Michael Kirkby Email & Phone Number

Crawley, England, United Kingdom

Network Test Engineer

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

MWS Weather satellite Payload testing

Leatherhead

Iris project To provide the satellite-based controller/pilot datalink required to support future air traffic management communications. Inmarsat’s existing SwiftBroadband system will be enhanced with the extra reliability and protection required to support safety critical air traffic management (ATM) operations.

Leatherhead

DCC, Smart Meter project, PKI testing, SAML, X509,

Hursley

Romsey

Test Analyst, doing Performance Verification testing of a High Grade Cryptographic appliance. Linux and Windows, isolated test network.

Reading, United Kingdom

Test Analyst on the DII project, nTier resilient secure system running SQL server.

Test Engineer working at Hursley in Hampshire mostly java products.

Test Analyst, in Farnborough Hampshire working on the DEFRA account.

Contract software testing of an FPGA based cryptographic IP network product used for "High Grade" and commercial customers.

Testing Radiotherapy software with a hard X-ray delivery system, visited hospitals in Sweden, Holland and Germany for on site testing just prior to a clinical release. Initially testing the general software and calibration routines, later testing a 3-D imaging system used for improved patient location.

Responsible for Integration and System testing of a multi-server call recording software used by LAPD, NYPD and Banks. Extended for Integration and System testing of a “Voice Over Internet Protocol” Recording system. Writing of test plans to suit available time for each phase of the project. Installing, configuring and restoring Windows 2000 Server, SQL.

Responsible for writing documentation and test procedures as new products are brought into production. Terabit optical underwater repeaters with a 25 year warranty.

Responsible for testing a Pharmaceutical database application on Windows 95 and Windows 98 in four Languages.The first Medical software approved by the FDA for standalone use.

Responsible for the testing of an Interactive Digital Television system, everything behind the sky red button. Use of “Open Author” digital television program to prepare sample applications on Set Top Boxes. All documentation was under client observation through VPN. There was an aggressive timetable for each release leading to final sign off by the.

Testing Smart card readers

Design of Combustion Gas Analysers using Infra-red, UV Luminescence and flame ionization techniques, Responsible for the Analogue designs and the Chemistry and Physics of the Product range.

DC to 26.5GHz calibration and repair until the division was sold by Hawker Siddeley