Bryan Hale

 

1 Archers Way, Chelmsford, Essex. CM2 8SB

 

 

Mobile Telephone:              07971 069822

Home Telephone:               01245 477299

Email:                                    bryan@haleweb.plus.com

CV online:                             www.haleweb.plus.com/cv

Date Of Birth:                        25 January 1975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Position:        Analyst Programmer

 

 

Qualifications:             BSc (Hons) Information Systems Development

                                                               

 

Development:              Xansa Graduate Training:

 

                                        Business Analysis; Presentation and Report Writing; Systems Analysis;

 

                                        Mastering UNIX Shell Scripts (QA)

 

                                        Oracle Forms 6.0 Build Internet Applications I & II (Oracle)

 

                                        Oracle 9i : Advance PL/SQL (Oracle)

 

 

Profile:                           After graduating from University I was successful in my application for the Xansa (formerly F.I. Group) Graduate Programme and began my career in IT in September 1997.

Working for Xansa between 1997 and 2002 I worked on 3 projects, one with British Airways and two with EDF Energy (formerly London Electricity).  As well as improving my technical and personal skills these projects set the foundations for where I am today and gave me the confidence to make the rapid progress I have since joining EDF Energy as an employee.

My final Xansa project with EDF Energy (June 1999) was on the GAS IT support desk.  The role began as a limited one but I was able to progress the role in to one which included development work.  EDF Energy then signed a new contract for me as an individual assignment and another contract for another Xansa employee to manage the support calls.  In 2002 the opportunity to progress my career arose by becoming an employee of EDF Energy.

After joining EDF Energy in June 2002 I became involved in out of hours support for a large batch which originally involved billing, direct debit and reminders runs for the domestic gas portfolio.  The batch has since evolved with the company and the industry and I am still jointly responsible for its support and maintenance.  I have worked on many developments for many applications and been involved in industry and company projects including 3 major projects in which I occupied a key role. 

I am a valued member of staff and always looking for opportunities to progress my career.  I am able to exercise a variety of skills, being involved in development, support, and work stream management.   I have been heavily involved in a number of large, high profile projects and as a result I communicate effectively with colleagues, various business groups and the users.

I have used the projects I have worked on along with training to consolidate my technical and analytical skills.  I have a good working knowledge of Oracle SQL, PL/SQL and the Unix/Oracle environment.  I excel in Unix Shell Scripting.  These skills are supported by a good all round technical knowledge.  I am always looking for the opportunity to develop my technical skills, analysis skills and my business knowledge.



Summary of Skills

 

 

Operating Systems:           Windows XP/NT/9x/2000, MS-DOS, Unix AIX

 

Current Languages:           SQL, PL/SQL, SQL Forms (versions 3/4.5/6.0), VB Script, Unix Shell scripting, FTP.

Previous Languages:        C, C++, Pro*C, Visual Basic and COBOL.

 

Software:                              Oracle (6/7/8/9), Toad, Autosys, Outlook, PVCS, Vantive, Visio, Microsoft Office including Excel macros, Pfe32, Front Page 2000.

 

Applications:                        Major airline planning and rostering application for ground operations, an engineering resource management system, Logica Nexus Suite, a meter asset application and Lerryns Quantum.

 

Business Skills:                  Client interfacing (analysis), data conversion/mapping, business process analysis, process design, business support.

Roles:                                    Analyst programmer / developer, batch maintenance and support (including out of hours), application support, support analyst, technical support, testing, trouble-shooting.

 

Career Details

 

Sept 97 – June 02

Xansa – Analyst Programmer

 

British Airways Roster System.

*        Support desk.

*        Development work streams using VMS, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, Forms 3.3 and Excel Macros. 

*        Carrying out daily checks.

*        Backups.

*        Preventative maintenance.

*        Testing (including on-site with users).

 

EDF Energy Engineering Resource Management System.

*        Support Desk

*        Preventative maintenance

*        Testing

 

Individual Assignment on EDF Energy GAS IT team.

*        Support Desk including call statistics.

*        After working hard for the opportunity the contract between Xansa and EDF Energy was amended to include development work.

*        Testing and implementation of 3rd party software.

*        Liasing with business and users.

 

June 02 – Present

EDF Energy – Analyst Programmer

 

GAS IT team.

*        Batch and Gas Application design, support and maintenance. Included a complete re-design of batch resulting in less maintenance and an easy implementation of new jobs.

*        Development and testing on many applications.

*        Liasing with Oracle and Unix administrators, telecoms and network teams on a regular basis.

*        Key role in 3 major migrations.  Involved meetings with business and migration team, project documentation, working over night to ensure a smooth transition between systems.

*        Providing views to business and data warehouse teams, exceeding expectations where extracts were expected.

*        Team representative in major industry and internal projects including attending meetings with other utility companies and being highly involved in the request for data extracts and the quality of data returned.

*        I have become a key, popular member of the team and have become regular organiser of the annual Christmas celebrations.