Christopher Davies Personal Information Nationality: British Date of Birth: 28/01/1978 Place of Birth: Epsom, Surrey Full, Clean Driving Licence Education 1996 - Date The Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham BSc Computing Studies: Year 1: IT Applications 61 2:1 Information Systems 57 2:2 Software Implementation 1 51 2:2 Developing Professional Skills 67 2:1 Computer Technology 1 51 2:2 Applied Mathematics 40 3 Data Modelling & Database Design 48 3 Problem Solving & Software Design 57 2:2 Software Implementation 2 40 3 Developing Group Interaction Skills 40 3 Computer Technology 2 53 2:2 System Implementation 45 3 Overall: 51 2:2 Year 2: Database Management Systems 41 3 Data Structures Distributed Systems 40 3 Maths for Software Engineering 40 3 Systems Methodologies 38 Systems Software 46 3 Advanced Program Design 52 2:2 Business Computer Interaction 65 2:1 Case Tools 66 2:1 Formal Methods 36 Functional Programming 40 3 Group Project 67 2:1 Overall: 47 3 1994 - 1996 Peter Symonds' College, Winchester, Hampshire A Levels: Computing C Graphical Communication D Geography D BTEC GNVQ: Information Technology Level 3 1989 - 1994 The Henry Beaufort School, Winchester, Hampshire GCSE's: Art and Design D Design & Communication D English Literature C English Language B French E Geography B Mathematics C Double Science C C Work Experience 19/04/1993 - 30/04/1993 Winchester City Council Graphical Office Assistant Assisted in graphics & planning departments, Operated graphical machinery, Helped in production of leaflets and other promotional material. Employment 1994 - 02/01/1998 Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Winchester Checkout Operator / Stock Level Controller Over three years of reliable service in busy retailer where I operate ICL EFTPOS. terminals. Commended for my efficiency and politeness by customers I have served. Gained cash handling skills. 10/08/1998 - Date Lucent Technologies, Malmesbury, Swindon Placement Student Currently on an industrial placement in the switching department for a year, where I am building a web front-end to a number of databases and Unix tools. Community activities Helped at local Cub Scout Unit meetings for several months. References Mr Dermot O' Sullivan Mrs Sharon Webster Computing Placement Tutor Personnel Officer The Nottingham Trent University Sainsbury's Burton Street Badger Farm Nottingham Winchester NG1 4BU Hampshire Tel: (0115) 9418418 x2188 SO22 4QB E-mail: dos@doc.ntu.ac.uk Tel: (01962) 867896 Objective To serve in a company where my computing skills can be applied to challenging problems. Also hope to gain skills of the workplace and advance my knowledge in computing. Interests and activities Venture Scouts: Active member of Venture Scouts, have been chairman of the unit where I attended a Getting Organised Course which developed team building, communication skills, leadership and problem solving skills among others. Undertook Duke Of Edinburgh Bronze Award. Completed a British Red Cross Society emergency first aid course. Travel: Well travelled, have spent 5 years living on Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. Also visited South Africa, USA, and parts of Europe. Music: Former member of promotion team on University radio station KICK FM. Keen interest in music, particularly enjoy listening to dance music and help in making electronic music with my brother using MIDI equipment. Also maintain an unofficial band web-site. Sport: Enjoy various recreations particularly football and mountain biking, which generally help in keeping fit. IT Skills Type Typical use Frequency HardwareIBM PC Carry out all work, very well Everyday experienced. Amiga Making music with OctaMED Infrequent Sun Sparcs Transparent to users, but have used Occasional to check e-mail. Apple Mac To browse the Internet Infrequent SoftwareMicrosoft Word Write all work documents. 1-150 page Regularly 97 reports conforming to set standards. Simple use of WORD BASIC macros for amending a database using a series of forms and sorting into alphabetic order. Templates, Drawing Tools and Web facilities also used. Netscape Browsing the Internet for research V-Frequent Navigator 4.06 & purposes and for keeping my website Internet up-to-date. Also use Microsoft Explorer 3.1, Exchange and Netscape Mail for e 4.0 mailing. Microsoft Composed all 11 pages of my V-Frequent FrontPage 97 & website, WYSIWYG editors offer Netscape considerable time saving over hand Composer coding the raw HTML, however often there is a need to edit code manually, to edit online or to reduce file size. Java & For programming simple standalone Frequent JavaScript and distributed software packages. Also use in simple JavaScript on website pages such as scrolling text. Perl Used for CGI script elements where a Frequent programming language is needed. CGI using Implementation of a web front-end to V-Frequent CGIWRAP unix tools and databases achived through using CGI scripts containing Ksh Unix commands, Perl & JavaScript. Borland C++ 4.5, For programming software such as a Frequent 5.0 graphical editor and various small programs. Also in data structures Heap, Expression Tree, and Weighted Graph ADT's. Programs of 1-10 include files, 4 levels of inheritance, up to 600 lines of code. Turbo Pascal 7 Programmed during A-Level computing Infrequent course, writing simple programs. Select SSADM To model systems, for software Occasional analysis and design in system methodologies. Also use in Case Tools module. Around 5-6 entities. Fox Pro 2.0 & Use of queries, scripts, SQL, menu Infrequent Borland Paradox builder etc in implementation of a 4.5 Squash Club Membership program for a team project of 5 members. Access 97 To implement databases, using SQL Occasional for queries, joins etc Also maintain database as an organiser of telephone numbers. Adobe PhotoShop Touching up scanned images and any V-Frequent 4 & Corel Draw 4 graphic design especially for artwork used on website pages. Real Audio To provide on demand streamed audio Frequent Encoder and video content on my web-site. Op-Sys Windows NT 4.0 As a client server terminal in V-Frequent University computer labs. Windows 95, 3.1 At home mainly, experienced in using V-Frequent both either offline or networked. MSDOS File handling such as zipping files, Occasional editing simple batch files. Quite experienced. Unix Use at University to access e-mail Frequent accounts and different servers. Vi editor and gmacs used reguarly, CGI scripts built using Ksh commands, website administration performed. E-Mail cdavies@lucent.com (If you require my mailing address to enquire feel free to request it via e-mail.)