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Jeremy Russell MSc.- CV
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Skills Summary
Experienced technical instructor and course developer; development, training,
mentoring and teaching experience with Java SE, Java EE, Informix, Visual
Basic; certified Oracle DBA; wide expertise in SQL; knowledge of web technologies
(XHTML, CSS, XML/XSLT, PHP, Javascript, VBScript).; good team player;
excellent work ethic; maturity and a lively interest in all things “computer”.
Certifications
MSc
(Information Technology) [University of Liverpool - 2005]; Oracle
certified DBA Instructor (versions 8, 8i, 9i and 10g).
Career History
June 2002 |
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].
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October 2007 |
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.
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1998 - June 2002 |
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).
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1987 - 1998 |
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.
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1981 - 1987 |
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.
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Education
MSc(IT) - University
of Liverpool, 2005; modules completed include Computer Structures;
Java; Internet Programming; Databases; Web Applications; Software Engineering,
E-Commerce, Computer Communications and Networks. To check the validity
of associated transcripts, please call +44 151 794 6758 and quote student
ID 200250206.
Dissertation topic - Do the benefits of learning Java
using an IDE outweigh the in-depth understanding gained by learning with
a text editor only?
OND Business Studies and Computer Science, College of North West London
Personal Details
Nationality - British
Driving Licence - English and American
Work Permits - US H1-B
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