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Personal Details

Name	EURING Andy Barlow CENG CITP MBCS	Speaking on “Investing in Technology” at UK Equity Conference, TUC 2004
DOB	8 February 1963
Nationality	British
Marital Status	Married
Address	14 Ronaldshay Drive Richmond North Yorkshire DL10 5BN United Kingdom
Telephone	0208 123 6285
Fax	n/a
Mobile	07830 302 268
e-mail	andy.barlow@deftex.co.uk
Website	http://www.deftex.co.uk
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
Availability	August 2006

Profile

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.

Achievements

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 University of Bradford for a project dubbed “Software Quality @ Internet speed”

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 London, “Digital Rights Management” at W3C conference in Sophia-Antopolis, France

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.

J2EE Project Experience

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 Technologies Used: § BEA Weblogic 8.1 § Oracle 10g § Handle Server § Maven, Ant, JUnit, XDoclet § Apache Struts § Apache Axis § Web services § Netbeans 5.0 § VMware Workstation 5.0 § SUSE Enterprise Linux 9 § 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

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 Caspian sea Scope Technologies Used: § XML § XSLT § DOM § XPath § XML Schema § Oracle 9i § Java SDK 1.5 § Saxon XSLT libraries § 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

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 Technologies Used: § BEA Weblogic 8.1 § JBoss 3.2 § Oracle 9i § PostgreSQL 7.4 § Hibernate § Spring § Apache Struts § Apache Axis § Web services § Maven, Ant, JUnit § IntelliJ Idea § Solaris 8 § SUSE Enterprise Linux 8 § 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 Enterprise Linux 8

Oct 2003 - Feb 2004 Architect and Lead Developer Phocis Budget £30,000 Secure Email Gateway based on Apache James SMTP server

Technologies Used: § JBoss 3.2 § Apache James § PostgreSQL § Hibernate § Spring § Apache Struts § Apache Axis § Web Services § Maven, Ant, JUnit § IntelliJ Idea § SUSE Enterprise Linux 8 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

Jan 2001 - Sep 2003 CTO and Chief Architect PhociS Budget £1,500,000+ Secure Messaging and Digital Rights Management ASP

Role CTO and Chief Architect Summary Transform SMART award-winning Digital Rights Management blueprint into a commercial ASP service Scope Technologies Used: § BEA Weblogic 8.1 § Oracle 8i § Apache Struts § Apache Axis § Web Services § Ant, JUnit, EJBGen § Cruisecontrol § Starteam § Borland JBuilder § IntelliJ Idea § Solaris 8 § 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 § 3^rd 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

Academic and Professional Qualifications

2004 British Computer Society	Certified Information Technology Professional, CITP
1993 European Federation of National Engineering Associations	European Engineer, EURING
1992 Engineering Council UK	Chartered Engineer, CENG
1991 British Computer Society	Member of the British Computer Society, MBCS
1981 - 1984 University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne	2-1 B.Sc. (Hons.) Civil Engineering
1974 – 1980 Easingwold School	8 ‘O’ Levels, 3 ‘AO’ Levels, 3 ‘a’ Levels

Skills & Technical Experience

Key	§ 5 Expert understanding of skill area § 4 Advanced understanding of skill area § 3 Thorough understanding of skill area, substantial experience § 2 Working understanding of skill area, some experience § 1 Basic understanding of skill area, limited experience

Roles	Skill § CTO § Software Architect § Project Management § Team Leader § Business Analysis § Managing Director § IS Manager	Level § 5 § 4 § 4 § 3 § 4 § 3 § 3	Years § 8 § 10 § 15 § 15 § 15 § 3 § 2	Last Used § 2004 § 2005 § 2005 § 2003 § 2005 § 2004 § 1992
Industry Knowledge	Skill § Computer Software § Consultancy § Financial § Manufacturing § Publishing	Level § 5 § 4 § 3 § 3 § 2	Years § 15 § 10 § 5 § 6 § 2	Last Used § 2005 § 2005 § 2004 § 1990 § 2003
Information Security	Skill § Digital Rights Management § Encryption § Authentication § Authorisation	Level § 5 § 4 § 4 § 4	Years § 15 § 15 § 15 § 15	Last Used § 2004 § 2004 § 2004 § 2004
Enterprise Java	Skill § OO Analysis & Design § UML § Design Patterns § EJB § Web Services § JMS § JDBC § Struts § Hibernate § Spring Framework § Javamail § JUnit § Ant § Maven § XDoclet § EJBGen § Cruisecontrol	Level § 4 § 3 § 4 § 4 § 4 § 3 § 3 § 3 § 3 § 3 § 3 § 4 § 3 § 3 § 3 § 3 § 2	Years § 3 § 5 § 5 § 5 § 5 § 5 § 3 § 1 § 1 § 2 § 4 § 4 § 4 § 2 § 5 § 4 § 4	Last Used § 2005 § 2003 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2004 § 2004 § 2004 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2003
Application & Web servers	Skill § BEA Weblogic § JBoss § Apache § IIS	Level § 4 § 3 § 3 § 3	Years § 5 § 2 § 5 § 5	Last Used § 2005 § 2004 § 2005 § 2002
Databases	Skill § Oracle 10g § PostgreSQL § MS SQL Server	Level § 4 § 3 § 3	Years § 15 § 2 § 3	Last Used § 2005 § 2004 § 2002
Microsoft Platform	Skill § Win32 § .NET	Level § 3 § 2	Years § 15 § 2	Last Used § 2004 § 2004
Programming Languages	Skill § Java § Borland Delphi § Visual Basic § PHP § Python	Level § 4 § 4 § 3 § 3 § 2	Years § 10 § 7 § 3 § 1 § 1	Last Used § 2005 § 2001 § 2004 § 2004 § 2005
Programming Environments	Skill § Netbeans § Eclipse § IntelliJ Idea § Weblogic Workshop § Borland JBuilder § Borland Delphi § MS Visual Studio	Level § 3 § 3 § 3 § 3 § 4 § 4 § 3	Years § 1 § 1 § 2 § 2 § 3 § 7 § 3	Last Used § 2005 § 2005 § 2004 § 2005 § 2003 § 2001 § 2004
XML Technologies	Skill § XML § XSLT § DTD § XML Schema	Level § 4 § 4 § 3 § 3	Years § 7 § 5 § 7 § 3	Last Used § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005
Web Markup	Skill § HTML § XHTML § CSS	Level § 4 § 4 § 4	Years § 10 § 3 § 5	Last Used § 2005 § 2005 § 2005

COTS Integration	Skill § Netbanx § Worldpay § Barclays ePDQ § Clearcommerce § SAP § Siebel § Clarify § Tetra Chameleon	Level § 4 § 4 § 2 § 2 § 3 § 2 § 2 § 3	Years § 1 § 2 § 1 § 1 § 3 § 1 § 1 § 3	Last Used § 2002 § 2003 § 2003 § 2003 § 1995 § 1995 § 2000 § 1995
Office Productivity	Skill § Microsoft Office § Microsoft Visio § Microsoft Project § Topstyle CSS Editor § CSE HTML Validator § Adobe InDesign § Adobe Photoshop § Adobe Acrobat § Internet Explorer § Mozilla Firefox	Level § 4 § 3 § 3 § 4 § 4 § 3 § 3 § 4 § 4 § 4	Years § 15 § 10 § 12 § 3 § 3 § 4 § 5 § 10 § 12 § 2	Last Used § 2005 § 2003 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005 § 2005
Operating Systems	Skill § Windows § Linux § Solaris	Level § 4 § 4 § 3	Years § 15 § 3 § 5	Last Used § 2005 § 2005 § 2004