From 22/02/21No longer working on E.On account, have been moved to Kraft Heinz account building and rolling out 250 laptops over 5 weeks.Up to 20/02/21TUPE'd from Manpower to FDS via E.On accountPerforming same duties as before

TUPE'd from HP to ManpowerPerforming same duties as before

TUPE'd from E.ON IT to HPPerforming same duties as before

Converted the VB.NET version of Cryptsy Miner to C#.NET in three weeks renamed Project to Cryptsy Trader.https://github.com/AvalonCarnivalNow developing the project entirely in C# 2010.Also converted the VB Class that handles the calls to Cryptsy.Com to C#.Added Asynchronous Form to evaluate effectiveness of Swing Trading using a combination of Forex Technical Indicators (SMA-10, EMA-30 and %R Williams Oscillator-3).This test is currently monitoring the… Show more Converted the VB.NET version of Cryptsy Miner to C#.NET in three weeks renamed Project to Cryptsy Trader.https://github.com/AvalonCarnivalNow developing the project entirely in C# 2010.Also converted the VB Class that handles the calls to Cryptsy.Com to C#.Added Asynchronous Form to evaluate effectiveness of Swing Trading using a combination of Forex Technical Indicators (SMA-10, EMA-30 and %R Williams Oscillator-3).This test is currently monitoring the DRK/BTC market which is has been very liquid lately (upto 1400 BTC traded in 24 hours at one point)A report is written detailing the evaluated Market conditions, showing when to Buy and listing the Best Buy Price at the time, the same is done for a Sell indicator, but diplays the Best Sell price at the time.From this report it is possible to evaluate how effective the indicators are at predicting the market in the view to finding out a percentage of accuracy and the potential to make a profit.I am also researching Test Driven Development (TDD) with a view to implementing TDD into this Project, and looking into SCRUM methodology with a view to turning this hobby into a career. Show less

Further development of Cryptsy Miner.Incorporating the newly announced Cryptsy RESTful APIv2 (Beta) - www.cryptsy.comImplemented VB.Net 2010 class for the RESTful API calls to the Cryptsy web server, using HMAC-SHA-512 Public / Private key encryption security.RESTful API's on websites allow applications to request or send data to a website and is implemented by large companies such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

Developing applications to automatically trade Bitcoins and Altcoins in Forex style markets.Applications developed in VB.Net 2010 using JSON requests to www.cryptsy.com and www.BTC-e.com.Application plots Forex style graphs - 'Candle Charts', 'Bollinger Bands', 'Market Volumes' and 'Aroon Oscillation' with a view to adding a Stochastic Oscillator in future.Application polls the website every five seconds for market data, analyses it to determine trends and trades… Show more Developing applications to automatically trade Bitcoins and Altcoins in Forex style markets.Applications developed in VB.Net 2010 using JSON requests to www.cryptsy.com and www.BTC-e.com.Application plots Forex style graphs - 'Candle Charts', 'Bollinger Bands', 'Market Volumes' and 'Aroon Oscillation' with a view to adding a Stochastic Oscillator in future.Application polls the website every five seconds for market data, analyses it to determine trends and trades automatically to make a profit.Stop Loss is implemented to reduce the risk of losses whilst trading.Website connection keys and passwords are encrypted using SHA-256 encryption for added security. Show less

