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Bracknell, England, United Kingdom

Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa

Enhance and maintain data management systems, safeguarding data onto storage servers.Technologies used are C# .NET Framework and .NET Core, SQL Server, Microsoft Graph API, GSuite API, Azure Table Storage, Azure Blob Storage, Azure DevOps, Azure AppInsights for telemetry, Visual Studio 2019, JetBrains Rider

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Maintain and enhance financial systems.Technologies used were C# .NET Framework and C# .NET Core, Cloud Storage for containers using Amazon's ECS, Kubernetes for container services to host micro-services, TeamCity for CI/CD, Git, SQL Server, Azure AppInsights for telemetry, Visual Studio 2017, JetBrains Rider

Wapadrand, Pretoria

Software Developer for FDA Africa based in Wapadrand, Pretoria;Created software within the government South African Police Service forensic laboratory environment which enhances high resolution images of fingerprints. This entailed utilise computer vision technologies (OpenCv and EmguCv) to programmatically enhance fingerprint ridge details and pores for use in forensic investigations and courts of law and was deployed within the South African Police forensic services.Enhanced… Show more Software Developer for FDA Africa based in Wapadrand, Pretoria;Created software within the government South African Police Service forensic laboratory environment which enhances high resolution images of fingerprints. This entailed utilise computer vision technologies (OpenCv and EmguCv) to programmatically enhance fingerprint ridge details and pores for use in forensic investigations and courts of law and was deployed within the South African Police forensic services.Enhanced an application which biometrically controls and preserves the chain of custody of evidence.This is software development using Microsoft technologies: Windows Forms, WCF, SQL Server and Oracle development. This was deployed within the South African Police Service.Lead Microsoft front-end development in an application which integrates with J2EE back-end and web services to upgrade aforementioned software applications.This incorporated a Microsoft Windows Forms frontend integrated with a J2EE web service published by IBM’s Message Broker and an Oracle database.Technologies used: Win XP; Win 7, SQL Server 2008; Oracle 10g; Oracle 11g; VB.NET 2010; C#.NET 2010; C++.NET 2010; Git; .NET Framework 3.5; .NET Framework 4.0; AJAX Web Extensions, ADO.NET; HTML; Windows Communication Framework (WCF); JavaScript; Web Services; OpenCv and EmguCv. Show less

Sandton, Johannesburg

Senior Software Engineer for Aristocrat Technologies based in Linbro Park, Johannesburg.Enhanced existing VB6/Oracle casino machine and table management and financial accounting software. Upgraded VB6 software to C#.NET with Oracle and SQL Server backend. Enhanced a Java application for payments; Implementation of TFS with scrum templates. Design and implement a system to record time usage of developers (with offline capabilities) which integrates with SQL server and TFS for scrum… Show more Senior Software Engineer for Aristocrat Technologies based in Linbro Park, Johannesburg.Enhanced existing VB6/Oracle casino machine and table management and financial accounting software. Upgraded VB6 software to C#.NET with Oracle and SQL Server backend. Enhanced a Java application for payments; Implementation of TFS with scrum templates. Design and implement a system to record time usage of developers (with offline capabilities) which integrates with SQL server and TFS for scrum management purposes. Share knowledge based on previous experience to colleagues. Smartcard POS interface development and integration via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).Software development using Microsoft technologies; SQL Server and Oracle development;Technologies used: Win XP; 2003 Server; Win 7, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008; Oracle 9i; 10g; 11g; .NET C# 2003; C# 2008; C# 2010; VB6; Java (Eclipse); .NET Framework 2.0; 3.0; 3.5; 4.0; AJAX Web Extensions, ADO.NET; HTML; JavaScript; Web Services; Team Foundation Server with Agile Scrum templates. Show less

