Jeremy Russell MSc.- CV

Formed SkillAdvance, offering RDBMS training and web design services.

From January 2004, the organisation is trading as SkillAdvance Limited.

Recent clients include: QA-IQ (Oracle 10g DBA), FirstGroup / Greyhound (Custom Training, Web Delivery); Ericsson (Java Programming, Athlone, Eire); Littlewoods Direct (JSF & AJAX, Liverpool); Oracle DK (Java.Web Services, Copenhagen);BSkyB (Java/J2EE, Isleworth, UK); Oracle Norge (Java Programming, Oslo, Norway); Biwater (Oracle 10g Admin, Oldham, Lancs); NY State (Oracle 10g DBA, Albany, NY, USA); Oracle SQL Tuning (CenturyTel, Monroe, LA, USA), Oracle Corporation, London (Oracle 9i New Features); Centrica, Heathrow (Oracle SQL); Northgate HR, Peterborough (Oracle 10g Administration); Bank of America, Canary Wharf (UML Overview); Florida Dept of Elders (Tallahassee, FL, USA – Oracle Tuning), Eire Dept of Agriculture (Dublin, Ireland – Java/J2EE), US Air Force/Stratcom (Omaha, NE, USA – Oracle 9i DBA); NSPCC [UML, Tomcat]; CSC [Java Programming]; Bath University [Oracle JDeveloper]; KPMG [SQL]; Ananova/Orange ; Tractebel Elyo (Gatwick Airport) [Oracle DBA]; Oracle (Athens, Greece) [Oracle 9i New Features - DBA]; Kellogs [Java Programming]; AC Nielsen [Oracle9i New Features – Developers]; Egg [Oracle 9i DBA]; Wickes [Oracle SQL for Developers]; Ashfield Council [Oracle DBA].

Associate Lecturer, Open University, Milton Keynes, Bucks.

As an Associate Lecturer with the OU, I am tutoring up to 25 students in two classes, M257 - Putting Java to Work and T320 - Ebusiness Technologies:foundation and practice.

My duties include both online and face-to-face work with students on these undergraduate courses, together with grading and assessing periodic assignments. I have regular contact with both my student groups and my associate lecturer peers; working with the OU is technically rewarding and personally satisfying, as well as assisting me to keep up to date with the theoretical aspects of the topics that I teach professionally.

Oracle instructor and developer, Thinkspark LLP, Dallas Tx.

At ThinkSpark, I presented a wide range of Oracle Corporation certified DBA classes covering versions 7, 8, 8i and 9i. The classes included Introduction to SQL and PL/SQL, Database Architecture & Administration, Backup & Recovery, Performance Tuning, Networking, Java Programming, Java and Database Access (total 32 classroom days).

As an instructor, I travelled extensively to locations across the US and the UK. Copies of post class evaluations are available on request.

During my employment with ThinkSpark, I was also responsible for sundry development projects, including a web based course reservation system and instructor scheduling system (Java, JSP and servlet technologies running on an Oracle 9i database).

Technical Director & Founder, SkillAdvance LLC., Finchley, London N12. UK

SkillAdvance was set up by two partners, and myself, to offer vendor independent technical training. I developed and then presented the majority of the training classes offered, including UNIX (User and SysAdmin), Informix (4GL, SQL, DBA), Oracle (SQL*Forms, SQL*Reports, SQL*Menu, DBA), Unify (Accell, DBA), Visual Basic (to version 5), Microsoft Access, and several customised classes for sundry organisations (manufacturers and software authors).

Classes were delivered in our North London training centre, as well as at client locations in the UK, Europe (Holland, Norway, Luxembourg) and Asia (Bangkok, Thailand and Madras, India).

The company also held several software sales agencies, for development and reporting tools to work with multiple RDBMS products (SuperNOVA and Intelligent Query). SkillAdvance became profitable during their second year of operation, with billings in excess of £750,000.

Software Manager / Strategic Product Manager, Star Computers PLC, Watford. UK

As Software Manager, I managed a team of 12 developers working on packaged software for accounting practices. My team instigated UK changes to our Australian software products.

As Strategic Products Manager, I reported to the MD and identified opportunities for product marketing and development from US and UK vendors. I travelled extensively in this role, to liase with our European and US vendors.