A freelance contractor, owning this company since October 1997.

Wrote and ran UAT tests for the CRM products Salesforce and Space in this insurance start-up. The scripting tool used was Helix ALM.

Worked on the UK's Crossrail project. Tested Cromos, a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for key stations, such as Canary Wharf and Woolwich, on the Crossrail network (The Elizabeth Line). The principal aspects validated were the control of the Public Address (PA) system and the Customer Information System (CIS). Later tested the functionality of station alarms. The Octopus Deploy release management system was used. An Agile approach was used throughout the project with… Show more Worked on the UK's Crossrail project. Tested Cromos, a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for key stations, such as Canary Wharf and Woolwich, on the Crossrail network (The Elizabeth Line). The principal aspects validated were the control of the Public Address (PA) system and the Customer Information System (CIS). Later tested the functionality of station alarms. The Octopus Deploy release management system was used. An Agile approach was used throughout the project with daily stand-ups. Show less

Worked in Belgium on a smart meter project for the Netherlands, testing embedded software using Wireless M-Bus in electric meters and gas meter dongles. Executed automated tests in C# and Visual Studio running on .Net. Used Jira to track user stories and issues. Documentation was written in Confluence and Office 2013. This was an Agile project, with daily stand-ups and 4-weekly sprints. Later tested the RTU+V6 smart data logger also using Wireless M-Bus for the Swiss market. Extensive use was… Show more Worked in Belgium on a smart meter project for the Netherlands, testing embedded software using Wireless M-Bus in electric meters and gas meter dongles. Executed automated tests in C# and Visual Studio running on .Net. Used Jira to track user stories and issues. Documentation was written in Confluence and Office 2013. This was an Agile project, with daily stand-ups and 4-weekly sprints. Later tested the RTU+V6 smart data logger also using Wireless M-Bus for the Swiss market. Extensive use was made of XML. Show less

Tested the successfully delivered prepayment version of embedded software in the SMETS1 smart electric meter and hub communicating by ZigBee using the DLMS/COSEM language and OBIS codes. The tests were written using HP QC/ALM and MSOffice 2013 for documentation. The firmware was coded in C++. The in-house Head End System Cayox was used in the testing. Defects were handled by TeamTrack. The Waterfall methodology was deployed. Later regression tested the SMETS1 credit electric meters, gas meters… Show more Tested the successfully delivered prepayment version of embedded software in the SMETS1 smart electric meter and hub communicating by ZigBee using the DLMS/COSEM language and OBIS codes. The tests were written using HP QC/ALM and MSOffice 2013 for documentation. The firmware was coded in C++. The in-house Head End System Cayox was used in the testing. Defects were handled by TeamTrack. The Waterfall methodology was deployed. Later regression tested the SMETS1 credit electric meters, gas meters and IHDs. Show less

Tested embedded software in the SMETS1 smart electric meter and hub communicating via ZigBee. The tests were written using HP QC/ALM and MSOffice 2013 for documentation. Tested embedded software in the SMETS1 smart electric and gas meters as well as the compatible IHD. The Instant Energy Head-End System (HES) as well as the tools MCT and Duo were used. This was carried out on a Citrix platform running Windows 7. Quality Centre 11.0 (ALM) was used extensively. Documentation was written using… Show more Tested embedded software in the SMETS1 smart electric meter and hub communicating via ZigBee. The tests were written using HP QC/ALM and MSOffice 2013 for documentation. Tested embedded software in the SMETS1 smart electric and gas meters as well as the compatible IHD. The Instant Energy Head-End System (HES) as well as the tools MCT and Duo were used. This was carried out on a Citrix platform running Windows 7. Quality Centre 11.0 (ALM) was used extensively. Documentation was written using Office 2010. The Waterfall methodology was employed. Show less

