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Churchill Retirement Living
Developing Intranet (ColdFusion, MySQL and Crystal Reports) and company websites (PHP and MySQL)

December 2003 to July 2007
(Self Employed)

Working more as “NewlinsNet”
developing more web based products from full web sites to small internet applications. Most MySQL and PHP based. Providing support for computer systems for private and commercial locations. Developing the Radio Data Manager for FEBC (VB, SQL Server, Access + MySQL and PHP).

June 2000 to November 2003

(Self-Employed)

IT Developer / Systems Consultant

trading as WinWin Solutions

Providing development and programming support to Flight Refueling, PC Support/Consultancy to various companies and individuals

October 1998 to March 2000

Technical Director,

Newlins Computing Consultants Ltd (Startup family business, privately funded)

Develop software products.

April 1984 to October 1998

Senior Systems Programmer,

Flight Refueling Ltd , Wimborne, Dorset.

Maintain and develop operating systems environment on ICL mainframes, maintain TP and IDMSX database services, develop online systems. Provide technical and systems support for HP3000 (MPE iX) systems. Provide technical and systems support for SCO Xenix and SCO Unix systems. Provide technical and systems support for PC systems (low level hardware and operating systems). Develop PC systems (Assembler, BASIC, COBOL and Visual Basic). Provide technical and systems support for IBM RS/6000 running AIX. To develop transfer mechanisms from ICL to IBM systems. To develop/enhance/maintain new systems on RS/6000 (Avante).

Provide some out of hours cover for mainframe systems.

1980 to April 1984

Systems Analyst,

The DeVilbiss Co ., Bournemouth, Dorset.

Maintain and Develop systems for NCR mainframe, Develop Distributed and ClientServer Systems. Mixed Skills environment requiring programming for mainframe and PC.

1976 to 1980

Clerical Assistant to Executive Officer,
Ministry of Defence (Army) ACSM(DS), Bovington Camp, Dorset

then RAOC (Stores) Bicester, Oxon

Initially as clerical assistant and then clerical officer, worked in the personnel records office of the ACSM(DS). Thence as Executive Officer for RAOC in Bicester as Analyst Programmer (ICL PLAN, George 3, Filetab) for Stores Systems.