Developing a head media test system for Xyratex’s disk manufacturer customers. Development covers C/C++/C#/Python/matlab on a Windows PC (XP & Vista) and Greenhills Integrity running on an embedded PowerPC processor interfacing to advanced electronic hardware.

Debugging customer problem’s relating to IBM’s Java Development Kits on z/OS platform: Java & C++/C. Customers typically use a JDK bundled with another IBM product such as WebSphere or CICS. Developed and shipped program fixes (patches) where problems were discovered to be code defects in the JDK.

Design & development of control software for the Skynet 5 military satellite project. Provided native integration with the Windows platform using C++ & JNI. Security cleared

Principal Software Engineer responsible for build, platform & infrastructure of Evolution: SUG’s next generation application framework built using J2EE & .NET technologies. Server-side: EJB / JDO plus Struts / JSP for the presentation layer. Client-side applications in .NET (C#) (Web services (SOAP) access to server). I currently design / implement / maintain and evolve the continuous integration build process (across UK & Shanghai development sites) and provide immediate feedback to the development team via multicast (publish/subscribe) coupled with a dynamic web site built using JSPs.

Technical Architect for a start-up company providing specialized risk management software for the port and marine industry. I architected, designed and developed a distributed multi-user application built using JAVA technologies (RMI, JAXP, JDBC, JFC, JNI, Ant, JUnit). Managed every technical aspect of company: technologies, development, build, test (continuous integration), deployment, debug and maintenance.

Architect in the Professional Services Group responsible for providing EAI consultancy to TIBCO’s clients (including Agilent, Vodafone, Agere Systems, CICSO, PacifiCorp and eBay). Strong focus on JAVA and XML based technologies: J2EE, JSP, JMS, JNI, SAX, DOM – plus significant C++ development. Working in varied and diverse environments: Mainframe, UNIX, Windows NT/2000 to provide integration between different systems using TIBCO’s real-time messaging (TIB/Rendezvous), adapters and associated products. Role required a breadth of skills from high-level architecture through to low-level implementation/debugging (multiple languages/operating systems/databases/etc.) plus an ability to effectively communicate with the different stakeholders in our clients’ organisations.

Rewrite of SUG’s Captiva product. Responsible for client/server communication infrastructure. Design modelled in Rational Rose, implemented in C++, STL and Rogue Wave.

3-tier client/server application. Thin Java GUI clients communicating via CORBA with multi-threaded C++ server(s) using Oracle RDBMS.

Architect and Designer - leading a team of 7 application developers providing biometric solutions (fingerprint recognition, etc.) to large organisations (governments/armies/etc.). Given an existing set of procedural interfaces (written in C) I analysed the problem domain and developed a flexible and extensible object model as the core building block for delivering diverse end-user applications. I implemented this object model as a C++ class library. The rest of the application framework was developed using Windows NT technologies (Win32, MFC, COM and OLE/ActiveX).
Designed a higher-level component model (i.e. an integrated suite of ActiveX/COM/OLE components) for IBM's biometric solution domain. This enabled simpler programming languages such as Visual Basic and LotusScript to incorporate IBM's complex biometric technology and thus promote faster and more flexible application development (inside and outside IBM).
Provided IBM's technical lead within the BioAPI Consortium (comprising Compaq, IBM, Identicator, Microsoft, Miros and Novell). Designed and implemented a framework that would enable the consortium to realise its commitment to deliver cross-industry, extensible, multi-language biometric application programming standards.

Worked within the UK sales team to maximise successful sales and deployment of Object Design’s products. This involved bridging the gap between the technology and the Customer’s business process model and then being able to demonstrate these benefits to both the executive and the technical communities.