Worked on the smart-meter rollout. Tested embedded software in the SMETS2-compliant communications hub, various stubs and ZigBee using TestStand for automation and LabVIEW. The test cases were written using Jama and were based on the Government requirements CHTS, GBCS, DLMS and ZigBee protocols. Jira was also employed. Used LPCXpresso to flash the firmware. Extensive use of PuTTY. The code was written in Java, C# and C++. MSOffice 2013 and SharePoint were used for documentation. The PCs ran… Show more Worked on the smart-meter rollout. Tested embedded software in the SMETS2-compliant communications hub, various stubs and ZigBee using TestStand for automation and LabVIEW. The test cases were written using Jama and were based on the Government requirements CHTS, GBCS, DLMS and ZigBee protocols. Jira was also employed. Used LPCXpresso to flash the firmware. Extensive use of PuTTY. The code was written in Java, C# and C++. MSOffice 2013 and SharePoint were used for documentation. The PCs ran under Windows 7. The Agile and Waterfall methodologies were used. Show less

Tested a data warehousing system for producing files and reports to credit reference agencies, using PL/SQL, UNIX, MicroStrategy, SharePoint, TeamForge, Windows 7 and Office 2013. Carried out cross-browser testing.

Worked on a web-based pricing system portal in The Cloud and running on Windows Vista for generating gas contracts using Java and MySQL. Carried out cross-browser testing. Then worked on a messaging system for the Dutch part of the company. Next worked on a system for standing charges in Power markets using PL/SQL Developer. The next project was working on integrating the pricing system with an Oracle system, using SQL Loader, UNIX, bash, cron and Access 2007. Test scripts and requirements were… Show more Worked on a web-based pricing system portal in The Cloud and running on Windows Vista for generating gas contracts using Java and MySQL. Carried out cross-browser testing. Then worked on a messaging system for the Dutch part of the company. Next worked on a system for standing charges in Power markets using PL/SQL Developer. The next project was working on integrating the pricing system with an Oracle system, using SQL Loader, UNIX, bash, cron and Access 2007. Test scripts and requirements were written and run using Quality Centre version 10.0. SharePoint was used for storing and sharing documentation written using Office 2007. Finally tested releases for Power Market support. Show less

Worked on a web-based financial tool for IFAs, which performed predictive investment and retirement planning calculations. Tested a complex insurance product involving mortgages, banking, retail savings, life assurance and pensions. Collaborated with actuarial staff. Used Windows 7, Office 2010 and Exchange 2010. Performed cross-browser testing. Verified XML files. Used Bugzilla to raise and track defects. Tested systems with HTML, Java and JavaScript. Automated scripts using Imacros. The Agile… Show more Worked on a web-based financial tool for IFAs, which performed predictive investment and retirement planning calculations. Tested a complex insurance product involving mortgages, banking, retail savings, life assurance and pensions. Collaborated with actuarial staff. Used Windows 7, Office 2010 and Exchange 2010. Performed cross-browser testing. Verified XML files. Used Bugzilla to raise and track defects. Tested systems with HTML, Java and JavaScript. Automated scripts using Imacros. The Agile methodology was deployed. Performed system and end-to-end testing. Worked closely with the UAT team. Show less

Worked on an online credit and debit card payment system hosted by DataCash. Used Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) version 11.0 (successor to Quality Centre), Oracle 11g, TOAD, Java, and Trim Desktop for document storage and retrieval. Carried out cross-browser testing. Then worked on a Points of Interest system for online mapping, using Office 2003. ClearCase, Visual Studio, and Ultraedit. Next worked on regression testing an election maps system. Wrote test reports. All these projects… Show more Worked on an online credit and debit card payment system hosted by DataCash. Used Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) version 11.0 (successor to Quality Centre), Oracle 11g, TOAD, Java, and Trim Desktop for document storage and retrieval. Carried out cross-browser testing. Then worked on a Points of Interest system for online mapping, using Office 2003. ClearCase, Visual Studio, and Ultraedit. Next worked on regression testing an election maps system. Wrote test reports. All these projects were in an Agile environment. Show less

Working on an ETL project, processing music royalty payments using the web-based RITA system. Used SQL Developer, Oracle 10g, FileZilla and SpiraTest to script test cases and raise and process defects. Tested on Internet Explorer 8. Used Windows XP and Office 2007 for documentation.

