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EURING Andy Barlow CENG CITP MBCS |
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8 February 1963 |
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British |
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Married |
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0208 123 6285 |
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Current Assignment |
Design and develop Handle ID Services pilot for Central
Government Department, providing a range of J2EE-based web services,
utilising Weblogic 8.1 against an Oracle 10g database |
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Availability |
August
2006 |
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Andy is a results-oriented IT professional with over 15 years’ experience of delivering large and complex, high-profile, business-critical projects to a demanding audience on the global stage.
Over the past five years, he has brought a number of J2EE-based software services and products to market, driving the initial architecture through development and QA to commercial release.
Andy has an unusually broad, yet deep, understanding of enterprise computing technology and its optimum application on behalf of an organisation. He is a competent technical guru with several years of hands-on design and development experience in the enterprise Java environment.
Regarded as an authority on Information Security and Digital Rights Management (DRM), with experience demonstrated on the "world stage" at W3C, he won a DTI SMART award for an architectural blueprint that formed the basis of a European patent application he co-authored.
An ardent believer in the twin virtues of process and quality in IT, and their practical application within budget constraints, Andy was awarded a DTI Teaching Company Scheme grant for a software quality initiative dubbed “Software Quality @ Internet speed”.
Andy has exceptional project management, team-building and motivation skills and is a persuasive communicator with excellent listening skills and incisive, analytical decision-making abilities.
A skilled and determined operator at board room level, Andy has created and nurtured a number of technical and commercial relationships, most notably with Capgemini and KPMG, and has operated successfully at partner and senior partner level within big five organisations.
Andy is a Member of the British Computing Society, Certified IT Professional, Chartered Engineer and European Engineer.
Winner
of DTI SMART award for Digital Rights Management (DRM) blueprint and co-author
of European patent “PCT/GB01/04133 Digital Rights Management”
Instrumental
in securing £3.5 million in Venture Capital funding to turn vision of DRM
platform into a commercial reality
Transformed
DRM blueprint into best-practice J2EE system design based on best-of-breed J2EE
application server and relational database
Built
and fine-tuned a 20-strong J2EE development and QA team, introducing Extreme
Programming methodology and winning a DTI Teaching Company Scheme grant with
Launch
of the first DRM services to be made available via a real-time, web
service-enabled ASP platform: Secure Digital Exchange (SDX) and Secure
Publishing Exchange (SPX)
Presented
at a range of conferences on a number of topics, including “Investing in
Technology” at the UK Equity conference in
Written
and published a number of whitepapers on Information Security-related topics,
and gained computer press coverage for Digital Rights Management opinions and
technology
Design
and development of Digital Object Identifier services on BEA Weblogic 8.1 and
Oracle 10g platform, utilising a number of J2EE design patterns, integrating
via web services with existing Content Management Systems.
Feb
2005 - Jun 2006
Architect
and Lead Developer
CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT
Budget
Not disclosed
Handle ID Services Pilot |
Role
Architect
and lead developer Summary
Design
and build pilot service to provide Handle ID services to uniquely identify
and manage digital assets and associated metadata within Central Government
Department. Scope
§ Implement a
Primary LHS Handle server
§ Design,
develop and implement a range of handle management- and metadata-related web
services on BEA Weblogic 8.1
§ Design,
develop and implement a handle and metadata management portal on BEA Weblogic
8.1
§ Design and implement
an eGIF-compliant metadata schema on Oracle 10g
§ Integrate
Handle ID Services with existing Content Management System using web services
§ Develop and
test in virtual machine/network environment
§ Monitor and
report on performance of system against agreed pilot success criteria
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Nov
2004 - Jan 2005
XML
Consultant
Bentley
Systems
Budget
£100,000
XML & XSLT Best Practice In Data
Acquisition |
Role
XML
and XSLT consultant Summary
Prototyping
and introduction of best-practice XML and XSLT data acquisition processes on
BP Azeri project, an oil platform in the Scope
§ Design XML
schemas to represent incoming data from multiple external sources
§ Design XML
schemas to represent target data structures on Oracle 9i database
§ Prototype and
test XSLT transformations using Java-based Saxon XSLT processor
§ Deliver XML
schemas and XSLT transformations to US-based development team for
