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IT Knowledge and Education

Recent Highlights

	Solution architectures for a major business and IT change programme at National Grid
	Creation of the acclaimed "Roadmaps" for National Grid’s IT strategy
	An innovative process for modeling Enterprise Data Architectures
	Design and development of a retail back office system
	Creation of an inexpensive proprietary messaging system for application integration
	The architecture and design for a multi-tier client-server asset management system
	Standards for the analysis and design of component-based systems
	Design of a monitoring scheme for a multinational Unix network

Languages, Databases and Environments

	Visual Basic and VB.NET (all versions)
	XML, XSD (XML schema), XSLT, and their use in EAI
	Java and various java-based technologies including JMS, JAXB and others
	VBA, VBScript, Active Server Pages, ASP.NET and PHP
	EAI tools including JCAPS, BizTalk, JMS, MSMQ and bespoke messaging
	Oracle, including distributed databases and various tools (SQL*Forms, PL/SQL)
	Unix, including C, Bourne Shell, Perl, Awk and X-Windows
	Windows, including the 16-bit, 32-bit and .NET APIs
	Others including Access, Unify, ACCELL (the Unify 4GL), Pascal and assembler

Communication Skills

	Publishing credits include “A Hacker’s Guide to Project Management” – light-hearted project management advice for the new project leader, now in its second edition
	Papers include "Modelling the Enterprise Data Architecture"
	Conference presentations include “The Benefits of EAI” for the Enterprise Architecture Conference 2011, "Agile Architecture", "Communicating the Enterprise Architecture", "The Pragmatic Approach to Quality" and "Getting the System Sizing and Performance Testing Right"
	I offer training courses in testing and object-oriented analysis and design
	A highly experienced user of tools such as Microsoft Office and various web technologies for electronic and paper-based document delivery
	A good working knowledge of French
	I maintain a fully-equipped office with colour laser printer, and a wide-ranging IT library of books, magazines, reference CDs and software
	I run the AgileArchitect.org website exploring the use of agile methods in architecture, and the role of the architect in agile developments

Education and Affiliations

1979 - 1982: Lancaster University. B.Sc. (Hons) 1st Class in Physics.

1972 - 1979: Chepstow School. 10 'O' Levels, A Grades at 'A' Level in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, including a distinction on the Physics special paper.

I am a founding member of the World Wide Institute for Software Architects.