Personal Details

Name:	Simon Wright
Nationality:	Irish / Australian
Current Address:	Apartment 7
	33 Mountjoy Square
	Dublin 1
	Ireland
Date of Birth:	01-12-1974
Telephone:	00 353 (0)87 628 7958
Email:	simonw at simonw dot net
Website:	http://www.simonw.net

 

Education

1994 –1997	Dublin Institute of Technology
	Awarded Diploma in Computer Science with distinction
	Subjects: Programming, Algorithms, Operational Research, Mathematics, Internetworking, Software Engineering, Information Systems
1991 – 1994	CBC Monkstown College, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
	State Computer Competency Certificate (programming)
	Awarded Irish Leaving Certificate
	Honors Subjects: English (C3), Geography (C2), Biology (C3), Physics (D1) Ordinary Level Subjects: Mathematics (A1), Applied Mathematics (A1), German (C1)
1987 – 1990	Whitefriars College, Melbourne, Australia
	Awarded VCE Units 1 and 2
	Subjects: Mathematics (Space and Number), Mathematics (Change and Approximation), Physics, Chemistry, Australian Studies, English, Religion and Society

 

Work Experience

1997 – Present	IT Team Leader, Irish Marketing Surveys Group, Dublin Ireland I started working in the Data Analysis department and as the Group grew, I moved into the CATI/IT Department providing a more IT based support role.  In 1999 Research Resources Ltd was formed to provide group services for all the companies under the IMS Group and I was promoted into the newly created IT Department. In 2000, I was made IT Team Leader reporting directly to the IMSG Group Managing Director and the Group Operations Director with 3 full time and 1 part time people under me.  My duties include:   Providing IT support and facilities across the Group with my team Design and Implementation of the Group WAN Purchasing of Group IT related Hardware/Software Licensing Compliance Implementation of Group Extranet/Intranet Overseeing in house development of Corporate websites Development of Group IT systems
1996-1997	Video Store Clerk, Movietrek, Cabinteely, Dublin General Store duties and Customer Service
Summer 1996	Mr. Anthony Vard, Internet Database Work, Cabinteely, Dublin Automated receiving, cleaning and warehousing of data from web forms for a home business
Summer 1995	Deli Assistant, Dunnes Stores, Cornelscourt, Dublin General Shop assistant duties
Summer 1994	Welder / Metalworker, Knox Metalworks Ltd, Rathmines, Dublin TIG, MIG Arc and spot welding, other general metalwork duties
1992-1996	McDonalds, Stillorgan, Ireland Kitchen and service duties, crew training
1991-1992	McDonalds, Bourke St West, Melbourne Kitchen and service duties, crew training

 

Skills

 

Software

 

·          4 Years working knowledge in a networked business environment of all major Microsoft OS versions; Dos, Windows 3.1x 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Various Linux Distributions (particularly Redhat), OpenBSD, OS2 Warp.

 

·          2 Years experience installing, configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining; Exchange 5.5/2000, NT Server 4.0/2000, Terminal Server 2000, Active Directory design and build of a Multi Domain/ Multi site Windows 2000 Network, Novell Netware Administration, Linux System Administration.

 

·          4 Years Experience with Access (2.0/97/2000) Databases, including application development, web databases, ODBC, SQL, data analysis/manipulation, reporting and Access Basic programming.  Portfolio available.

 

·          4 years experience with installing, configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining all Microsoft Office Suite Products (inc Visio and Project) in a network and business environment.

 

·          2 Experience with various versions of IIS and Apache. Including IDC, SSL, CGI, SSI, virtual hosting (Name and IP)

 

·          3 Years experience and thorough working knowledge (building, configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining) of LAN/WAN typologies and protocols. Including TCP/IP, IPX, DHCP, WINS, DNS (BIND & MS), NAT, ISDN, Leased Line, Ethernet (802.3), Wireless LAN (802.11b), Firewalls (Sonicwall, Gnatbox, IPChains), Proxies (Squid, Wingate), SMTP (Mailsweeper, MDaemon, Postfix, Sendmail), POP3 (Qpopper), X.400 (Exchange). SSH.

 

·          3 months studies and analysis of a Citrix WAN proposal.

 

·          PCAnywhere, Norton Ghost, Arcserve IT 6.1/2000

 

 

Hardware

 

·          Router scripting experience with 1600,1700,2600 and 3600 series routers.  Including: configuring leased lines, ISDN backup lines, HSRP, Access Lists, static routes, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP.

 

·          Sonicwall Pro Firewall, 3Com XL3300M managed switches, various 10 and 10/100Mbit Hubs

 

·          Compaq server range including 1500,1600, ML350 – DL380

 

·          HP Printer range (Jetdirect, PC Networks and standalone)

 

·          Various PCs and peripheral inc Modems, ISDN TAs, Tape Drives, Scanners PCCards

 

Programming

 

·          4 years: Basic (QBasic, VB, Access/Excel Basic VBScript), C

 

·          3 years: Perl5, Unix Shell Scripting, HTML, ODBC, SQL

 

·          1 year: C++, Java, Pascal.

 

·          Exposure to PHP and MySQL

 

Market Research Products

 

·          NIPO Odin CATI/CAPI scripting language

 

·          Diana and Merlin data analysis packages (I wrote a bridge in Perl between these two).

 

·          Fastab

 

·          SPSS

 

Other

Good working knowledge of MIDI, basic stage craft and sound engineering. 

 

Languages

Basic French.  Studied German for 3 years and Indonesian for4 years in school.

 

Interests and Hobbies

 

I have a keen interest in music, everything from 80s to Industrial/Electro.  I have run my own nightclubs and been actively involved in others, both in Dublin and Belfast, whether DJing, working the door, or helping behind the bar for the night!  I have also been involved in promoting several Irish and UK bands.  I also contribute to several fanzines. 

 

I also play guitar/bass/synth and have been in a few bands.  Currently, I’m recording/writing for a solo project.

 

I am also involved in many sports from trampolining and surfing the west coast of Ireland to my current interest in Horse Riding.

 

I also enjoy traveling and visiting friends in Belfast/England/France.

 

I also enjoy running my own Internet Server hosting Several Domains and Secondary DNS for several others.

 

References

 

Available on Request

 

 

 

 

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