As well as being an internationally recognised Systems Management Specialist Alan is also a qualified Kinesiologist, Massage Therapist, and Reiki Master Teacher. Alan has studied martial arts, and how energy affects people since childhood. Alan has had a thriving Reiki practice in the UK, a busy Saturday practice in Sydney, and has treated hundreds of people with Reiki, Massage and more recently Kinesiology.

Massage Therapist, Kinesiology, and Reiki Practitioner Saturdays Newtown, Sundays Glebe.Remedial Massage.Relaxation Massage.Lymphatic Drainage Massage.Trigger Point Therapy Massage.Myofascial Release Therapy Massage.Sports Massage.Swedish Massage.Massage for the Elderly.Reiki Massage.Chakra Balancing Sound Therapy.Trigger Point Therapy.Chronic Pain Issues.www.naturesenergy.com.au

Part time short term contract looking after the Tivoli Storage Manager Enterprise environment for Chubb. Responsible for backups, tape libraries and restores. Working with the business to ensure TSM best practices, Sanity and health checked the environment. Onsite and offsite Disaster Recovery tape management.

Graduated with Diploma in Remedial Massage in the following modalities:To complement my certificate IV in Remedial Massage. I completed my Diploma to enable my clients to access Health Funds for my treatments. I can now offer the following therapies.Trigger Point Massage Therapy.Massage for Sedentary Workers.Sports Massage.Myofascial Massage.Reflexology.Massage for the Elderly/Ageing Population.Sound Therapy.

I was employed by IBM Australia as a Tivoli IT Specialist in the Tivoli Systems Management Team (SMI) working on the Westpac account. In this role I am am known as the “Chief Enablement Officer”, and I’m the” go to guy” for Tivoli issues relating to Tivoli Endpoint Health to Software Distribution, and Tivoli reporting, IBM Tivoli Monitoring issues, Omnibus and Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) enablement, and project functionality around these products. I also organise and host regular Tivoli Technical Enablement Sessions for the SMI, Intel, and Project Teams, and I am also a regular presenter. In the short time I have been at IBM (November 2010) I have successfully driven multiple Tivoli related initiatives which have included improving Tivoli Endpoint Health Reporting to 100% Tivoli compliance factoring in Production, Development and Test environments. For this work I have received many written commendations from IBM higher management, and the customer which I am always grateful for. I also liaise with members of my team in India and have been a fundamental influence on improving IBMs current “Global Delivery Framework” (GDF) initiatives in this respect. All my combined skills as an IT Specialist, Engineer, and Kinesiologist, come into play on a daily basis in my current role, and I feel privileged that I can be part of creating positive outcomes for my peers, my company, and my customers. I work with some of the smartest people in town, and it’s my mission to improve their lives, keep our customer happy, and drive new technology into the business of IT.

Third level Support position for Tivoli Storage Manager customers.Experience in CommVault, Veritas Netbackup, Networker, and Omniback. Company Technical Trainer in Tivoli Storage Manager. Pre and Post Sales project work and enterprise system upgrades.Permanent Resident. (Sponsored by company).

Tivoli Configuration Manager, technical resource for the Department of Emergency Services Tivoli implementation at Kedron Park Brisbane. Assisted in sanity checking current environment and documented a way forward for the current implementation.I worked closely with customer and Data 3 Project Management team to achieve first project milestone in Configuration Management Software Distribution project. Documented and produced daily reporting on project status, and assisted in defining proof of concept from a Tivoli software distribution perspective.

Tivoli Systems Management advice in Workload Scheduling and Storage Management.Responsible for winning business in Tivoli Scheduling and Storage software implementation projects.Pre and Post sales work with Melbourne based companies.Writing technical design documents and statements of work, detailed design documents.Writing marketing material and presenting Tivoli Technical solutions at board level.Ran Workload Scheduler marketing campaign sponsored by IBM.Presented on Tivoli Workload Scheduler at IBM South Bank to invited Australian business users.

Technical Training Consultant. Responsible for setting up and configuring all IBM Tivoli Technical Training Courses, including "TOP GUN", Tivoli Storage Manager, Tivoli Workload Scheduler, User Administration, Inventory. Ran Four Technical Training Classrooms based on Solaris Jump Start. Automate Technical Setups, published Training and Design Material. Won IBM Outstanding Contribution Award 2002. Promoted to IBM Tivoli Advanced Technology Group within 2.5 years.

Subject Matter Expert for Tivoli Workload Scheduler. Tivoli Professional Services Consultant for Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS) and Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) engagments for blue chip customers UK, USA, and Europe wide. Presentation, competitive sales analysis, technical trainer for customers. RFI, RFP, and project analysis.

UK and Europewide Travel to Enterprise customer sites Proof of Concept planning and installation of Tivoli Product suite. Customer presentation and pipeline managment, RFI and SOW creation. Attendance of worldwide kick off meetings Tivoli University, Planet Tivoli.

AIX Systems Administrator. Administration and Maintenance of company - wide AIX UNIX Servers.

I repaired and programmed full size Pre-PC Norcontrol and Transas Ship, Navigation, and Tanker Simulation Systems. Have Sailed all over the world without going to sea! Was a member of the IT Steering Committee, Basic Sea Survival standby Diver and Lifeguard. Repair and maintenance of all faculty GMDSS equipment and computer equipment. Health and Safety Representative, and First Aider. Completed Diploma in Recording Engineering and Open University M101 Mathematics.

Qualified Television and Audio Repair Technician.

Repair of TV, VCR and Audio Systems.

Product Design and Engineering Student.Student representative.

Higher National Certificate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Attained the following credentials.Mathematics.Industrial Studies.Telecommunication Transmission Systems.Digital Electronics.Electronic and Electrical Design Principles.

I worked with Man Act Theatre Company as an Actor and Dancer for 18 or so months full and part time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99UXVbL3UL0

Attained Scottish National Certificate in Drama and Perfromance Art.Consistently won lead roles in all productions.

I was one of the last "Indentured Apprentices" in Scotland. During my tenure I learned all aspects of Electronics and Broadcasting, Teletext, Video and Compact Disc Technologies. In my view this was the best training I ever recieved from a company (Thorn EMI).We attended Product Company Training School for two weeks in every twelve, Block Release to College , and ran a Mentorship Program to mentor younger apprentices coming up. The stipulated pass mark for exams was 75%. I became a fully qualified Grade One Electronics Enginer with City & Guilds parts one, two and three.