Situation: Analyst .NET developer for Reach Limited in Woking.Aim: To stabilise retail based statistical survey engine which allows the analysis and prediction of marketing and sales statistics.Objectives: Software development; SQL Server development; business object generation.Result: A stabilised software application that is now accepted to be the recognised way forward in the retail and management industry.Technologies used: Windows XP; Windows 2003… Show more Situation: Analyst .NET developer for Reach Limited in Woking.Aim: To stabilise retail based statistical survey engine which allows the analysis and prediction of marketing and sales statistics.Objectives: Software development; SQL Server development; business object generation.Result: A stabilised software application that is now accepted to be the recognised way forward in the retail and management industry.Technologies used: Windows XP; Windows 2003 Server, SQL Server 2005 and SSIS, SSAS and SSRS; .NET Framework 2.0;3.0;3.5; CF using C#.NET in ASP.NET environments and handheld devices and SQL 2005 CE, AJAX Web Extensions, ADO.NET with Rockford Lohtka’s CSLA; SharePoint 2007 (MOSS); HTML; JavaScript; Web Services; Team Foundation Server with Agile Scrum templates. Show less

Situation: Lead Software Developer for Unionstreet Technologies in Richmond.Aim: To design and develop a portal which facilitates wholesale line rental from BT OpenReach to end users via service providers. Implement coding stratagems and business rules that would catalyse the conversion of VB6 projects to VB.NET, simultaneously decreasing the learning curve of VB6 developers during their transition to VB.NET and ultimately implement Microsoft MSF software development lifecycle… Show more Situation: Lead Software Developer for Unionstreet Technologies in Richmond.Aim: To design and develop a portal which facilitates wholesale line rental from BT OpenReach to end users via service providers. Implement coding stratagems and business rules that would catalyse the conversion of VB6 projects to VB.NET, simultaneously decreasing the learning curve of VB6 developers during their transition to VB.NET and ultimately implement Microsoft MSF software development lifecycle methodologies. Rewrite a JAVA Web Service API into VB.NET. Maintain and enhance existing C# projects. Plan incremental upgrade of VB6 software to VB.NET. Procurement of new software developers.Objectives: Software development; SQL Server development; business object generation; transition of .NET into a true RAD tool.Result: The implementation of the MSF lifecycle, C# and VB.NET code maintenance and enhancements with new functionality and a highly scalable web portal designed on newly implemented business rules and coding stratagems.Technologies used: Windows XP; Windows 2003 Server, SQL Server 2000, .NET Framework 2.0;3.0;3.5 using C#.NET, VB.NET predominantly in ASP.NET environments, AJAX Web Extensions, ADO.NET; SharePoint 2007 (MOSS); HTML; JavaScript; Lots of XML and ebXML; Web Services and Java Show less

Situation: Analyst programmer for Hicom Technology in Brookwood.Aim: To pioneer and guide the transition from MS-Access to VB.Net, define the business rules of all new VB.Net systems and implement MSF project lifecycle idealisms centralised around new .NET health systems. Software development and implementation in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates concluded a successful diabetes hospital data communication infrastructure via windows and web services for pathology devices and machines… Show more Situation: Analyst programmer for Hicom Technology in Brookwood.Aim: To pioneer and guide the transition from MS-Access to VB.Net, define the business rules of all new VB.Net systems and implement MSF project lifecycle idealisms centralised around new .NET health systems. Software development and implementation in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates concluded a successful diabetes hospital data communication infrastructure via windows and web services for pathology devices and machines such as the Olympus AU400, Variant II and the Ellisys Quattro. Further successful implementations were windows services for customised HL7 interfacing for PAS demographics in a children’s diabetes hospital and a sports injuries hospital which are both based in Dublin, Ireland. Objectives: Testing; software development; SQL Server development; business object generation; transition of .NET into a true RAD tool.Result: Successful business rule implementation, MSF lifecycle implementation and MS-Access to VB.NET transition.Technologies used: Windows XP; Windows 2003 Server, SQL Server 2000, VB.NET 1.1/2.0; C#.NET; ASP.NET 1.1/2.0/3.0, ADO.NET; HTML; XML; Web Services; JavaScript, Visual SourceSafe 6.0c Show less

