Development and maintenance of SIMS.NET (i.e. SIMS 7) such as Registrations/Admissions, Attendance, Timetab le, Assessment/Performance, Statutory Returns, Students, Personnel, Reports, Personnel Audit Log, etc. Strong object oriented design (OOD) and object oriented programming (OOP) skills in Agile/Scrum environment. Extensive experience in writing stored procedures. Experience of using Dependency Injection pattern. Earlier work on C/C++/Windows Applications for SIMS (SIMS 5 and 6) and related components.

Computer Support Officer at University of Buckingham

February 1, 1991 - November 1, 1993

General Maintenance of Hardware and Software, PC Networking Systems

Consultant at DASH Associates

October 1, 1989 - December 1, 1992

Troubleshooting the Mathematical Programming Package XPRESS -MP as a Sub-System of an Optimisation System and Design and Implementation of Interfaces for XPRESS -MP with Spreadsheets, including LOTUS 2.2 and 3.0, and with ORACLE Database System; Debugging XPRESS -MP on IBM 370

Testing Engineer at Cortina Electric Co. Ltd

May 1, 1989 - September 1, 1989

Testing AC/DC Converters

Lecturer at Xiamen University

April 1, 1984 - December 1, 1988

Design and Implementation of a Number of Management Information Systems

Tutor: Linear Programming at University of Warwick

May 1, 1990 - July 1, 1990

Tutor: Linear Programming

Academic Visitor: Information Technology (AI, AI & Simulation, Knowledge-Based Systems) at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Management School

April 1, 1988 - May 1, 1989

Academic visitor focusing on AI, simulation, and knowledge-based systems

Teaching Assistant at Wuhan University

September 1, 1977 - September 1, 1980

Teaching Assistant: Mathematical Analysis, Linear Algebra, Engineering Mathematics

Senior Software Developer at CAPITA Children’s Services

November 1, 1993 - August 1, 2014

C# and SQL Server applications (SIMS.NET) in Microsoft Studio .NET. Development and maintenance of SIMS.NET (SIMS 7) including Registrations/Admissions, Attendance, Timetable, Assessment/Performance, Statutory Returns, Students, Personnel, Reports, Personnel Audit Log, etc. Strong OO design and OOP skills in Agile/Scrum. Extensive experience in writing stored procedures; Dependency Injection.

Lecturer at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

January 1, 1983 - December 1, 1986

Design and implementation of a Chinese Relational Database Management System.

Academic Visitor: IT (AI, AI & Simulation, Knowledge-Based Systems) at Imperial College London

April 1, 1988 - May 1, 1989

Academic visitor focusing on AI, simulation, and knowledge-based systems.

Consultant/Secretary at Topcity (UK) Information Services Ltd

April 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016

Consultant/Secretary providing administrative and information services support.

Web Developer at S4 Labour Limited

February 1, 2018 - March 1, 2024

Developed C#/VB and MySQL applications in .NET, mobile app development, Web APIs, HTML, JavaScript, MVC; worked in Agile environments.

Software Developer at CAPITA Children's Services

January 1, 1993 - December 31, 2006

C/C++/Windows Applications; development and maintenance of SIMS (SIMS 5 and 6); Windows Classes; database design; applications with database engine.

Computer Support Officer at the University of Buckingham

February 1, 1991 - November 1, 1993

General maintenance of hardware and software, PC networking systems.

Research/Instructor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

January 1, 1983 - December 1, 1986

Design and implementation of a Chinese Relational Database Management System.

Education

D.Phil.: Mathematical Programming Modelling (Part-Time) at The University of Buckingham, Buckingham, Bucks MK18 1EG

October 1, 1989 - December 1, 1996

M.Sc: (double subjects) Management Decision Science and Computer Science (Full-Time) at Graduate School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and University of Pennsylvania

December 1, 1980 - January 1, 1984

B.Sc: Electronic Engineering (Full-Time) at Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

September 1, 1974 - August 1, 1977

D.Phil.: Mathematical Programming Modelling (Part-Time) at The University of Buckingham

October 1, 1989 - December 1, 1996

M.Sc: Management Decision Science and Computer Science at Graduate School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and University of Pennsylvania

December 1, 1980 - January 1, 1984

B.Sc: Electronic Engineering at Dalian University of Technology

September 1, 1974 - August 1, 1977

D.Phil. in Mathematical Programming Modelling (Part-Time) at The University of Buckingham

October 1, 1989 - December 1, 1996

M.Sc in Management Decision Science and Computer Science (Double Subjects) at Graduate School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and University of Pennsylvania

December 1, 1980 - January 1, 1984

B.Sc in Electronic Engineering at Dalian University of Technology

September 1, 1974 - August 1, 1977