Contracted to help develop the new Digital Health Systems designed to help the NHS at the Walton Trust, Liverpool to become paper light and eventually paperless with regard to patient assessments, performance monitoring, live statistics etc. Languages used in this role are PHP, JavaScript, HTML/5, CSS, Bootstrap, SQL Server, IIS, VBScript etc.

Working as part of a team looking after all aspects of the IT system for a nationally know vitamins and supplements manufacturer in Kirkham Preston.I was brought in to help select a new ERP system for the company and redesign the IT infrastructure around it along with documenting new processes, procedures and training on the new systems.Other duties included dealing with helpdesk requests from the users on operating systems ranging from Windows XP to Windows 7, maintaining the… Show more Working as part of a team looking after all aspects of the IT system for a nationally know vitamins and supplements manufacturer in Kirkham Preston.I was brought in to help select a new ERP system for the company and redesign the IT infrastructure around it along with documenting new processes, procedures and training on the new systems.Other duties included dealing with helpdesk requests from the users on operating systems ranging from Windows XP to Windows 7, maintaining the companies Windows 2003 servers, solving networking issues and maintaining system backups. Creating and maintaining bespoke company software, developing and maintaining additions to their vast Intranet and advising and installing software and hardware upgrades.Highlights include introducing standard IT practices such as Windows Server Update Services and implementing a service desk system. Show less

Zombie Design offered iOS (iPhone/iPad) development, working with clients through their requirements producing high-level documentation of their solution for sign off. Wireframe designs were used to represent UI along with lower level documentation used as guides to create the app itself. Zombie Design used an iterative approach to app design giving the client chance to see a working versions of the app after each development milestone.Zombie Design have over a dozen iPhone apps on the… Show more Zombie Design offered iOS (iPhone/iPad) development, working with clients through their requirements producing high-level documentation of their solution for sign off. Wireframe designs were used to represent UI along with lower level documentation used as guides to create the app itself. Zombie Design used an iterative approach to app design giving the client chance to see a working versions of the app after each development milestone.Zombie Design have over a dozen iPhone apps on the AppStore, most notably being Fine Dining with the Master Chef, an app that was done for notable chef Michel Roux Jr. Show less

Working under the IT Operations Manager, this was a hands on position looking after the company’s IT Infrastructure. Systems including Cisco network switches, Exchange 2003, ISA, DNS, Active Directory, DHCP, SQL 2000/2005/2008, Virtual and Web Farm (IIS) servers. Windows 2000/2003/2008 server operating systems were used and kept them up to date using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Day to day duties included resolving incidents, projects, documenting solutions, monitoring and maintaining… Show more Working under the IT Operations Manager, this was a hands on position looking after the company’s IT Infrastructure. Systems including Cisco network switches, Exchange 2003, ISA, DNS, Active Directory, DHCP, SQL 2000/2005/2008, Virtual and Web Farm (IIS) servers. Windows 2000/2003/2008 server operating systems were used and kept them up to date using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Day to day duties included resolving incidents, projects, documenting solutions, monitoring and maintaining systems and liaising with business leaders on current and future IT problems and improvements. Ai Clams Solutions is a claims processing company and outsources claims processing from many of the top insurers. Due to this AI had built their own claims processing application CARS. This was built using Service Orientated Architecture and uses the K2 workflow engine and BizTalk. I was responsible for 4 test environments, 4 development environments and 2 training environments. With having our own development team I became familiar with the development lifecycle and managed all the software releases into the live environment. I was heavily involved in a successful 6 month Virtualisation & Terminal Services project. We reduced the amount of physical servers in our estate using MS Hyper-V (2008) managed by Systems Centre Virtual Machine Manager. Wyse Thin Client terminals were used to replace workstations and centralise administration, this was done using Terminal Services 2008. I created high and low level designs of the test, development and training environments and documented the installation of each part of the process. Show less

I was working as part of a team giving 24hr, 365 days a year support to over 2000 windows 2000/ 1100 windows 2003 File & Print Servers and over 600 infrastructure servers for the Governments Benefits Agencies & Job Centres serving around 140,000 users. My primary role involved giving proactive support of the infrastructure servers and troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, Certificates, Clusters, Active Directory & all other server related problems that are raised on our Peregrine & Remedy incident… Show more I was working as part of a team giving 24hr, 365 days a year support to over 2000 windows 2000/ 1100 windows 2003 File & Print Servers and over 600 infrastructure servers for the Governments Benefits Agencies & Job Centres serving around 140,000 users. My primary role involved giving proactive support of the infrastructure servers and troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, Certificates, Clusters, Active Directory & all other server related problems that are raised on our Peregrine & Remedy incident management systems.I worked closely on projects, making sure SLAs are met, looking after our SQL Servers and information databases, creating time saving scripts and applications and occasionally building Servers & Domain Controllers. I was also part of the out of hours on call rota. Show less

Working in a competitive and fast moving environment supporting a Windows 2000 corporate WAN, in excess of 50 sites nationally, designing and supporting systems and networks for our clients for use with our in-house content delivery software. I am involved in creating strong client relationships in order to ascertain their specific needs and requirements. I regularly use such tools and technologies such as Linux, Microsoft IIS, FTP, VPN and applications such as Visual Basic, Macromedia… Show more Working in a competitive and fast moving environment supporting a Windows 2000 corporate WAN, in excess of 50 sites nationally, designing and supporting systems and networks for our clients for use with our in-house content delivery software. I am involved in creating strong client relationships in order to ascertain their specific needs and requirements. I regularly use such tools and technologies such as Linux, Microsoft IIS, FTP, VPN and applications such as Visual Basic, Macromedia Flash, ASP, PHP, illustrator and Photoshop. Show less

Working within a large company structure, I dealt mainly with numerous insurance company departments’ IT requirements, predominantly within a project management role. I liaised directly with the customer to ascertain their goals, enabling me to offer best advice in achieving those goals. This included the consideration of suitable hardware specifications, software capabilities & operating requirements & the arrangement of testing and implementation.