Returned to the Ministry of Justice to work again on the C-NOMIS project for Syscon. Used Quality Center 10.0, Oracle 10g, PL/SQL, Java, J2EE, Solaris, VBScript and Oracle Forms. Tested new releases, including Booking Merge, Sentence Calculation, SAR reports and various Change Requests.. Tested an upgrade to Oracle 11g. Used Toad, SQL and PVCS.

Worked with a third-party supplier. Jadu, to supply a generic forms solution for the Directgov website. Wrote test plans and test scripts based on use cases for the project. The forms had to support both English and Welsh content, and work across multiple browsers. The Agile methodology was used.

Worked as an OAT Analyst, testing for Resilience, Disaster Recovery, Maintainability, Supportability and Security. The first project was VMAS II, the Visa Merchant Alerting Service, to help detect and alert on fraudulent merchants. The monitoring tools Tivoli and Business Enterprise Server (BES) were used. The system was web-based client-server, using Oracle and AIX. Wrote test plans and test scripts. Test Director was used as a scripting and requirements tool and for raising and resolving… Show more Worked as an OAT Analyst, testing for Resilience, Disaster Recovery, Maintainability, Supportability and Security. The first project was VMAS II, the Visa Merchant Alerting Service, to help detect and alert on fraudulent merchants. The monitoring tools Tivoli and Business Enterprise Server (BES) were used. The system was web-based client-server, using Oracle and AIX. Wrote test plans and test scripts. Test Director was used as a scripting and requirements tool and for raising and resolving defects. Executed the tests. Firewalls were also tested. Show less

Returned for Syscon Justice Systems to the C-NOMIS project for offender management. Scripted System and User Acceptance tests for automatic sentence calculation, a pivotal aspect of the system. Test scripts were written in Test Director 8.0 and subsequently Quality Centre 9.2. The system ran under Java, J2EE, VBScript, Windows XP, Oracle 10g, PL/SQL and Oracle Forms. Developed spreadsheets to automate test scripts to run under QTP. Executed tests under QTP through Quality Centre. Analysed the… Show more Returned for Syscon Justice Systems to the C-NOMIS project for offender management. Scripted System and User Acceptance tests for automatic sentence calculation, a pivotal aspect of the system. Test scripts were written in Test Director 8.0 and subsequently Quality Centre 9.2. The system ran under Java, J2EE, VBScript, Windows XP, Oracle 10g, PL/SQL and Oracle Forms. Developed spreadsheets to automate test scripts to run under QTP. Executed tests under QTP through Quality Centre. Analysed the automated test results. Ran regression tests. Tested many different areas of C-NOMIS, including Visits and Prisoner Finance and Activities. Used Toad and SQL to query the database. Tested management reports written in Business Objects, the project being managed under the Agile methodology. Also carried out testing for comparison purposes on LIDS, the legacy system being replaced. Acted as a mentor to less experienced staff. Performed system and end-to-end testing. Show less

Tested the migration of the retail system, Socrates, in an Agile environment, from a Progress database on Windows to a MySQL system running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The code was written in Java. Also tested code in Retail Java. Wrote detailed test scripts and used Bugzilla for fault reporting.

Worked on the C-NOMIS data warehousing project for the Home Office. This involved an Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) procedure. It was the replacement of a legacy system by a tailored system running with Oracle 10g, using TOAD, SQL, PL/SQL, C++, Oracle Forms, Java, J2EE, VBScript, Business Objects Data Integrator (BODI), TIBCO messaging, UNIX and XML. The main components tested were IIS, IEDT and the C-NOMIS front-end, a web-based system which ran on Windows XP with Oracle Forms. Integration… Show more Worked on the C-NOMIS data warehousing project for the Home Office. This involved an Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) procedure. It was the replacement of a legacy system by a tailored system running with Oracle 10g, using TOAD, SQL, PL/SQL, C++, Oracle Forms, Java, J2EE, VBScript, Business Objects Data Integrator (BODI), TIBCO messaging, UNIX and XML. The main components tested were IIS, IEDT and the C-NOMIS front-end, a web-based system which ran on Windows XP with Oracle Forms. Integration tests were scripted in TestDirector 8.0, and subsequently executed manually. Also tested data migration and ran system tests. Performed system recoverability testing. Supported UAT. Show less

Worked at the offices of DEFRA on a data warehouse project for avian influenza (bird flu). Used Oracle 9i, UNIX, Windows XP and TOAD. This involved an Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) procedure. Scripted system, integration, regression and end-to-end tests. Supported UAT. Extensive use was made of the Rational products Test Manager and ClearQuest. Wrote Business Objects reports for the Data Warehouse and tested them by writing and running bespoke SQL. This was a RAD environment.