Situation: Analyst programmer for the National Health Service.Aim: To complete outstanding projects. Completed course booking website in asp & SQL Server and an intranet timesheet and leave application HR system in ASP.NET & SQL Server for temporary, permanent and flexi-time staff.Objectives: Testing; software development; SQL Server development; Result: Completed requirements and developed a stock control intranet.Technologies used: Windows XP; Windows 2003… Show more Situation: Analyst programmer for the National Health Service.Aim: To complete outstanding projects. Completed course booking website in asp & SQL Server and an intranet timesheet and leave application HR system in ASP.NET & SQL Server for temporary, permanent and flexi-time staff.Objectives: Testing; software development; SQL Server development; Result: Completed requirements and developed a stock control intranet.Technologies used: Windows XP; Windows 2003 Server; IIS 6, SQL Server 2000; VB .NET; ASP .NET, ADO .NET, ASP, JavaScript, Visual SourceSafe 6.0 c; Show less

Situation: Analyst programmer for a media storage company.Aim: Technical test specifications maintain & enhance ASP.NET with C# .NET websites.Objectives: Identified user requirements; identified development time; testing; UAT; Software development; SQL Server development; provide support and task sharing for resident software developers.Result: Brought software to specification, and burden alleviation.Technologies used: Windows XP; SQL Server 2000; VB .NET; C#… Show more Situation: Analyst programmer for a media storage company.Aim: Technical test specifications maintain & enhance ASP.NET with C# .NET websites.Objectives: Identified user requirements; identified development time; testing; UAT; Software development; SQL Server development; provide support and task sharing for resident software developers.Result: Brought software to specification, and burden alleviation.Technologies used: Windows XP; SQL Server 2000; VB .NET; C# .NET; ASP. NET, ADO .NET, JavaScript, Visual SourceSafe 6.0 c; Show less

Situation: Analyst programmer for a governmental institution.Aim: Write software in VBA to warehouse and maintain data of endangered species for a red-list book to be written.Objectives: Identified user requirements; identified development time; identified hardware requirements; testing; UAT.Result: A database that interfaced with ODBC drivers to an Interprise database, and warehoused endangered species data with reports. Technologies used: VBA; MS-Access XP;… Show more Situation: Analyst programmer for a governmental institution.Aim: Write software in VBA to warehouse and maintain data of endangered species for a red-list book to be written.Objectives: Identified user requirements; identified development time; identified hardware requirements; testing; UAT.Result: A database that interfaced with ODBC drivers to an Interprise database, and warehoused endangered species data with reports. Technologies used: VBA; MS-Access XP; ODBC; Windows 2000/XP; Show less

Situation: Analyst programmer for a medical software company.Aim: Port VB.NET software to C#.NET.Objectives: I assisted in porting VB.NET to C#.NET on an on-and-off basis that is not encompassed by the dates shown above but were done in the duration of two years.Result: VB.NET applications were ported across to C#.NET successfully.*NB: The duration of the two years ended in December 2006.Aim: Write software that would administrate and regulate security… Show more Situation: Analyst programmer for a medical software company.Aim: Port VB.NET software to C#.NET.Objectives: I assisted in porting VB.NET to C#.NET on an on-and-off basis that is not encompassed by the dates shown above but were done in the duration of two years.Result: VB.NET applications were ported across to C#.NET successfully.*NB: The duration of the two years ended in December 2006.Aim: Write software that would administrate and regulate security of the software.Objectives: identified user requirements; identified development time; SQL Server 2000 development.Result: Secured software that could be administered with the most flexibility.Aim: Write software to be used by a nominated doctor to facilitate the creation of business rules.Objectives: identified user requirements; identified development time; SQL Server 2000 development.Result: Software that could create business rules according to combinations of result sets that a nominated doctor performed.Aim: Write a library that is used as a plug-in to create flat-files for automated medical claims.Objectives: identified user requirements; identified development time; SQL Server 2000 development.Result: Core software that created flat-files to be sent to medical claim clearing houses automatically.Technologies used: VB .NET; C#.NET; SQL Server 2000 development; ADO .NET; Crystal Reports .NET; n-tier; COM; COM+; DCOM; replication; MS-Project 2000; Windows 2000/XP; Show less

