Resume for Leon Bambrick

A bright and friendly engineer, with keen problem solving abilities and a very professional approach. I pride myself on my self-management skills, and my versatile communication skills.

Contact Details

Brisbane, Qld. Australia.

Full details available on request. Email Leon Bambrick.

Technical Skills

MS Visual Basic 3/4/5/6/.Net	4 years
Including: COM, ActiveX, ADO, DAO, RDO, VBScript, OLE
MS SQL Server 6.5/7.0	3 years
Including: Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, Rules, DTS
MS Visual Basic for Applications	4 years
Including: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
MS Access 2/97/2000	4 years
Crystal Reports 5/6/7/8.5	4 years
Windows 95/98/NT 3/NT 4/NT 5/ME/2000	4 years
HTML 2.0/3.2/JavaScript/Jscript/DHTML/SSI	2 years
MS Visual SourceSafe 6.0/PVCS	4 years
Shell/Batch Scripting	4 years
".KIX" Scripting	1 year
MS IIS	1 year
ASP/MTS/MS Visual Interdev	1 year
C/C++/Visual C++ 6.0	6 months
Sybase	6 months
XML/DTD	6 months
CSS	6 months
IBM Team Connection	3 months
Unix (AIX, BASh, Linux)	3 months
Pascal	Tertiary
Modula 2	Tertiary
AutoCAD	Tertiary

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (COMPUTER SYSTEMS)

University of Queensland, Australia, January 1994 - August 1998
Final Semester Grade Point Average: 5.2 (from a maximum of 7)
Thesis: "Lecture Timetabling Using Genetic Algorithms." Grade: 7
Course material included in-depth coverage of:

Structured and object-oriented programming
Database design
Managerial and Documentation skills

Employment History

TSA SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, BRISBANE (15/08/02 TO Present)

Description of Company

A provider of Call Accounting and Billing software to thousands of Australian and international businesses.

Position Held

Software Consultant

Projects with TSA

Systems Integration

Designed triggers to allow a contact management system to share data with a helpdesk system.
Skills: SQL Server T-SQL (Triggers, stored procedures), Visual Basic 6, Crystal Reports

CAAB Managed Services

Authored components to provide versatile reporting features for a complex call accounting package.
Skills: Visual Basic 6 (ActiveX, COM), Crystal Reports

THE CRESTA GROUP, LONDON (15/01/02 TO 21/06/02)

Description of Company

A provider of computing services to European Banks and their multinational partners. Approximately 100 employees.
For more information see "http://www.cresta.net"

Position Held

Senior Consultant - member of development team; provided restructure of systems division; interviewed and mentored new employees; DBA; intranet design/support.

Projects with Cresta

ASAP (Asset Securitisation Administration Program)

Provided development, support and design for a VB/SQL system which administers multi-billion dollar trade receivables asset securitisation deals. High pressure, fast turn around, extremely critical system.
Skillls: Visual Basic 5/6, Visual C++, ASP, IIS, FTP (SafeTP), Crystal Reports 6/7/8.5, MS Excel/VBA, PVCS

Atriax TestBuilder

Providing GUI to an automated testing system for an Online currency exchange
Skills: Mercury Winrunner, Mercury Test Director, Visual Basic 6

Changepoint

Creating Active Server Pages (ASP) and general DBA for the company's CRM/Workflow system
Skills: ASP, SQL Server 7

Cresta corporate website

Managed all technical and design aspects of complete redesign of the company website.
Skills: SSI (Apache servers), FTP, HTML, MS Photodraw, Javascript/JScript

Rabobank Securitisation

Provided development and support of application used by leading bank for billion dollar securitisation deals. Extremely specialised technical skills and customer skills required.
Skills: Sybase, Visual Basic 6, MS Excel/VBA, Source Safe

GF-X.COM, LONDON (28/08/01 to 16/11/01)

Description of Company

A neutral online exchange where shippers and airlines buy and sell freight space.
For more information see "http://www.gf-x.com"