Worked on the Tracking Database project, testing an extranet system. This involved testing web pages using Windows 2003, Office XP, SQLServer 2003 and Enterprise Manager, with JavaScript, HTML, C# and .Net. Performed system, integration and regression tests. Tested data migration from Access 2003 databases to web pages. Also supported UAT testing. The system supported Internet Explorer 5.5 or later.

Worked on the Hestia project using Mercury Quality Centre 8.2 and Test Director for scripting and running integration test cases. Also supported UAT. The applications used were Banner, WMIS, FAPP and TaskForce. These ran on a UNIX platform under Oracle 9i. Extensive use of SQL. Wide use of Windows 2000.

Worked at DEFRA on the Beef Ban Project, the project winning an award from DEFRA. Used Test Director 8.0 to write test scripts and run tests for system testing and regression testing of the web-based BSE Surveillance System (BSESS). Used SQLServer 2000 to run jobs and perform SQL queries and Rational ClearQuest to report and progress faults. Used Word and Excel 2000 for documentation purposes. Also supported related UAT testing. Tested reports written in Oracle Application Server Discoverer… Show more Worked at DEFRA on the Beef Ban Project, the project winning an award from DEFRA. Used Test Director 8.0 to write test scripts and run tests for system testing and regression testing of the web-based BSE Surveillance System (BSESS). Used SQLServer 2000 to run jobs and perform SQL queries and Rational ClearQuest to report and progress faults. Used Word and Excel 2000 for documentation purposes. Also supported related UAT testing. Tested reports written in Oracle Application Server Discoverer Plus, running under Oracle 10g, verifying the results using SQL queries in TOAD. Show less

Worked on the NHS National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT). The Borland tool Caliber was used as a repository of requirements. Test Director 8.0 was used for writing test scripts, test cases and reporting and tracking defects for firstly system testing and then integration testing. Use case modelling (UML) was employed as a test design tool. Initially the main testing focus was on the Integration Engine, testing the flow of messages in XML around the system. The messages were in… Show more Worked on the NHS National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT). The Borland tool Caliber was used as a repository of requirements. Test Director 8.0 was used for writing test scripts, test cases and reporting and tracking defects for firstly system testing and then integration testing. Use case modelling (UML) was employed as a test design tool. Initially the main testing focus was on the Integration Engine, testing the flow of messages in XML around the system. The messages were in HL7, versions 2 and 3. The SeeBeyond product EGATE was used for the engine. Then tested E2E Clinical Documentation and Scheduling within the IDX product CareCast, running on an HP non-stop platform with a Windows XP front-end. Used MSOffice tools, version XP, and Visio. Show less

Carried out E2E functional integration tests on maintenance and enhancement releases on the Metering Programme, particularly Job Management within the B-Smart product. Also tested the related products DACS, TGB and Meter Works. Conducted many instances of UAT with business users, assisting them, especially with scripting from functional specifications and fault reporting, where necessary. The system used Oracle 8i and PL/SQL with Oracle Forms 6i. Also employed UNIX (HP-UX), VMS, SQL and TOAD… Show more Carried out E2E functional integration tests on maintenance and enhancement releases on the Metering Programme, particularly Job Management within the B-Smart product. Also tested the related products DACS, TGB and Meter Works. Conducted many instances of UAT with business users, assisting them, especially with scripting from functional specifications and fault reporting, where necessary. The system used Oracle 8i and PL/SQL with Oracle Forms 6i. Also employed UNIX (HP-UX), VMS, SQL and TOAD. PVCS tracker was used to report and progress faults. Also tested systems on VMS. Tested both gas and electricity flows. Used Project 98 to plan schedules. Wrote detailed test scripts to verify the functionality. Ran functional regression tests using WinRunner. Tested new invoice production as part of RGMA implementation. Tested enhancements for the RGMA project. Conducted FAT tests with the third-party supplier. Show less