Situation: Analyst programmer in a JSE (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) contracted software development company for registrars.Aim: Upgrade an existing system written in Clipper 5 to Visual basic 6.Objectives: Identified development time; identified technologies to be used; identified a roll-out plan.Result: Registrars were supplied with an MIS shares holdings system.Technologies used: VB 6; MS-Access 2000/XP; Crystal Reports 7/8; MS-Project 2000; Windows… Show more Situation: Analyst programmer in a JSE (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) contracted software development company for registrars.Aim: Upgrade an existing system written in Clipper 5 to Visual basic 6.Objectives: Identified development time; identified technologies to be used; identified a roll-out plan.Result: Registrars were supplied with an MIS shares holdings system.Technologies used: VB 6; MS-Access 2000/XP; Crystal Reports 7/8; MS-Project 2000; Windows 95/98/ME/NT 4/2000/XP; Show less

Situation: IT manager in a real-estate franchising industry at the head-office in Pretoria.Aim: Complete a program that uploaded real-estate for sale and financial royalties of each franchisee to a SQL Server 2000 back-ended website and an in-house financial MIS and accounting billing system.Objectives: Identified user requirements to constitute project completion; identified hardware requirements for new modular software with aim to upgrade to VB.NET systems; identified a… Show more Situation: IT manager in a real-estate franchising industry at the head-office in Pretoria.Aim: Complete a program that uploaded real-estate for sale and financial royalties of each franchisee to a SQL Server 2000 back-ended website and an in-house financial MIS and accounting billing system.Objectives: Identified user requirements to constitute project completion; identified hardware requirements for new modular software with aim to upgrade to VB.NET systems; identified a project plan; revised a roll-out plan; SQL Server 2000 Development and admin.Result: A successful nationwide roll-out to real-estate franchisees.Technologies used: VB .NET; ASP .NET; C# .NET; ADO .NET; Crystal Reports 7/8/.NET; FTP; VBA; MS-Access 2000; FrontPage 2000; SQL Server 2000; VB 6; IIS 5; XML; XSLT; Delphi 6; MS-Project 2000; VBScript; JavaScript; Pastel Accounting 5/5.2/6; HTML; Visual Interdev; Windows 95/98/2000/ME/NT 4/XP; Show less

Situation: Banking environment where I participated as an Analyst Programmer.Aim: Port VB.NET code to C#Objectives: The functionality within C# such as extra error trapping, xml comments, IDE “dead code” highlighting, IDE “uninitialised variables” highlighting and general preference among developers resulted in the conversion of VB.NET applications to C#.NETResult: All VB.NET applications were ported to C# successfully.Aim: Rewrite the banking payment switch… Show more Situation: Banking environment where I participated as an Analyst Programmer.Aim: Port VB.NET code to C#Objectives: The functionality within C# such as extra error trapping, xml comments, IDE “dead code” highlighting, IDE “uninitialised variables” highlighting and general preference among developers resulted in the conversion of VB.NET applications to C#.NETResult: All VB.NET applications were ported to C# successfully.Aim: Rewrite the banking payment switch into Visual Basic 6.0 and convert the database to SQL Server 2000.Objectives: Identified the individual modules of the old VB3 system; identified start and end times for development; identified responsible developers per module; code froze the old VB3 code; planned and executed an international roll-out. Also wrote encrypted file output modules, and wrote MIS systems in Crystal Reports. Required SQL Server 2000 development and admin.Result: A successful roll-out to Swaziland Automated Electronic Clearing House (SAECH) and to Cayman islands. Other clients were Barclays bank, Citibank and Standard bank and all these were in Botswana, Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe etc.Aim: Write encrypted flat file outputs to interface with Barclays bank’s host accounting system, Bankmaster.Objectives: Analysed the new requirements and costing; identified time periods of development and deadlines; investigated 3DES encryption; Required SQL Server development & admin.Result: Secure payment instructions between payment switch and host accounting system.Technologies used: VB 3; VB 6; VB .NET; C# .NET; XML; XSLT; FTP; MS-Access 2/2000; SQL Server 7/2000; Windows 95/98/NT 4/2000/XP; ASP .NET; Visual Interdev; Show less

South Africa

Military service and subsequent permanent force in the Electronic Warfare division.Studied Electronic Engineering up to diploma level with N6.

Mcsd.Net, Microsoft Technologies

Mcsd.Net, Microsoft Technologies

Electronic Engineering N.Dip., Electronic Engineering - Radio Telecommunications, National Diploma