Position Held

Lead Application Developer

Projects with GF-X.COM

The Offline Tools

Excel VBA spreadsheets in conjunction with Unix scripts used for entering and validating Airline data to be imported/exported from/to an IBM DB2 database
Rapid troubleshooting and re-development of an ailing system involved the removal of over one hundred defects
Provided system documentation and authored VB coding standards documentation
Skills: Excel Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), FTP, IBM TeamConnection, IBM Unix (AIX)

BERWIN LEIGHTON PAISNER, LONDON (03/07/00 to 20/04/01)

Description of Company

City of London Top 20 Law firm
For more information visit "http://www.blplaw.com"

Position held

Analyst/Programmer, IT Support Department, Development Workgroup

Projects with Berwin Leighton

BLADE (Berwin Leighton Active Directory Engine)

Mission critical SQL Server 7 database of company personnel
COM object allows other applications to use BLADE data securely
Generates emails to key support staff when data changes
Acts as a workflow system for the support department
Consulted with user groups and provided feasibility reports before re-engineering the application
Provided staff training prior to roll-out
Skills: Visual Basic 6.0 (ADO and COM), SQL Server 7.0, Crystal Reports 7.0, MAPI

BLADEMaps

Created "Hot Maps" for each floor of the building. Clicking on a desk location provides details of the occupant and links to other systems, including email, VNC, help desk, work flow, telephone system.
Information extracted from multiple sources, including security facilities
Assisted in coding an ASP version for the company's intranet
Skills: Visual Basic 6.0 (ADO and COM), SQL Server 7.0, ASP, VBScript

BLAM! (Berwin Leighton Asset Management)

Extracts information from several 3rd party databases and compiles reports showing software licencing requirements
Skills: Visual Basic 6.0, SQL Server 6.5, MS Access 2000, Borland Interbase 6.0, Crystal Reports 7.0

ErrorLogger

Designed and implemented an ActiveX COM Object for automated trapping of VB runtime errors in all in-house applications
Error information is logged to a SQL Server 7.0 database
Skills: Visual Basic 6.0 COM, SQL Server 7.0

Various Other Projects

Maintained approximately twelve other Visual Basic 6.0 applications
Assisted with merger issues arising from changes to: company name; internet domain name; logos; structure of company; usage of computer resources
Experience with beta testing of Visual Basic .Net
Exposure to emerging web-based technologies including XML, XHTML and MTS

TECHNISYST COMPUTING, BRISBANE, (10/02/98 to 04/03/00)

Description of Company

Rapidly growing provider of mobile computing solutions
For more information see http://www.technisyst.com

Position held

Analyst/Programmer, Development Team

Projects with Technisyst Computing

Mobile File Transfer Utility

Transfers files to mobile computers using the Mobile Data Network
Responsible for the complete design and development
Skills: Visual Basic 6.0 (COM)

Brisbane City Council - Water Department - Mobile Computing System Trial

Touch screen client/server application installed in six trucks
Provides work order allocation/processing and timesheets
Assisted in the development and management including site inspections
Skills: Visual Basic 6.0 (ADO), Access 97, SQL Server 6.5

Brisbane City Council - Development and Regulatory Services - FieldConX version 3.0

Generic interface to allows existing client/server applications to be translated to a mobile environment without compromising performance
Used by over 300 Field Officers
Oracle and SQL Server backend databases
Designed and coded metadata communication layer using a format similar to XML
Provided all support documentation
Skills: Visual Basic 6.0 (ADO and COM), Access 97

DATA000 Demonstration Prototype

Touch-screen driven application to operate in police cars
Worked closely with the CEO to develop a demonstration version
Skills: Visual Basic 6.0, Access 97

Various Other Projects

Experience with use and development of an ISO 9000/9001 Quality Assurance System
Nation-wide travel to promote Technisyst products to potential clients

REFERENCES

References will be provided on request.

Email Leon Bambrick

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