Dik Leatherdale
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Address |
124
Stanley Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8TX |
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Tel |
020
8977 5893 |
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Mobile |
0795
6007 247 |
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email |
dik(at)leatherdale.net |
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Website |
www.leatherdale.net |
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A retired software professional. |
Main Programming
languages
C (Unix & NT) C++ (MS Visual C++) Java(JBuilder &
VisualCafe) HTML/JavaScript/CSS Also
COBOL Fortran C# TCL Databases
Ingres Visual Foxpro IDMS |
Operating Systems
Unix (HP & ICL) Windows (NT/2000) Linux VME APIs
Simple and Full MAPI +
MS Exchange Windows Sockets (IP) Greenleaf (Async) Eicon (X.25) Import/Export (cc:Mail) |
Application Areas
E-Commerce Messaging Web User Interfacing Email Event driven programming
(simulation) Related Skills
Consultancy Lecturing System support Software design Technical writing User Group/Sales
Presentations |
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Doubled capability of Web
UI system while simultaneously halving source code size. |
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Designed and
implemented complex Email system test harness. |
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Designed and
implemented bulk data interfaces for major application development. |
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Successfully designed and
implemented two compilers. |
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Retired |
2008 – |
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Editor of Resurrection the journal of the Computer Conservation Society. |
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EDS |
Software Engineer |
2005 – 2008 |
EDS was one of the world's largest software and services companies.
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Worked on military systems. No details available. |
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Global eXchange Services |
Senior
Software Implementer |
2000 – 2004 |
GXS runs a large and comprehensive B2B messaging system and also sells the software to clients.
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Developed Java software to allow
data interchange between GXS’s Enterprise data broker and various
applications using secure HTTP protocol/ Java/ servlets. |
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Massively extended Browser-based
User Interface to system management facilities using an HTML/Javascript
generator. Support of same. Some
exposure to Perl. |
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Converted an existing Java
application to Applet/ Servlet/ Proxy Server technology. |
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Licore Associates |
Software
Consultant |
1996 – 2000 |
Licore Associates is a small software company supplying expertise to corporate clients.
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Developed part of a military
messaging system for ICL. Details
confidential. |
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Designed and developed a test harness
for a large-scale Email system owned and operated by Cable and Wireless. The test harness sends random mail into
the Email system and measures the resulting reliability and performance. Access to the Email system is via terminal
emulation (Async. [Using Greenleaf Comm++],TCP/IP [Windows sockets],X.25
[Eicon]), cc:Mail [Import/Export] , X.400 [MS Exchange & MAPI] and SMTP
mail [MS Exchange & MAPI]. The
system comprises two major parts.
Around 80% is a single large C++ program several copies of which
simulate a population of email users and monitor the resulting activity
checking the results. |
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Designed and developed a management
system for the above implemented in Visual Foxpro. |
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ICL |
Senior Application Designer
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1976 - 1996 |
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Co-designed major development
supporting Divisional business objectives. |
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A very large Ingres database
largely composed of reference material extracted daily from various IDMS
databases. Was responsible for the design,
development and testing of the extract/update/reconciliation batch programs
(written in C/Ingres/Unix shell scripts) which maintained the reference
database in step with other corporate databases. |
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Undertook a major data cleansing
project using Ingres SQL |
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Senior Consultant in System Support
Centre specialising in various aspects of VME software support, consultancy,
pre-sales, and implementation. |
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Managed and marketed a portfolio of
16 training courses given by various consultants grossing £400,000 p.a. |
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Controlled all technical notices
issued to clients by the SSC. |
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VME Consultant in UK Sales Division
specialising in VME installation, support and upgrade. Managed early customer implementations of
VME/B and led VME release introduction team for three years. Negotiated VME development plans at a
detailed level. |
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Previous experience
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Programmer/Analyst for Baric on Marks and Spencer project.
Senior programmer for London University Computing Services specialising in compiler writing.
B.A.
Hons (2/2) Computing Science - Essex University