\f Date of Birth: 04/09/1955 \f Marital Staus: Single \f Children: None
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tab (*); lw40 ll. Altrincham Grammmar School (1964-1969) *'O' level English * PASS *'O' level French * PASS *'O' level History * PASS
tab (*); lw40 ll. Mid Cheshire College of F. E. (1981-1982) * 'O" level Biology * Grade B * 'O' level Chemistry * Grade B * 'A' level Biology * Grade C
tab (*); lw40 l. Padgate College of F. E. (1988-89 Session) * R.S.A. Stages I & II * R.S.A. Law * R.S.A. Admin * R.S.A. Communication
\f Self-Employed Contracts:
(Working from home).
(Working from my office in Widnes with the assistance of four staff.) \f Contracts of Employment:
Computer Operator on contract from M.D.A. (1989/90) This contract required input of N.W.W.A. Properties Survey Data into a P.C. database (Psion PC4).
Williamson Tech. Services: "P/T Technical Assistant" (1991) This contract required origination of data (from technical drawings) for input to the N.W.W.A. Properties Survey Database.
Denton Designs Ltd: "P.C. Games Programmer" (1993) This contract involved writing Assembly Language Sprite-print and Sprite-detection routines and a module for computer control of Sprites. \f Published Software: \fp
On 10/11/1991 Gemini Shareware published a 2-disk set of tutorials and utilites supporting the Borland database product Paradox 3.0. The tutorials were writen using the Paradox Application Language (P.A.L.). The utilities were written in C using the Paradox Engine. The main programme extracted Scientific data from Paradox tables for plotting or printing in graphics mode. I have also submitted a Paradox Engine PCX Image Database to the P.D.S.L. software library. \f Membership of Professional Bodies:
\f Software Technology Retraining Programme: (Summer 1993)
I attended a series of short courses which included Unix, C, C++, Software Engineering, Unix Resources and X Windows. Each Unit consisted of a week of lectures and practicals and a project week. The course was run by the Department of Computer Science at Liverpool University.
\" A few lines using Italic emphasis... \" \f Published Articles for the Association of C and C++ Users:
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I have supported the development and growth of the C Users Group (Association of C and C++ Users) in the last two years with articles introducing new users to various aspects of programming on a P.C. I intend to do a series on Xlib, Xt and Motif later this year.
At this time I am participating (with several more experienced members of CUG) and reporting on an online conference on C++ Classes for TCP/IP.
I am also interested in upgrading and repairing P.C.'s, and enjoy Post-Romantic Classics, particularly Sibelius and Bruch and I regularly go to see Operas and Concerts. I have a Purple Sash in Hung-gar Kung Fu from Buckley Kung Fu Assoc. I like to go walking in the Welsh countryside occasionally.
The I.N.C.A. Standard:
The I.N.C.A. contract standard suggests that a Self-assessment can be a a valuable guide for employers. This is presented in the following table. the standard assumes that Grade 5 and over in any product indicates an ability to give technical support for that product.
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allbox tab(*); css ccc lnn lnn lnn lnn lnn csss lnn lnn lnn lnn lnn csss lnn. Language Product * Months * Grade Borland Paradox III * 36 * 9 Borland S_print@ * 24 * 8 Borland C++ * 6 * 9 * ** Borland Assembler * 24 * 8 * ** Borland Pascal * 6 * 4 C/C++ Libraries OWL Object Windows * 4 * 5 * ** Genus GX Graphics * 36 * 9 * ** Tesseract T.S.R. Lib * 1 * 3 * Object Vision * 2 * 3 * ** Microsoft Windows V.3 * 6 * 7 * ** Unix Operating System Unix Resources * 3 * 5 * ** X Windows (Xlib/Motif) * 3 * 8 * **@(Word Processor) **(Still using)
Summary:
I have a good knowledge of a wide range of MSDOS and PC products (languages, development packages). I have extensive experience in programming MSDOS Interrupts in C and assembler. I have some knowledge of OOP (Object Oriented Programming) and interprocess communication in the context of P.C. Windows and Unix X Windows (Motif) environments.
Through my involvement with the Association of C and C++ Users I have quite substantial experience in presenting technical information to novice users. I have also assisted with the teaching of a short course on "X Windows for Industry".
At present I am an Honorary Research Assistant at the Univeristy. I am working as a member of a small team devloping a client - server signalling system using XWindows and the HP-UX R.P.C. library.
This document was produced using the Unix pic and xdit utilities.
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