Curriculum Vitae

 
 
Name:            Oliver Bromley
 
Telephone:       07733 0120 55
Location:        Southampton, Hampshire, UK
eMail:           obromley@hotmail.com
 
Homepage:        http://obromley.deoss.net/web/concept/home_page_oliver.htm
 
Driving license: Full

 

Core Skills & Experience

·         Relational Database Modelling

·         Web Development, example sites:- http://www.bfluent.co.uk/3.htm

·         http://obromley.deoss.net/   http://www.obromley.co.uk   

·         Dreamweaver MX,  MS Access, MySql

 

Education

 

1998        Southampton University    Java Programming 
        
1993        British Gas               BTec in Management Studies
 
1983-84     Solent University         Associateship in Computing
                                      Techniques
 
1982        Southampton College       'A' Level Computing
 
1976-79     Southampton University    B.Sc. Biology 2.2  
                               
1969-76     Creighton School          'A' Levels: 
                                      Chemistry, Biology, 
                                      Environmental Science 
                   
                                      'O' Levels:
                                      Eight, including Maths 
                                      and English
 

Employment

Microsoft Access Developer

July 2006 to now:                         Residents Association 
Developing access databases to meet ongoing requirements for the 
chair of the association.  The databases are relationally structured
and have lookup tables, forms, queries and reports.       
 

 

IT and eLearning Support

May 2005 to June 2006:                    bfluent Communications 
Developing and deploying web pages, advising on eLearning.        
               

http://www.bfluent.co.uk/3.htm  

 

  
        

Information Scientist

Jan. 2002 to Apr.2005:                   Southampton University 
Worked for the International Centre for Underutilized Crops.  
Rebuilt the main website including content drawn from an Access
database.    Also worked on a biodiversity project researching
XML schemas and generating ontologies from database triple
storage using PHP and mySql.       
 

 

Java Developer

Nov. 2000 to Dec.2001:                                     Integra
Built Java servlets to create web interfaces.  The server side 
Java processed HTML templates containing embedded tokens. 
The tokens were replaced at runtime by Java generated HTML and
data from an Oracle 8 database.  Transactions were recorded in
XML, styled using XSL.

http://www.integra-europe.co.uk/
 

 


Senior Systems Developer

May 2000 to Oct. 2000:                            Yeoman Group 
Worked on Wap phone applications using WML, coding decks of 'cards'.  
Investigated how to integrate paper maps with GPS or other
positional information to provide location or routing services.
Used Active Server Pages, Dreamweaver Ultra Dev, SQL and DLL's
written in Visual Basic 6.  The ASP was deployed using
Internet Information Server (IIS).
 
 

Lecturer

Oct. 1999 to Feb. 2000:                       Southampton College
Lectured part-time in Relational Database Design, using Access, 
to a mixed ability class of thirty students.
 
http://www.obromley.co.uk/web/content/gui-web/5.htm

 

Systems Developer

Sept. 1998 to May 2000:                         Ordnance Survey
Helped rationalise software during a project to replace PCs.  
Helped users develop and modify Access databases.
 
 
 

Database Administration

Aug. 1997 to Oct. 1998:                     Animated Systems Ltd.     
Worked supporting various Access database applications for the London 
Institute, which runs the admin for several London Art Colleges.
Also web development, created a promotional website to assist the 
sale of books.
 
 

Software Interface Tester

Jan. 1997  to Jul. 1997:                                         IBM       
Tested the Graphical User Interface of software for Xyratex, 
(formerly IBM). Suggested GUI improvements to make the software
design more user friendly. Created a skills database to track the
monthly staff appraisals and to help managers allocate staff to
projects.
 
 

Web Developer

Oct. 1996 to Jan. 1997:                                        Self Employed
Created the Oxford Cherwell Tutorial College website. Content from 
the prospectus was captured and deployed. 
  
http://www.cherwell-college.co.uk/
 
 

Analyst Programmer

Nov. 1987  to Oct. 1996:                                British Gas 
Ran an Activity Based Costing System written in Access.  Monthly 
reports were based on input from NIAS costs, labour and mainframe
usage.  Helped develop an expert system that used billing data to
determine whether a particular debt should be written off or pursued. 
Over two hundred concepts used in the decision process.   
 
 
 
 
 

Summary

Reliable, determined and highly motivated. I enjoy challenges 
and respond well under pressure.  A good team player able to
approach work in a confident, thorough and well organised
manner with a genuine desire to succeed.  Interested in
helping people solve IT problems.