Hired for a 6 month period to work along side team members and clients some of which are in the fortune 1000 list, to install, configure and test audio, visual, control and network equipment. the majority of the control equipment was Crestron. The projects ranged in complexity from single user web conference meeting rooms to broadcast scale multi functional auditoriums with multi room divisions and control.Key Contributions:-: Helped to guide a project to utilise a HTTP web… Show more Hired for a 6 month period to work along side team members and clients some of which are in the fortune 1000 list, to install, configure and test audio, visual, control and network equipment. the majority of the control equipment was Crestron. The projects ranged in complexity from single user web conference meeting rooms to broadcast scale multi functional auditoriums with multi room divisions and control.Key Contributions:-: Helped to guide a project to utilise a HTTP web service as means to control a remote system rather than utilising a multi-head client at the controller side.-: Estimated and installed adequate cabling as per design and specifications supplied.-: Built and installed racks as per specifications supplied.-: Site inspection / requirements checking upon first visit to install premises making sure adequate grounds and support requirements have been met by the correct party before equipment is installed. Show less

Hired for a 3 month Full-Time Temporary Contract which was extended for several more months after which I secured a permanent position. Provided Windows administration, LAN/WAN/VPN administration, SharePoint administration, hardware and software administration and support, including telephony/conferencing and security equipment. Managed time and task via help-desk service and communicated with clients/customers appropriately. Provided Backup and DR Administration along with Anti-Virus and… Show more Hired for a 3 month Full-Time Temporary Contract which was extended for several more months after which I secured a permanent position. Provided Windows administration, LAN/WAN/VPN administration, SharePoint administration, hardware and software administration and support, including telephony/conferencing and security equipment. Managed time and task via help-desk service and communicated with clients/customers appropriately. Provided Backup and DR Administration along with Anti-Virus and security patching. Left this job as I had planned to go travelling.Key Contributions:-: Evaluated and proposed a utilisation and cost relevant specification for desktop hardware replacement which was more appropriate for a subset of users.-: Evaluated mobile phone user base of 500+ for upgrades along with team members and issued new equipment to clients/customers within a 2 week schedule in line with the business and the client/customer.-: Gathered requirements from business departments for Intranet website migration to SharePoint; providing documentation and training to department administrators to facilitate a self service focused intranet web portal.-: Automated and semi-automated site specific application installs/patches via scripting and server scheduling.-: Investigated the use of alternative cost effective CAD software for non design focused users, provision of the software was later implemented by the site. Show less

Hired under contract with Make Positive. Provided upon request access data and support documentation and time for technology partners who wished to use a Deutsche Telekom web service API which allows end users to make purchases/payments via the technology partner's application (e.g. RIM's BlackBerry App World, Google's Play Store) with the purchase being billed to the end user's mobile. Managed and maintained XML document subversion repository for development, test and production environments… Show more Hired under contract with Make Positive. Provided upon request access data and support documentation and time for technology partners who wished to use a Deutsche Telekom web service API which allows end users to make purchases/payments via the technology partner's application (e.g. RIM's BlackBerry App World, Google's Play Store) with the purchase being billed to the end user's mobile. Managed and maintained XML document subversion repository for development, test and production environments. Generated and participated in weekly reports on client integration progress.Key Contributions:-: Cleaned up ANT Scripts and added new build options for new database columns in the XML required by the production and test environments.-: Helped clients troubleshoot web service requests for next day release.worked with team members to debug legacy Jenkins and ANT build environment to enable migration away from a database of legacy information.-: Created design documentation and test cases on a per client basis.Technology's utilised in this role:Apache Ant, Subversion, Oracle DB, MySQL, SQL Lite, XML (XSLs XSDs), SOAP, REST, SSH.Other Applications utilised in this role:Eclipse, Altova XMLspy, SOAPUI, Custom ticket system, Alfresco, JIRA, PuTTY. Show less

Worked at Deutsche Telekom in Hatfield under contract for Make Positive.

Provided support for general IT users via a help-desk system, phone, and email.Maintain/Improve network/phone functionality.Maintain/Improve workstations, laptops, portable devices, and other IT related hardware and software.

worked on the BT Mosaic project under taken by BT Design who were developing this for BT Media & Broadcasting. This project was purchased by Tata Communications (http://mosaic.tatacommunications.com/).