Pete Bishop Email & Phone Number

Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

Developer and release administrator: June 1997 - May 2021Key technical skills: C#, WCF, XML, OOD, SQL, C++, C, SSIS, TFS, PVCS, GIT, RPG, CL DDSResponsible for all aspects of the software development process, including analysing requirements, design, document, code, test including support for user testing, plan and manage deployment, live support. Additionally responsible for release management. - Analysed new business requirements, scoped out areas that needed change, coded changes required and supported testing. Managed and coordinated the implementation to live, successfully within the tight time frame. - Provided replacement business intelligence and operational intelligence to support the transition to new systems. Utilised SSIS to extract data from 3rd party SQL databases, used SSRS to provide the BI and OI interactive reporting required. This enhanced the functionality provided by the third-party systems. - Technical troubleshooter for complex payments systems hosted over a variety of platforms. Business critical nature of payments made it a top priority. Issues identified and resolved or escalated with the relevant system owner. This minimised the financial impact and frequency of these issues. - Successfully designed , co-ordinated and managed PCI driven changes. Coded and supported testing of change, delivered through to implementation. - Successfully managed source control and implementation of Iseries, desktop and web-based system changes. This reduced business disruption and improved software stability.Analyst Programmer: June 1992 - June 1996Key technical skills : RPG, CL, DDS, C, PVCS, Implementor Responsible for writing and maintaining insurance administration and sales systems running on IBM AS400. Worked on Client server applications initially on the AS400 side and migrated across to working on the PC side. Worked on enhancing the C based premium calculation engine, both on the OS2 and Iseries platforms.

Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom

Working within Pirelli Cables utilising AS400 machines running RPG and CL. Responsible for developing commercial systems handling sales, inventory control and dispatch, across the 5 UK Divisions of the company.Senior developer: July 1989 - June 1992Responsible for creating tailored versions of the system to meet the needs of the different Divisions. This was across the project lifecycle, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation and post implementation support. Implemented three tailored versions of the system into three subdivisions. The systems provided visability of profitability, improved inventory control and better dispatch planning. This helped to significantly reduce working capital and assisted in focusing on higher value added business.Junior Developer: July 1987 - July 1989Coding changes and fixing defects whilst learning the system. Developing new versions of the system tailored for different Divisions.