incorporation into Bentley eWarehouse product suite and introduction into BP
Azeri project
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Jun
2004 - Sep 2004
Architect
and Lead Developer
SDX
Messaging
Budget
Not Disclosed
Port existing J2EE System to Open Source |
Role
Architect
and lead developer Summary
Port
existing Weblogic/Oracle/Solaris system to JBoss/PostgreSQL/Linux Scope
§ Remove
Weblogic proprietary dependencies
§ Move business
logic from Oracle PL/SQL into J2EE container
§ Migrate
database schema from Oracle 9i to PostgreSQL
§ Implement
object-relational mapping & persistence in key modules using Hibernate
§ Introduce
Inversion of Control in key modules using Spring framework
§ Migrate from
Solaris 8 to SUSE
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Oct
2003 - Feb 2004
Architect
and Lead Developer
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Role
Architect
and lead developer Summary
Design
and build a secure e-mail gateway to intercept outgoing e-mails and redirect
to secure messaging system based on corporate e-mail policy Scope § Design and
develop a portal to create and manage corporate e-mail policies
§ Design and
develop Apache James SMTP Server Matchers and Mailets to filter and process
outgoing e-mail that matches specified e-mail policies
§ For those
e-mails that require secure processing, assemble and submit a SOAP message to
the secure messaging server
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Jan
2001 - Sep 2003
CTO
and Chief Architect
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Role
CTO
and Chief Architect Summary
Transform
SMART award-winning Digital Rights Management blueprint into a commercial ASP
service Scope
§ Build first
class J2EE development and QA team of 20 people
§ Turn Digital
Rights Management blueprint into best-practice J2EE system design
§ Optimised for
best-of-breed J2EE application server and database
§ Defined and
implemented – with aid of DTI Teaching Company Scheme grant – a
quality-based approach to J2EE software development, dubbed “Software
Quality @ Internet speed”
§ Implement
Extreme Programming (XP) methodology, with continuous integration against a
Starteam repository
§ Stress testing
using Microsoft Web Application Stress Tool
§ “Rights to Use” plug-in
architecture with interfaces defined in XML configuration files
§ 3rd
party integrations with e-commerce providers: Barclaycard ePDQ; Clearcommerce
micropayments; Vodafone M-Pay; Worldpay; and Netbanx
§ Win-32 (later
ported to .Net) secure-rendering client application for highly sensitive
content
§ Comprehensive
set of web service interfaces
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2004 British Computer Society |
Certified
Information Technology Professional, CITP
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1993 European Federation of National
Engineering Associations |
European
Engineer, EURING
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1992 Engineering Council |
Chartered
Engineer, CENG
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1991 British Computer Society |
Member of the
British Computer Society, MBCS
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1981 - 1984 University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
2-1 B.Sc.
(Hons.) Civil Engineering
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1974 – 1980 |
8
‘O’ Levels, 3 ‘AO’ Levels, 3 ‘a’ Levels
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Key
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5 Expert understanding of skill area
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4 Advanced understanding of skill area
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3 Thorough understanding of skill area, substantial experience
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2 Working understanding of skill area, some experience
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1 Basic understanding of skill area, limited experience
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Roles
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Skill
§ CTO
§ Software
Architect
§ Project
Management
§ Team Leader
§ Business
Analysis
§ Managing
Director
§ IS Manager
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Level
§ 5
§ 4
§ 4
§ 3
§ 4
§ 3
§ 3
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Years
§ 8
§ 10
§ 15
§ 15
§ 15
§ 3
§ 2
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Last Used
§ 2004
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2003
§ 2005
§ 2004
§ 1992
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Industry
Knowledge
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Skill
§
Computer
Software §
Consultancy §
Financial §
Manufacturing §
Publishing |
Level
§ 5
§ 4
§ 3
§ 3
§ 2
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Years
§
15 §
10 §
5 §
6 §
2 |
Last Used
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2004
§ 1990
§ 2003
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Information
Security
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Skill
§ Digital Rights
Management
§ Encryption
§ Authentication
§ Authorisation
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Level
§ 5
§ 4
§ 4
§ 4
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Years
§ 15
§ 15
§ 15
§ 15
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Last Used
