of the company. I designed and developed specialised work for either customer and in-house.

Skills
Pick Databasic, Proc, English, Reality Assembler, C, C++, MFC, Win32