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Winchester

The Winchester Symphony Orchestra gives regular concerts with an interesting variety of programmes and accomplished soloists.

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Southampton, United Kingdom

Having restarted my trumpet playing with the WCO, I was asked to join the trumpet section with the CSO in January 2016. This is a professional sounding orchestra performing a wide variety of pieces with guest conductors and performers joining for certain concerts.

Winchester

Having had 25 years away from professional playing, I have joined the WCO who are a fun, social orchestra with generally 3 concerts per year.

Octagon are a Sports Media company with many different offices in various countries. They own race circuits, manage Athletes, run events, and provide the television feeds for various events. I was taken on to;• Design a Windows 2000 Active Directory to be implemented Worldwide• Design an Exchange 2000 organisation for the Worldwide AD• Create a Blueprint that the other sites can use to build their Servers• Build and configure the servers in the UK• Plan and implement… Show more Octagon are a Sports Media company with many different offices in various countries. They own race circuits, manage Athletes, run events, and provide the television feeds for various events. I was taken on to;• Design a Windows 2000 Active Directory to be implemented Worldwide• Design an Exchange 2000 organisation for the Worldwide AD• Create a Blueprint that the other sites can use to build their Servers• Build and configure the servers in the UK• Plan and implement migrations of various mail systems to Exchange 2000 (NIMS, Groupwise, Exchange 5.5)• Manage the IT personnel at various offices around the world to implement the projectBy the time I left Octagon the servers were completed in the 3 hub sites of London, Washington, and Hong Kong. These sites all communicated over a VPN. The majority of the remaining EMEA sites were also migrated. The completion of all sites was prevented due to a CapEx freeze. Show less

Core Technology are a Microsoft Gold partner. Core are a consultancy house and although they are small in numbers of personnel, they are highly regarded by several partners including Microsoft and Compaq. My role at Core would be to design and implement mainly Microsoft Exchange and related products.• On site advising on the installations or upgrades of installations• Design and implementation of a Windows 2000 network to co exist with current Netware 5.0.• Design and… Show more Core Technology are a Microsoft Gold partner. Core are a consultancy house and although they are small in numbers of personnel, they are highly regarded by several partners including Microsoft and Compaq. My role at Core would be to design and implement mainly Microsoft Exchange and related products.• On site advising on the installations or upgrades of installations• Design and implementation of a Windows 2000 network to co exist with current Netware 5.0.• Design and implementation of Microsoft Exchange and Fenestrae Faxination for single and multiple site configurations• Installation of Faxination on a Microsoft Cluster Server with the clients connecting through Windows Terminal Server.• I managed a WLBS Clustered IIS project to a successful implementation• Migration of GroupWise mail to Microsoft Exchange 5.5• Set up remote Exchange servers to existing site• Migrate from Netware to NT• Move data from 1 Exchange server to a new server.• Diagnose problems on Exchange global system.• Install and configure MAILsweeper for SMTP and MAILsweeper for Exchange• Migrate cc:Mail to Exchange 5.5• Migrate MsMail to Exchange 2000• Exchange Server Health check• Installation of Microsoft InterOrg• Installation of Checkpoint Firewall 1• Installation of numerous Compaq Servers• Installations in Europe and Korea Show less

I joined Computacenter in a division called Technical Response Group as a System Analyst. • Onsite work on NT Support with enterprise company. Work included NT administration and some small project work. • Lotus SmartSuite to Microsoft Office migration• Novell to NT migration• Investigation for memory leaks• Building and installing Compaq servers into racks• Worked as an Exchange and NT administrator.• Investigating Email problems• Rebuilds of Exchange 5.0… Show more I joined Computacenter in a division called Technical Response Group as a System Analyst. • Onsite work on NT Support with enterprise company. Work included NT administration and some small project work. • Lotus SmartSuite to Microsoft Office migration• Novell to NT migration• Investigation for memory leaks• Building and installing Compaq servers into racks• Worked as an Exchange and NT administrator.• Investigating Email problems• Rebuilds of Exchange 5.0 servers and re creating the connectors and directory replication connections scheduling them gradually so as not to stress the entire network. Show less

Elstree

Powermark were a mail order company dealing with thousands of different computer peripheral products. • Telephone support for the numerous products they supply• Evaluating any new product before we decide to sell it• Upgrading customers computers• In house training of the directors and sales staff.• Set up a small Domain using NT Server 3.51, an SQL database and SMS ver 1.1. • Disk duplication using Ghost• On site contracts to help customers on their help desk

Elonex are a large computer manufacturer. • Service department repairing computers returned back to base for first 3 months.• Technical support department, giving telephone support• Looked after one of our corporate accounts, the Bank of England. • Occasionally I would go out to other customer sites to fix on going problems. I believe I was used as I have a good way with customers and this helped to diffuse any aggravation caused by the situation. In the office we… Show more Elonex are a large computer manufacturer. • Service department repairing computers returned back to base for first 3 months.• Technical support department, giving telephone support• Looked after one of our corporate accounts, the Bank of England. • Occasionally I would go out to other customer sites to fix on going problems. I believe I was used as I have a good way with customers and this helped to diffuse any aggravation caused by the situation. In the office we used Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and Foxpro for DOS as the database for logging on-site calls. The database was stored on a Novell server. On a separate PC I installed on 3 separate partitions OS/2 Warp, Microsoft Windows ‘95, and Windows NT workstation. In addition I used Microsoft Works, and Microsoft Office. Show less

Sawbridgeworth

Hardsoft are a small family run business that deal with computer leasing. I was the only person in the technical department, so my experience was varied and was gained over the 24 months from constant work with the machines.• Hotline support ranging from talking customers through turning the equipment on and basic software help, to diagnosing faulty equipment, software faults and booking engineers where necessary.• Upgrading new and customers existing equipment, mainly RAM and Hard… Show more Hardsoft are a small family run business that deal with computer leasing. I was the only person in the technical department, so my experience was varied and was gained over the 24 months from constant work with the machines.• Hotline support ranging from talking customers through turning the equipment on and basic software help, to diagnosing faulty equipment, software faults and booking engineers where necessary.• Upgrading new and customers existing equipment, mainly RAM and Hard Drives with data transfer.• Installing peripheral equipment; network cards, CD ROMS, both IDE and SCSI, sound cards, scanners, tape streamers, fax/modems, both internal and external, video blasters and optical drives.• On site set up Windows for Workgroup networks, Artisoft Lantastic Z 2 PC network, Artisoft Lantastic for Windows network. Show less