§ 2004
§ 2004
§ 2004
§ 2004
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Skill
§ OO Analysis
& Design
§ UML
§ Design
Patterns
§ EJB
§ Web Services
§ JMS
§ JDBC
§ Struts
§ Hibernate
§ Spring
Framework
§ Javamail
§ JUnit
§ Ant
§ Maven
§ XDoclet
§ EJBGen
§ Cruisecontrol
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Level
§ 4
§ 3
§ 4
§ 4
§ 4
§ 3
§ 3
§ 3
§ 3
§ 3
§ 3
§ 4
§ 3
§ 3
§ 3
§ 3
§ 2
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Years
§ 3
§ 5
§ 5
§ 5
§ 5
§ 5
§ 3
§ 1
§ 1
§ 2
§ 4
§ 4
§ 4
§ 2
§ 5
§ 4
§ 4
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Last Used
§ 2005
§ 2003
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2004
§ 2004
§ 2004
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2003
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Application
& Web servers
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Skill
§ BEA Weblogic
§ JBoss
§ Apache
§ IIS
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Level
§ 4
§ 3
§ 3
§ 3
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Years
§ 5
§ 2
§ 5
§ 5
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Last Used
§ 2005
§ 2004
§ 2005
§ 2002
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Databases
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Skill
§ Oracle 10g
§ PostgreSQL
§ MS SQL Server
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Level
§ 4
§ 3
§ 3
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Years
§ 15
§ 2
§ 3
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Last Used
§ 2005
§ 2004
§ 2002
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Microsoft
Platform
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Skill
§ Win32
§ .NET
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Level
§ 3
§ 2
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Years
§ 15
§ 2
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Last Used
§ 2004
§ 2004
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Programming
Languages
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Skill
§ Java
§ Borland Delphi
§ Visual Basic
§ PHP
§ Python
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Level
§ 4
§ 4
§ 3
§ 3
§ 2
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Years
§ 10
§ 7
§ 3
§ 1
§ 1
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Last Used
§ 2005
§ 2001
§ 2004
§ 2004
§ 2005
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Programming
Environments
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Skill
§ Netbeans
§ Eclipse
§ IntelliJ Idea
§ Weblogic
Workshop
§ Borland
JBuilder
§ Borland Delphi
§ MS Visual
Studio
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Level
§ 3
§ 3
§ 3
§ 3
§ 4
§ 4
§ 3
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Years
§ 1
§ 1
§ 2
§ 2
§ 3
§ 7
§ 3
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Last Used
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2004
§ 2005
§ 2003
§ 2001
§ 2004
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XML
Technologies
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Skill
§ XML
§ XSLT
§ DTD
§ XML Schema
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Level
§ 4
§ 4
§ 3
§ 3
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Years
§ 7
§ 5
§ 7
§ 3
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Last Used
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
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Web
Markup
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Skill
§ HTML
§ XHTML
§ CSS
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Level
§ 4
§ 4
§ 4
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Years
§ 10
§ 3
§ 5
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Last Used
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
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COTS
Integration
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Skill
§ Netbanx
§ Worldpay
§ Barclays ePDQ
§ Clearcommerce
§ SAP
§ Siebel
§ Clarify
§ Tetra
Chameleon
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Level
§ 4
§ 4
§ 2
§ 2
§ 3
§ 2
§ 2
§ 3
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Years
§ 1
§ 2
§ 1
§ 1
§ 3
§ 1
§ 1
§ 3
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Last Used
§ 2002
§ 2003
§ 2003
§ 2003
§ 1995
§ 1995
§ 2000
§ 1995
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Office
Productivity
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Skill
§ Microsoft
Office
§ Microsoft
Visio
§ Microsoft
Project
§ Topstyle CSS
Editor
§ CSE HTML
Validator
§ Adobe InDesign
§ Adobe
Photoshop
§ Adobe Acrobat
§ Internet
Explorer
§ Mozilla
Firefox
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Level
§ 4
§ 3
§ 3
§ 4
§ 4
§ 3
§ 3
§ 4
§ 4
§ 4
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Years
§ 15
§ 10
§ 12
§ 3
§ 3
§ 4
§ 5
§ 10
§ 12
§ 2
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Last Used
§ 2005
§ 2003
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2005
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Operating
Systems
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Skill
§ Windows
§ Linux
§ Solaris
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Level
§ 4
§ 4
§ 3
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Years
§ 15
§ 3
§ 5
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Last Used
§ 2005
§ 2005
§ 2004
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