What is Bitcoin?Bitcoin is a currency that is currently worth approx $400 eachDuring 2013 one Bitcoin was worth approx $1100 each It is accepted by Amazon, Paypal in North America, www.scan.co.uk, overstock.com, TigerDirect, Newegg and BigFish Games.Current Market Capitalization of Bitcoin is $5,433,699,550.So if you thought Bitcoin is a joke or insignificant, think again.Everything counts in large amounts and $5.5Bn Dollars is a large amount!… Show more What is Bitcoin?Bitcoin is a currency that is currently worth approx $400 eachDuring 2013 one Bitcoin was worth approx $1100 each It is accepted by Amazon, Paypal in North America, www.scan.co.uk, overstock.com, TigerDirect, Newegg and BigFish Games.Current Market Capitalization of Bitcoin is $5,433,699,550.So if you thought Bitcoin is a joke or insignificant, think again.Everything counts in large amounts and $5.5Bn Dollars is a large amount! AchievementsMining Bitcoins (BTC) and Namecoin (NMC) using:HardwareRaspberry PIUSB2 Hub350 Watt PC PSUBitmain Ant Miners.Operating SystemArch LinuxMining ApplicationMinepeonBFG MinerPools BTCGuildGhash.ioCloud Mining Bitcoin (BTC) and Namecoin (NMC)PoolGhash.ioMining Litecoins (LTC), DOGEcoins (DOGE) and Darkcoin (DRK)HardwarePC1 * XFX 6870 GPU1 * 6990 GPU2 * 7850 GPU'sOperating SystemWindows 7Mining SoftwareCGMinerConclusionThe cheapest hardware can be a USB stick for approx £10, but you can pay £20,000 for the really powerful miners, and then there are the electricity costs.Mining Bitcoins or Altcoins is an arms race, to compete effectively requires a large investment and continual upgrades.Returns are constantly decreasing and due to technological advancements which affect the coins 'difficulty'.My personal opinion is any investment will most likely pay for 50% of itself, but the diminishing returns mean it would be very difficult to make back your whole investment, never mind make a profit.The only way I see to make a profit is to invest big, mine until you get a 50% return.Sell your hardware before it is outdated and devalues.Use the money to buy the newest miner.Rinse and repeat... Show less

2nd line industry standard applications support2nd line Bespoke applications supportVBScript developmentVB.Net developmentAchieved Prince2 Practitioner qualificationAchieved Windows XP MSDST qualificationAchieved ITIL Foundation qualificationCreated a VBScript to query application groups in active directory and copied the groups to another PC in AD. Adapted to output the details to text a file so a record of the migration could be kept.

2nd line applications supportSupport of bespoke applicationsVBScript developmentVB6 Development / SQL Server / TSQL / ASP - VBScript / HTML / ActiveXVB5 DevelopmentVB4 32 bit DevelopmentDeveloped and maintained a database of computer assets using VB6, SQL Server, Transact SQL to collect and store the data.Configured an intranet server using IIS, ASP, VBScript and HTML. Created a VB6 ActiveX applet to allow two levels of access to view or edit the… Show more 2nd line applications supportSupport of bespoke applicationsVBScript developmentVB6 Development / SQL Server / TSQL / ASP - VBScript / HTML / ActiveXVB5 DevelopmentVB4 32 bit DevelopmentDeveloped and maintained a database of computer assets using VB6, SQL Server, Transact SQL to collect and store the data.Configured an intranet server using IIS, ASP, VBScript and HTML. Created a VB6 ActiveX applet to allow two levels of access to view or edit the asset data by evaluating membership of AD Groups. This applet was embedded in the ASP code and the relevent page on the webserver was set to NTAuthentication so the Windows Login credentials could be determined.Developed a front end menu to a Terminal Emulator that load balanced between several host servers using initially VB4 16 Bit for WinNT 3.51.This was later re-written in VB4 32 Bit for WinNT 4 platform.Migrated the code to VB5, but this was never used.The VB 4 32 Bit application was published over Citrix to 400+ users at United Utilites (Water). Show less

2nd line support of Industry standard and bespoke PC applicationServer support and Domain Administration of 3 domains in an NT4 / NT 3.51 environment

Working for my own limited company, contracted to Vertex Data Science, working at Noweb / Northwest Water / United Utilities sites in Bolton and Warrington.Support and problem resolution of legacy OS/2 rugged laptops and Unix server based systemsUpgrading safety critical computer systemsData collection, statistical analysis and consultation on Year 2000 project data.

H/W build, soak test and install operating system on a minimum of 7 Desktop / Laptop / Server PC's a day.Onsite Support at United Distillers at Port Dundas in Glasgow and also in Edinburgh