PRINCE2 IT Project Manager DotNetNuke Web Design HP NonStop Tandem SQL COBOL85 TAL TACL C C++ Programmer Technician Guardian PATHWAY BASE24 XPNET Sales ASP.NET MediaCityUK BBC Manchester Liverpool

Born in 1968 (Firs Maternity Home) in Leigh (Lancashire, UK), I attended a couple of local schools in Hindley (Wigan) before studying Computer Science ‘A’ Level at Leigh College (Marshall Street) in the mid-eighties. In 1988, I started a 2-year Higher National Diploma (HND) in Computer Studies at Bolton Institute of Higher Education (BIHE), now the University of Bolton (Lancashire).

After graduating with a Distinction, my professional IT career started soon after in late 1990 after accepting a position as a HP NonStop (formally Tandem Computers) programmer (GUARDIAN, PATHWAY, COBOL85, NonStop SQL) at The Software Partnership in Runcorn (Cheshire). This software development role involved me with the sp/ARCHITECT-BANK™ electronic banking application and IBM host interfaces.

The Software Partnership / Deluxe Data International Operations

Progressing to Lead Analyst by 1994, (The Software Partnership was taken over in this same year by American company Deluxe Data to become Deluxe Data International Operations (now FIS via eFUNDS, Warrington). At this point, I had returned from Poole in Dorset (UK) after a 3-month secondment to Barclays Bank to develop a billing extension for the Barclays Business Master II application (BBMII). From mid-1994 onwards, I provided technical support for a number of sp/ARCHITECT™ accounts in the UK and abroad including the Periphonics (bought by NORTEL in 1999) Voice Processing systems (VOS) and account interfaces developed for GiroBank in Denmark.

In late 1995, I was offered a key role as a senior programmer (GUARDIAN, PATHWAY, TAL, C/C++, COBOL85, NonStop SQL) at Insider Technologies Limited in Salford Quays (Greater Manchester). Still continuing as a specialist in the HP NonStop arena, I developed COBOL85 (SQL embedded), TAL and C/C++ PATHWAY servers for the Reflex 80:20 application. I became the Reflex Product Manager in 1998 shortly after 3-month secondment to CrestCo (now Euroclear) in London developing volume testing and benchmarking software. This software was used to test the performance of the CRESTCo Stock Settlement application on newly installed S7000 G Series HP NonStop systems (first delivered in the UK).

In 2001, I developed code (both in-house and at ACI Worldwide in Watford, UK) to integrate the ITL Reflex HP NonStop product with the XPNET layer of the BASE24™ application (developed by ACI) to provide complete Windows-based graphical monitoring for the ATM and POS estate supported by this layer (in particular, the TLF and PTLF transaction log files). This ITL product then became known as Reflex ONE24. In the following years, I also managed the certified integration of the Reflex product with the primary Enterprise Managers HP OpenView Operations™ (HP OVO - now HP Operations Center), BMC Patrol™ (formally COMMAND/POST™) and TIVOLI™.

Today still working for ITL, my main role involves overseeing technical initiatives and aiding in pre-sales situations as well as representing the company in the UK and abroad at HP NonStop IT conferences such as ITUG, EBUG and SATUG. In this pre-sales capacity, I also present the latest ITL software updates and initiatives to conference delegates attending from key European banks and other financial institutions.

Since 2005, I have worked very closely with the RTLX™ product (Real-Time Log Extraction) for BASE24™ (TLF and PTLF) log file monitoring and continue to look at other opportunities to integrate this product with other primary payment and trading applications such as BASE24-eps™.

As part of my primary management role at ITL, I successfully headed up a team to design and deliver mainframe ATM and point-of-sale monitoring software to HSBC bank in 2008. Prior to this implementation, I was heavily involved with the joint architects, Alliance & Leicester (now Santander) with the initial design, development and project management of the product. I provide out-of-hours technical assistance and support to the Bank of England, Royal Bank of Scotland and Euroclear (formerly CRESTCo).

I am currently studying the PRINCE2 project methodology in order to extend my IT management skills still further.

I have developed some ASP.NET code for the RTLX Reactor™ product and work in this area has also given me an interest in .NET technology and more specifically DotNetNuke, an open source web application framework hence this website. Along with this, I also maintain a photographic timeline for the MediaCity:UK (MC:UK) Peel development in Salford Quays which will be home to the BBC in 2010/11. The MC:UK development was started in June 2007.

I have designed and built (1, 2) the current company website at www.insidertech.co.uk and increased the website ranking to page one of Google and other search engines. This has meant learning Windows ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 technology as well as attending website authoring, design and prominence courses. I have also upgraded my own personal website to use this same technology.

I live in Bolton (Lancashire) with Sarah and daughter Freya. My pastimes include golf (member at Worsley Park in Manchester), tennis, pool, badminton, squash, cinema, photography, learning French and of course, maintaining this website.

For more information, access my professional profile at LinkedIn or feel free to contact me.

I am currently studying the PRINCE2 project methodology in order to extend my IT management skills still further.

For more information, access my professional profile at LinkedIn or feel free to contact me.

HP NonStop Tandem, PRINCE2 Practitioner, DotNetNuke Web Design and Development and IT Project Management Skills

DotNetNuke Web Design and Development and IT Project Management Skills, HP NonStop Tandem, PRINCE2 Practitioner