Worked on a Legacy Replacement Programme (LRP) to upgrade the whole of the company’s IT system. Wrote unit tests using Test Director 7.5 to verify a conversion of an Oracle forms-based system (TESS) to a web-based system employing Oracle 9i and Oracle Forms 6i. Ran E2E system and regression tests on the same system. The system was written in Java. Worked on an Extranet project (also in Oracle 9i and Forms 6i), again as part of LRP. Wrote and ran system tests for the same system once more using… Show more Worked on a Legacy Replacement Programme (LRP) to upgrade the whole of the company’s IT system. Wrote unit tests using Test Director 7.5 to verify a conversion of an Oracle forms-based system (TESS) to a web-based system employing Oracle 9i and Oracle Forms 6i. Ran E2E system and regression tests on the same system. The system was written in Java. Worked on an Extranet project (also in Oracle 9i and Forms 6i), again as part of LRP. Wrote and ran system tests for the same system once more using Test Director. This system was also written in Java. Also used Word and Excel 97 for documentation. Show less

Worked on a web-based system (Oasis) using Oracle 8 (including Oracle Forms), NT, UNIX and Internet Explorer for the United Kingdom Passport Service (UKPS). Oasis processed credit card payments for passport applications. Functionality was provided as HTML and JavaScript web pages. Tested the release from the first stages through to implementation. Systems tested various parts of the Siemens passport system (PASS) for the UKPS, including Data Load, Main Index, Telephone Enquiry System… Show more Worked on a web-based system (Oasis) using Oracle 8 (including Oracle Forms), NT, UNIX and Internet Explorer for the United Kingdom Passport Service (UKPS). Oasis processed credit card payments for passport applications. Functionality was provided as HTML and JavaScript web pages. Tested the release from the first stages through to implementation. Systems tested various parts of the Siemens passport system (PASS) for the UKPS, including Data Load, Main Index, Telephone Enquiry System Maintenance and passport printing, which also used Oracle 8, Oracle Forms, Pro*C, NT, Unix, VI Editor, TOAD and FTP. In addition used scanning techniques and character-recognition software. Ran FAT with the client on numerous occasions. Participated in UAT, scripting from functional specifications, for PASS with the customer in London, Belfast and Glasgow, all of which were completed successfully and signed off. Tested software written in ‘C’ and PL/SQL involving data migration. Tested an upgrade to Oracle 8i. Used PVCS Tracker for tracking faults. Show less

A 6-month contract, renewed to a year, working on the New Electricity Trading Arrangements project (NETA). Designed test data and wrote SQL and SQLLoader scripts to populate Oracle tables for system testing the SPICE sub-project. Worked in a RAD environment, using Designer 2000 under OpenVMS on a Compaq Alpha and Windows NT on client-servers. PVCS Tracker was used for recording faults. Tested screens built in PowerBuilder. Worked on E2E integration and system testing for the whole of the NETA… Show more A 6-month contract, renewed to a year, working on the New Electricity Trading Arrangements project (NETA). Designed test data and wrote SQL and SQLLoader scripts to populate Oracle tables for system testing the SPICE sub-project. Worked in a RAD environment, using Designer 2000 under OpenVMS on a Compaq Alpha and Windows NT on client-servers. PVCS Tracker was used for recording faults. Tested screens built in PowerBuilder. Worked on E2E integration and system testing for the whole of the NETA system, including SPICE and SORT testing and performance testing. Also used FTP, Word 97, Excel 97, Visio and CMS for file configuration management. Use was made of the company’s Intranet. Show less

