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Adrian Lowe is listed as Solving problems for the finance sector for 35+ years based in Hove, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Adrian Lowe.
Adrian Lowe previously worked as Mainframe Analyst Developer at Worldpay and Lead Technical Architect at American Express. Adrian Lowe holds Bachelor’S Degree, French Studies from University Of Sussex.
How lucky am I???I fell into IT by accident; in 1985, I was a lowly temp at American Express, only there for 6 months to pay some bills, saw an invite for their mainframe trainee course, only applied because it was more money, was accepted, and discovered that I enjoyed it so much that I didn't leave until 13 years later! I spent those years mastering COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL and DLI on the mainframe, in development and support roles, followed by a few long-redundant languages on client-server platforms, before being tempted back to the mainframe as a contractor. Since then, my roles have been a mix between analysis and development, contract and permanent, all providing solutions for major financial institutions, at my happiest when I have full end-to-end responsibility for a project, from requirements solicitation through to implementation and warranty support.I can honestly say that I have mastered most of the essential soft-skills you find in job descriptions applicable to my role : very strong verbal and written communication, including design documentation at every level from conceptual design through to program specification, practiced at converting complex technical issues into plain English, very strong problem-solving, analytical, and creative-thinking skills, an enthusiastic team-player who is more than happy to work independently, detail-oriented, proficient in data handling (extraction, analysis, transformation and load), competent at managing stakeholder expectations at every level, and adept at multi-tasking. All of this driven by taking personal pride in the quality of my work, a predilection for designing and creating maintainable, easily understandable systems and code, and a genuine passion for learning new ways of doing things (even on the mainframe - yes, it's still possible!).And I still love my job, to the point of obsession sometimes, waking up at stupid o'clock to a lightbulb moment, compelled to fire up the laptop. And probably because I love my job so much, I'M BLOODY GOOD AT IT!!!
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City Of London, England, United Kingdom
I joined Worldpay during their immensely complex migration program, hired specifically because I was able to move between analysis and build as and when required. I quickly established myself as a key member of the migration team, executing the following:-> analysing and documenting extremely complex batch systems, an equally complex DB2 System of Record.
Burgess Hill, England, United Kingdom
I joined during a period when Enterprise Architecture was still bedding in. My role largely involved creating conceptual designs for EA Board approval, handing over these designs to our vendor team for the creation of program specs, and reviewing those specs before build could commence.I was also involved in mainframe modernisation initiatives, the.
Hove, England, United Kingdom
I joined L&G during the migration of their pensions system from an IBM mainframe to an off-host Service Oriented Architecture solution, my first introduction to IT architecture. Quickly establishing myself as a reliable technician, I was tasked with the technical management of a team of 20+ onshore and offshore vendors, assigning analytical and programming.
Various
During this 10 year period I returned to the mainframe as a contractor, working on the following initiatives:-> the Euro Conversion program for American Express> integrating mainframe systems with "Streamline", RBS's web-based payments processing engine underlying the bulk of card transactions for the UK> a data-cleansing and migration initiative for South.
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
I started my IT career at Amex in 1984, graduating from their 6 month, award-winning, highly intensive, extremely engaging internal mainframe trainee course (attaining the highest pass rate of anyone who was ever accepted on to the course over a 10 year period). Graduates were assigned either to an analysis or developer role and I became a CICS programmer.
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