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Technical Expertise:

Operating Systems:
Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Windows, DOS, Various proprietary embedded operating systems.

Programming Languages:
Java, JSP, .NET, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, XML, Perl, SQL, PL/SQL, C/C++, Visual Basic, Awk, sed, bash, sh, ksh, PAL, Access Basic, MS Word & Excel macros.

Applications/Tools:
Various compilers/IDEs/Debuggers for C++, Java, assembler,
Virtualisation Technologies, VMWARE, Microsoft Virtual Server
Messaging Tools: JBoss
Media Transformation Tools and Compilers: Telestream Flip Factory
Build and test tools: Make, Ant, jUnit, cppUnit, httpUnit, bugzilla
Databases - MySQL, Oracle, DB2, SQL, Access,
Content Management Systems - WordPress, Drupal, ReDDOT, Sharepoint
Storage and Backup Solutions: Virtualised Storage, SAN, NAS, Netbackup, Backup exec

Hardware: HP /Dell/ IBM Server hardware, Checkpoint, Equallogic


Technical Skills:
TOGAF Certified Technical Architect
Experienced Infrastructure Specialist
Technical lead and Team lead
PRINCE2 Certified Project Manager
Architectural principles, frameworks, transitional programmes toward SOA/SAAS Governance
Non Functional Requirements gathering
RFP and RFI documentation preparation and liaison
Configuration Management
Media and Broadcasting Infrastructure Design
Development and Testing
Third party evaluation and negotiation
Board level presentation and workshop
Storage technologies (SATA & SAS)SAN and ISCSI
Backup and Virtual Tape Libraries
Disaster recovery planning, testing and implementation
SOA / SAAS/ TOGAF/ ITIL and Change process implementation,
Virtualisation specification and implementation VMWare VCP
Network security (VPN and Firewalls), antivirus and intrusion protection methodologies

Career summary:

I am a flexible and committed architect and infrastructure specialist. I am eager to learn new skills and competencies. I am passionate about what I do and the solutions I architect. I am an enthusiastic team player and strive to contribute best practice, standards compliant approaches wherever possible.

Worked as technical architect on a multi mullion pound IT transformation project
Wealth of technical experience in various areas, and a variety of organisational and managerial roles
Over 16 years infrastructure experience
10 years experience in configuration control and team development practices
Produced specifications, design documents and end-user documentation
Considerable experience of Virtualisation technologies

EMPLOYMENT
City and Guilds HQ London - Worldwide Education Provider
(Jan-Sept 2008)
Role: Technical Architect

Introduce the use of Enterprise Architecture within the TOGAF framework within the corporation.
Defined some of the architectural principles that would govern all new IT projects, these align business strategy and IT to achieve the City and Guilds 137 objectives for the next 5 years.
Defined all the business critical applications and their respective owners within City and Guilds,
Defined the Non Functional Requirements for all business critical applications, mapped the IT landscape within HQ and all the regional offices,
Create architectural artefacts such as systems documentation where lacking, data and application flow diagrams, use case UML narratives, network and application topology maps,
Defined and collated a Systems Information Base (SIB) retiring over 2500 applications and saving the corporation 4 million in licence fees,
Building a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and collating the business processes with the underlying infrastructure,
Introduced Change Management process that governs the procurement of all new software within the corporation,
On-going documentation of the business processes within the main business functions of the City and Guilds group, HAB, ILM, C&G Institute
Preparation of RFI/RFP Documentation
Defined Application Roadmaps


City and Guilds HQ London - Worldwide Education Provider (June-Dec 2007)
Role: Infrastructure Architect

Deliver technical roadmap for the use of Virtualisation technologies.
Establish third party liaison with Hardware and Software Partners
Deliver architectural artefacts that govern candidate selection, virtualisation implementation and retirement of hardware once virtualised.

BBC Future Media & Technology  
(April 06 - June 07)
Role: Infrastructure Architect

Within this highly demanding role I was responsible for the Infrastructure that supports the web presence of BBC News & Sport online.

Projects included Interactive Media virtualisation, revitalised Content generation, Disaster recovery and storage rationalisation.

BBC News is currently the most read news site on the Internet and daily attracts a readership of around 10 million unique viewers daily.


BBC News Interactive
(March 03 - April 06)
Role: Infrastructure Systems Analyst

3rd Line Support role involving Project Management, Win-Tel Administration, Network and infrastructure Support as well as Project Support and Application Rollout.

Achievements include implementing an Audio Video Database using Documentum as well as daily email syndication services, RSS and on demand Audio Video services,


BBC News Online  
(April 01 - February 03)
Role: Support Analyst

A challenging role involving user desktop, server and network support.
Over 60 broadcast critical services, requiring a broad skills set, the ability to resolve issues efficiently, and excellent client and customer facing skills.


Guildhall School of Music & Drama
(Sept 2000 - Mar 2001)
Role: Network Manager

High profile Arts school that required a resilient Infrastructure to keep up to date sets of Student Records and funding payments, the system included a shared Legacy database with the Barbican Centre as well as shared Servers with the Corporation of London.


Mar 1999 - Aug 2000: Support Analyst - BBC News Support..
Aug 1997 - Feb 1999: Project Engineer/Network Administrator - Brent Council. London
Jan 1997 - Sept 1997: Webmaster - World Systems Records. London.
July 1994 - Dec 1996: Junior Sound Engineer - Chop-Em-Out Studios, Shepherds Bush, London.
Jan 1993 - June 1994: Network Manager - Peninsula College Cape Town, South Africa.

Education
MBA (Technical) The Open University - current
BSc. Hons. Information Systems and Computing 2008 - Birkbeck UCL London
MCSE 2000 - Tech-Connect - Kingston (London) 1998
Sound Engineering - Westminster College, London 1995
Associate Diploma Civil Engineering - Peninsula College, Cape Town 1989-1993


Additional Qualifications
TOGAF 8 Certified - 2008
VM Ware Certified Professional - 2007
APM Prince2 - Practitioner Certification 2005
ITIL Version 2 - Foundation 2005
Network Security - SOPHOS Abingdon (Oxford) 1997

Professional Affiliations
The Open Group - TOGAF affiliate
ITIL
The Data Centre Design Group - via British Computer Society
Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
Member of the British Computer Society: (CITP MBCS)
Full member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) (MIEEE)



Full Skill set and References available upon request