Over the last 5 years, I have been the technical lead and directly involved in managing and developing the company's two main products as well as numerous plug-in applications using MFC, C# and ASP.Net. In addition, I have also worked closely with clients that required bespoke software solutions covering all aspects of the software produce life cycle from requirements capturing to maintenance.

As software manager, I reported directly to the managing director and managed the development and testing of 5 software applications with a team of 7.

I lead a team to develop a client-service based data processing application for use within the field of Metabolomics. The application was written in C++ and the workflow manage was controlled through web pages developed in ASP.

I was part of a small development team, consisting of programmers and mathematicians working on a ATL based solution using Microsoft Visual 6.0 that integrated material composite information into a mathematical design tool we also were developing that allowed engineers to calculate various engineering properties (centre of gravity, moments of inertia) by using a CAD like interface to design aircraft parts.

I was part of a large international team working on a product that was aimed at a world-wide marketplace and were the deadlines we worked to were critical. This project was being developed using Visual C++ version 5.0 on a Windows NT platform. We use in-house developed monitoring tools to track our progress, and assist us in the day-to-day running of the project. These tools help us to meet our ISO 9001 accreditation requirements. I was the principle design architect for a project which involved designing and implementation a set of ATL and ActiveX controls to programmatically control our core software product. As part of this project test harness were written in VB, Visual C++, HTML using client and server side VB. These controls are essential as they allow us to develop “layered” applications on top of the core software without significant effort and without exposing our internal formats. I was technical lead in developing a complex scientific editor.

I was part of the research group within the company and it was our responsibility to project it forward as a leading-edge technological company. In particular, I liaised with the managing director on the company’s Internet strategy. My research role also involved assisting and educating others, and to design and implement an Internet profiling application.