Giles Knap Email & Phone Number

Harwell Science And Innovation Park, Didcot, OX11 0DE

I am working in the structural biology department to develop an e-Learning short course for industry ‘Emerging and Existing Biotechnologies’, see http://www.reading.ac.uk/biologicalsciences/shortcourses/biosci-biopharmaskills.aspx.

At Reading Museum I worked in the local community to encourage intergenerational communication by promoting the Historypin project, see http://www.historypin.com/community-localprojects-reading/.

Reading, U.K.

As the technical lead in teams of 3-5 software developers, I designed and implemented components for several large scale solutions including:-Government Gateway (see www.gateway.gov.uk): An online portal that provides a connection between U.K. citizens and government departments. I led a team who built the digital document signing components for secure.

Reading, U.K.

I provided expert onsite guidance and training for clients developing systems using the latest Microsoft technology. Typically, this would involve working with the client’s development team and then delivering part of the system from within the business. For the majority of this period I contributed to classified Government projects.

Reading, U.K.

I worked with teams in the research and development lab to deliver cutting-edge desktop applications running on Microsoft Windows and HP/UX, these included ‘New Wave Mail’ and ‘Advanced Terminal’.

Hamilton, Bermuda

I was responsible for onsite support to MCS’s customers running business applications. This included customizing COBOL accounting packages for Bermudian tax law.

St. Georges, Bermuda

Implementing computer hardware and software solutions to support research projects.Including interfacing a gas chromatograph to an Apple IIe computer and building the software for calibration and data acquisition.

Msc (Pg Cert), Computational Science By Research

Bsc 2:1, Computer Science With Microelectronics