Curriculum Vitae

Daniel Fisher

August 2000 to Present

Collective Enterprises Limited

Development Consultant

Working on a large scale client billing system, to export data into a Visual
Basic development.  Knowledge and experience of SQL, NT4 networks and UNIDATA
was required to facilitate the decommission of a large PICK server based
operation.

August 1998 to August 1999

James Bennett Library Services, Australia

Contract Analyst / Programmer / EDI Consultant

Designed, wrote and saw through to implementation UNIVERSE software, based on
SOLARIS to enable the company to process Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
orders utilising the EDIFACT, ANSIX12 and BISAC formats.

Advised the company on network configuration issues and provided support of
their windows NT systems also running UNIVERSE.  Implemented an ANSI Z39.50
standard server on SOLARIS using PERL and ANSI C.

Supervised the hand-over of the new software to third party firms running
Windows NT and DEC Alpha equipment.


January 1998 to August 1998

Credit Union Services Corporation Australia Limited (CUSCAL)

Contract Analyst / Programmer

I was employed by Credit Union Services to maintain their UNIVERSE Visa Credit
Card and Visa Settlement systems.  This involved liaison with department heads
and careful amendments to an established commercial system.  I was also
involved in the support of batch data communications between the CUSCAL
headquarters and Credit Union offices Australia-wide.  Parallel to this support
role,  I developed communication facilities and management reports and
subsequently supervised their testing and release.

The latter period of my stay was spent with the CUSCAL Accelerated Cheque
Clearing system (ACC) development team.  There my responsibility was for
specification, development, testing and supervision of development standards.
Development was in UNIVERSE.  The ACC system has been developed to strict and
rigorous ISO standards and has since been successfully released to Credit Union
offices throughout Australia.
April 1996 to December 1997

West Merchant Bank, London England

Contract Analyst / Programmer

Platforms:  Advanced Revelation, Openinsight, Unix, NT, AS400.

I was employed to write regulatory financial reports for the bank of England
and the Deutche Bundesbank in ADVANCED REVELATION using data from the
BANKMASTER system and an AS/400 based capital adequacy system used by the
organisation.

The job within West Merchant involved liaison with many disparate Departments
on-site and world-wide; the isolation of requirements and the design of new
software carefully to fit within the existing scheme of operations.  I also
provided overnight technical support  to the banks' Advanced Revelation batch
processing system.  To ensure stability of the core-system I released and
enforced version control procedures and test plans.  Towards the end of my time
at West Merchant, I completed batch Internet download procedures written in
WINBATCH based on Microsoft NT4 and was involved in the implementation of
"data-pump" to create internet pages from OPENSIGHT.


April 1995 to December 1995

Greater Glasgow Health Board, Scotland

Contract Support Consultant

Working throughout the Glasgow area, my role was the support of Patient
Administration Facilities I had written in 1989-1990 for ICS in ADVANCED
REVELATION, problem diagnosis, support of communications facilities and
development of management information reports.


February 1995 to April 1995

Sucden (Commodities Broker), London England

Contract Analyst / Programmer

I was employed to oversee the transfer of a General Automation PICK financial
database to UNIVERSE based on SUN hardware and Novell.  I also Completed the
specification and development of a currency foreign exchange module, written in
UNIVERSE to "bolt-on" to the newly converted system.

August 1993 to February 1995

Lourdes Hospital (Private Healthcare), Liverpool England

Analyst / Programmer

Designed and developed a Laboratory Information Management system in ADVANCED
REVELATION to handle all aspects of the operation of a modern pathology
laboratory including quality control,  the batching and prioritorisation of
results and interfacing with biochemical analysers.  The system includes a form
report generator; statistical analysis facilities and concise systems security.

Interfacing the system with biochemical analysers involved writing software
based around each machines' own communication protocols.  This software I wrote
in ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE to form part of an independent communications server.


