Mark Roberts Email & Phone Number

Contract Developer

• Further development and maintenance of Steinhoff application in a new outsourced environment• Designing and implementing new OE10 methodologies into the existing application• On-call DBA and application support for above application – Progress V9 and V10 databases on AIX and Windows boxes

• Maintenance and new development of existing Retail Point of Sale/Supply Chain, covering Freedom Furniture, Bayswiss, Bay Leather, Levenes across Australia and New Zealand• New development of Gift Registry back end processing and integration into existing system• Add Crystal Reports and related functionality to stores• Maintenance of existing code• Second line support for code and hardware related problems

• New development and cleanup of existing code in a large property management application (12 customers managing ~6000 properties) • Training and mentoring of development staff. • Second line support for code and hardware related problems• Advising on re-architecting the old application for future support of thin client (AppServer) technology as well as portability to MS/SQL and Oracle back end databases.

• Primary role to be on customers site as senior technical resource providing advanced code solutions, mentoring, education, design guidelines and best practice recommendations• Kept up to date with latest developments in technologies (Progress and Other)• Large project on customer site in Sydney to assist in migration of financial/accounting/POS/Inventory application from legacy system to Progress V9/Dynamics V2, using WebClient deployment. Included development using PHP, XML/XSL… Show more • Primary role to be on customers site as senior technical resource providing advanced code solutions, mentoring, education, design guidelines and best practice recommendations• Kept up to date with latest developments in technologies (Progress and Other)• Large project on customer site in Sydney to assist in migration of financial/accounting/POS/Inventory application from legacy system to Progress V9/Dynamics V2, using WebClient deployment. Included development using PHP, XML/XSL, UNIX shell scripting• Large migration project from CUI to Dynamics (v0.9 – 2.0) for customer in Hong Kong, including Multi-Lingual support (English/Chinese). Included visit on site to install application and provide training sessions for local developers.• Various short visits to customers to review existing Dynamics and Progress installations, and assist with technical problems• Coding and support of large telecommunications billing system• Presentation of Dynamics Technical subjects at local Progress Developers World conference Show less

• Tutoring classes in the 4GL component of their Computing course• Curriculum preparation• Face to face teaching of class of 20 in a Lab environment• Assignment and exam marking• Liaise with course coordinator

• Programming new modules, as well as support tools in Progress V8.3 Character and GUI• Bug fixing existing code in Progress V8.2 Character and GUI, as well as Actuate reporting tool V3.5• Development and upgrade of applications using Progress 9.0B character and GUI• Creation and execution of system test plans• Second line support for installed applications• Development and testing with IBM MQSeries messaging• Windows NT 4.0 platform (Client and Server)• Mentoring… Show more • Programming new modules, as well as support tools in Progress V8.3 Character and GUI• Bug fixing existing code in Progress V8.2 Character and GUI, as well as Actuate reporting tool V3.5• Development and upgrade of applications using Progress 9.0B character and GUI• Creation and execution of system test plans• Second line support for installed applications• Development and testing with IBM MQSeries messaging• Windows NT 4.0 platform (Client and Server)• Mentoring existing staff Show less

• Migration of existing systems to a Y2K compliant version, including OS, RDBMs and Applications.• Unix System Admin – AIX V4.1.5 to V4.2.1. OS Migration, applying Y2K patches, performance tuning, general administration duties, system crash analysis, shell scripting, backups, restores.• Progress Database Admin – Progress V7.3E and V8.3E. Database conversions, performance tuning.• PC Admin – Win 95, Win 98, Win NT, OS/2. Installation, upgrades, applying Y2K… Show more • Migration of existing systems to a Y2K compliant version, including OS, RDBMs and Applications.• Unix System Admin – AIX V4.1.5 to V4.2.1. OS Migration, applying Y2K patches, performance tuning, general administration duties, system crash analysis, shell scripting, backups, restores.• Progress Database Admin – Progress V7.3E and V8.3E. Database conversions, performance tuning.• PC Admin – Win 95, Win 98, Win NT, OS/2. Installation, upgrades, applying Y2K patches.• Programming – Developing programs as required in Progress (GUI and Character) and Unix shell scripting.• Support – Second line support for Progress, OS listed above and application. Show less

Senior Software Engineer, started as Trainee Software Engineer• Design – Assist developing business requirements specifications, develop functional requirements specifications and detailed designs.• Development – Coding (Progress V6 and 8, C), unit testing, system testing.• Delivery to Customer – Hardware and software installation, network trouble shooting, user acceptance testing, training, handover.• Installation – Install both PC and Unix host hardware, operating systems and… Show more Senior Software Engineer, started as Trainee Software Engineer• Design – Assist developing business requirements specifications, develop functional requirements specifications and detailed designs.• Development – Coding (Progress V6 and 8, C), unit testing, system testing.• Delivery to Customer – Hardware and software installation, network trouble shooting, user acceptance testing, training, handover.• Installation – Install both PC and Unix host hardware, operating systems and applications.• Education – Prepare and deliver education on both systems developed and operating systems from one on one to classes of up to 10 people.• Support – Helpdesk, on site and dial up support for applications, third party Unix and PC applications and operating systems. Supported site in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.• Applications developed – Transport industry: booking and dispatching software (Progress), interfaces to third party applications (Progress and C), mobile data applications (C), reporting (Progress, CorVu). Tradespeople: job tracking and invoicing system (Progress), reporting (Progress).• Development of junior staff - Interviewing, training and development with the progress language, company systems and general programming.• Sales support – Customer presentations, working on proposals, tender submissions, demonstrations.• Documentation – Writing user manuals, technical support documents, on-line help.• Unix System Admin – OSF, DEC Unix, AIX, HP/UX, Linux – Backups, user admin, general system maintenance• NT/Windows 95 System Admin• Testing – End to end testing of application.• Sybol Programming – Learn language and do maintenance programming on existing Sybol applications.• SyFa Support – Provide hardware level support for existing SyFa installations. Show less

Senior First Aid

Course provided by St Johns Ambulance

B.App.Sci, Computing

Internation Science School, Physics

Activities and Societies: Professor Harry Messel International Science School for Physics