Worked as a system and integration tester in the gas industry. The testing involved client-server based billing, rating and accounting packages developed under Access version 2.0, Oracle version 7.3, Oracle Forms, SQL Server and Visual Basic running under Windows 3.11 and mostly Windows NT 4.0, as well as Compaq UNIX on an Alpha. Later involved in E2E testing of the re-engineering of the whole of Elf at Home’s CRM, billing and accounting systems for its domestic customers using principally the… Show more Worked as a system and integration tester in the gas industry. The testing involved client-server based billing, rating and accounting packages developed under Access version 2.0, Oracle version 7.3, Oracle Forms, SQL Server and Visual Basic running under Windows 3.11 and mostly Windows NT 4.0, as well as Compaq UNIX on an Alpha. Later involved in E2E testing of the re-engineering of the whole of Elf at Home’s CRM, billing and accounting systems for its domestic customers using principally the SCT product Banner. Tested the upgrade of Banner to Oracle 7.3.4. Used FTP extensively. The next project involved testing a similar re-engineering for Elf Business Energy on its industrial customer base. Also tested data migration to a new HelpDesk. Moved on to verifying Y2K compliance of all Elf’s principal domestic and industrial applications. Faults were logged on Lotus Notes. Conducted UAT with business users, assisting and guiding them whenever necessary. Extensive use of VI editor. Show less

Responsible for the development of acceptance and systems tests for proving the validity of Centrex management, using DMS-100 switches, as well as testing landline-billing and rating software. Used XRunner as an automated testing tool. Key member of a small post-sales support team supporting Centrex and wireline billing software in the telecommunications industry round the clock. Worked on a major number-change project for BT’s PhoneDay. Performed extensive UAT with users, scripting from… Show more Responsible for the development of acceptance and systems tests for proving the validity of Centrex management, using DMS-100 switches, as well as testing landline-billing and rating software. Used XRunner as an automated testing tool. Key member of a small post-sales support team supporting Centrex and wireline billing software in the telecommunications industry round the clock. Worked on a major number-change project for BT’s PhoneDay. Performed extensive UAT with users, scripting from functional specifications, and assisting them widely. Additional periods with the Convergys Advantage product for GSM mobile-billing software for One2One. Also tested GSM networks for the same client. Experience included installations to the live customer environment. Key member of team developing ISO 9001 procedures and carrying out computer audits. UNIX supporting ‘C’ code, FTP, VI editor and Oracle SQL on Solaris workstations and fault-tolerant Stratus and, later, Sequent hardware. Used Word and WordPerfect for preparing documents. Also used MVS, TSO, IDMS and JCL on an IBM mainframe. Gained BSI qualification as a lead auditor. Show less

Worked on the pan-European GSM mobile telephony project, in particular the Home Location Register (HLR). Used IBM mainframes under MVS and HP workstations under UNIX and X-Windows on LANs. Used Yourdon for software design. Used FTP for file transfer and VI editor. Employed FrameMaker for documentation.

Used Oracle products SQL, SQL*Plus and SQL*Forms running under UNIX on an HP 9000 in developing an RDBMS system designed for controlling the testing of engines. Wrote the training manual and many of the formal acceptance tests for the system. Worked on a number of systems using ACCENT, the company's videotex system, written in Pascal and later ‘C’ under VAX VMS. Wrote UAT for several of these systems and was a project leader in two of them. Worked on a project with the European commission, with… Show more Used Oracle products SQL, SQL*Plus and SQL*Forms running under UNIX on an HP 9000 in developing an RDBMS system designed for controlling the testing of engines. Wrote the training manual and many of the formal acceptance tests for the system. Worked on a number of systems using ACCENT, the company's videotex system, written in Pascal and later ‘C’ under VAX VMS. Wrote UAT for several of these systems and was a project leader in two of them. Worked on a project with the European commission, with close collaboration with their testers in Fleet and Brussels. Show less

Led a team in specifying, designing and coding host and slave gateways, conforming to Prestel protocols, to run on an IBM mainframe in conjunction with the company's videotex system, Multitel.

Wrote videotex applications in FORTRAN 77 and 'C' on a VAX VMS cluster. Wrote acceptance tests for many of the systems.

Wrote videotex applications in Pascal for a Modcomp mainframe. Developed applications in FORTRAN IV for a PDP-11 running under RT11 and TSX. Spent a year in The Hague at the offices of Shell, developing geological applications in FORTRAN and running on an IBM mainframe.

Developed computer models of the flow of molten glass under both gas and electric heating. Spent a total of three years seconded to Sheffield University developing these models and working towards the degree of PhD. Programs were written in FORTRAN IV