July 1991 to August 1993

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (conservation), Bedfordshire England

Information Analyst

Worked initially to facilitate mailings from, and development and support of,
the organisations' membership system based on Ampersand PACE.  Developed an
ADVANCED REVELATION distributed database system to record and analyse sightings
of bird life nation-wide.  Worked on the conversion of the membership system
from PACE running on PRIME INFORMATION to PACE running on UNIVERSE.  Converted
the organisations' subscription system from REVELATION G to Advanced
Revelation.  Designed and completed PACE software to remove duplicate addresses
from the societys' direct mailing database

May 1991 to July 1991

Combined Independent (Holdings) Ltd, Salisbury England

Analyst / Programmer / EDI consultant

Platform:  PICK on ADDS MENTOR

Designed and developed an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) batch clearing
system for The Independent Group of Electrical Retailers (TIGER).  The system
approves and batches EDI invoices and provides accounting control and posting
facilities.  Development involved overcoming the  protocol problems involved in
getting a Pick system to communicate volumes of EDI data to BACS hardware;
resolving EDI message compatibility problems with major suppliers (including
Philips, Hoover and Pact) and integration with the customer's ledger systems
(supplied by EDP).

Upon completion of the system I set up procedures for it's use and provided
technical documentation and training.  The system now clears over 50,000 EDI
invoices a month through fifteen separate supplies.


March 1991 to May 1991

Terranova Systems (software reseller) Poole England

Analyst / Programmer

Converted the Royal Insurance estate agency system from PICK to UNIVERSE based
on DEC hardware.  Overcame all the problems associated with porting an unwieldy
PICK based application to UNIX by consolidating the existing software.
Provided written documentation and support for the system.


March 1990 to March 1991

Compument Systems (EDI software supplier), Manchester England

Analyst / Programmer

Involved in the development, installation, training and support of an
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) translation system converted to operate on a
broad range of PICK/UNIX platforms including REALITY, GENERAL AUTOMATION,
ULTIMATE, PRIME INFORMATION, UNVERSE and UNIDATA.  Proved consultancy on EDI
standards and the integration of EDI within an organisation.  Rewrote the
organisations' EDI translation tool to gain the INS Value added Network stamp
of approval for connection to the TRADANET network.


February 1989 to March 1990

Intelligent Computer Services (software vendor), Stockport England

Analyst / Programmer

Developed disciplinary modules for the CLINICS hospital management system using
ADVANCED REVELATION (PICK database) based on IBM PC networks.  Setup secure
data communications with an ICL based patient administration system based in
Liverpool.  Was involved in the installation of systems on NOVELL, training and
support as well as the optimisation of ADVANCED REVELATION systems in terms of
speed and memory usage.


December 1987 to January 1989

Universal Computers Limited (software vendor), Manchester

Analyst / Programmer

Working as part of a team I completed development of an ambulance vehicle fleet
management system then progressed to the anglicisation and development of new
modules for the Price Waterhouse Financial Management System (FMS).  Completed
an upgrade of the companys' proprietary applications development environment
U-DO.  Development was based on DEC and HONEYWELL BULL ULTIMATE hardware
running PICK.


June 1985 to December 1987

Axis Packaging,  Liverpool

Accounts Clerk / Analyst / Programmer

I was employed initially as an accounts clerk by Axis Packaging and moved on to
writing management reports on their newly purchased ADDS MENTOR PICK system.
This gave me the experience to move on to a full time analyst/programmer role.

Personal Details:

Age:                                34

Birthdate:                        9th February 1966

Status:                        Single

Interests:                        Classical guitar, literature.

Qualifications

10 GCSE 'O' Levels including English Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and
Physics.

B/TEC Diploma in computer studies (2 year course) - gained 5 course credits.

I have completed the first year of a degree course in Computer Science and
Artificial Intelligence at Sussex University in England.

References:

Alan GrayDirectorTelesmart API LtdQuay WestTrafford Wharf RoadTrafford
ParkManchesterEnglandM17 1HH        David KaneChairmanCombined Independent
HoldingsEuroHouseCentral WayAndoverHants.EnglandSP10 5YD

Bob AllisonData Processing ManagerJames Bennett 3 Narabang WayBelroseNSW,
Australia2085           (02) 9986 7000        Neil FentonTechnical DirectorWest
Merchant Bank33-36 Gracechurch StLondon, EnglandEC3V OAX(0171)  623 8711

Mike Bodin-PearsonData Processing ManagerRoyal Society for the Protection of
BirdsSandyBedfordshire, EnglandSG19 2DL        Chris FitchenerI.T. Project
ManagerCredit Union Services Corp. AustraliaDruitt StreetSydney, Australia(02
9333 2000)