Michael Aaronson March 2017

519 Great Western Highway, Faulconbridge NSW

Mobile: 0419 482 837
Email: MichaelAaronson@BigPond.com

Resume
My current strengths are:

 Creation and maintenance of ASP.NET websites, using Visual Studio, C#, and SQL Server.
Includes MVC and Web API.
 VBA add-ins for Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook.

A summary of skills is at the end.

Experience
Web Developer
The Greens, Erskineville NSW and Canberra
August 2013 - present
 Upgraded the members’ websites to ASP.NET 4.6 and SQL Server 2014. Migrated the files and
data to a new server. Consolidated the connection strings.
 Used MVC 5 and Entity Framework 6 to develop web pages to display and maintain SQL
Server data.
 Used VBA to extract meeting decisions from Microsoft Word documents and store them in SQL
Server tables.
 Developed a single page application with Web API and Angular to display and maintain the
contacts database.
 Now using Visual Studio 2015, HTML 5, CSS 3, and Bootstrap 3.
 Using ASP.NET 5 (Core 1.0), MVC 6, Entity Framework 7 and Xamarin in development.
 Created a development website in Drupal 8.
Web Developer
Climate Action Summit, Glebe NSW
June – July 2013
 Maintained the public website in WordPress.
 Maintained the booking system in TryBooking.
 Used MailChimp to send out announcements to 800 people. Consolidated separate mailing lists
into one list.
 Used Expression Web to format the pages for the website and for the mailouts.
 Helped with the IT needs during the two-day event.
Web Developer
The Greens, Erskineville NSW and Canberra
July 2010 – May 2013
 Maintained and enhanced ASP.NET websites. This included improving the ability of users to
add comments to each page, so they could be filtered by topic, and sorted by title and date.
 Developed a website in MVC5, using Visual Studio 2013. It enables administrators to maintain
11 tables, where the relationships between the tables are rather complex. The application uses
 Entity Framework 6, LINQ, RAZOR syntax, Dependency Injection (Ninject), and unit testing
with mocking (Moq).
 Added a discussion area on taxation, using MVC3, including the Entity Framework, LINQ, and
the RAZOR syntax.
 Wrote WPF application for desktop and Silverlight application for website, to maintain a
contacts database and calendar of events. NHibernate used to persist the data to a SQL Server
database.
 Migrated macros from SharePoint Designer to Expression Web. This involved translating them
from VBA to JavaScript.
 Set up a wiki website for the Economics Working Group.
 Migrated documents from Drupal website to Plone for a Greens Senator. Wrote PowerShell
script to automate the process.
 Migrated data from the Australian Parliamentary website to the website of an organisation that
monitors the pay MPs are entitled to receive. Developed a "screen scraper" program I to extract
the data from the Parliamentary website, and a web robot, to enter data into the other website.
 Migrated SharePoint 2007 website to SharePoint 2010, and wrote InfoPath forms for entering
data.
 Wrote a LightSwitch desktop application so office workers could easily update contacts data,
using Silverlight.
Windows and VBA Developer
The Lake Corporation, Willoughby NSW
May-June 2010
 Helped develop a windows program to help process credit card applications.
 Wrote the preprocessor part of that program. It operated on a separate thread in the background.
It read the data from the original credit card application, from SQL Server, and ran a "screen
scraper" - a web browser module that accessed credit bureau reports, extracted the appropriate
fields from the screens, and stored the results. A proprietary "decision engine" evaluated the
results, set scores for the application, and decided what the worker on the telephone should do
next in order to verify and process the application. The program included a "predictive dialler"
to call the appropriate people up.
 The coding was done in C#, using Visual Studio 2008.
 Wrote a code generator, in Excel, using VBA. It generated C# code that "bound" all the controls
in the program to a collection of internal variables. When the user changed any of the controls,
the variable was automatically updated, and the results propagated to any other controls that
depended on that variable. The generator needed the names of the relevant controls, so I wrote a
"utility" project in C# to obtain them. The variables were named after relevant SQL Server
columns, so I wrote a VBA module to extract the names, types, and sizes of these columns.
Used a lookup function in Excel to detect any variables that didn't have matching columns, so
they could be corrected.
 Wrote VBA modules in Access to generate test data, in SQL Server, and populate the fields
with meaningful values, to make it easy to see if the correct values were getting through.
 Some of this was done under extreme time pressure, which required me to take "shortcuts"
sometimes. I did this carefully, in order to minimise the risk of making a mistake.
Web Developer
The Greens, Erskineville NSW and Canberra
August 2008 - April 2010
 Modified the Contacts and Office bearer data to meet the needs of the National Office.
Wrote web forms, which are used by an administrator to update people’s contact details, and to
link them to the various office bearer and committee positions.
 Wrote web pages to display the contacts and office bearer information on the members’
websites.
This included writing global classes (in App_Code) and a User Control, so the web page for
each committee could include a list of that committee’s current members.
 Wrote a discussion forum in MVC2 for the members’ website for the discussion of local
government issues. Users could add topics. Other users could add comments to each topic, and
comments on comments, and so on.
 Maintained and enhanced a members’ area on the public website, using Drupal 5 and 6 with
PHP 5 and MySQL 5.
 Migrated two large websites to ASP.NET 3.5 and SQL Server 2008.
 Wrote a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application to maintain database of
economics documents.
 Used AJAX on a web page to display the parts of the Commonwealth budget that the user
wanted to see.
 Developed demonstration sites in DotNetNuke, Kentico, and Drupal, in order to investigate the
migration of the NSW and Australian Greens members' websites to a content management
system (CMS).
 Used JavaScript on web pages showing meeting agendas that displayed the details on proposals
when the user clicked on the proposal titles.
 Developed models in MATLAB and Simulink and Excel to estimate Australian population, and
its effects on the environment.
Excel and VBA Developer
Karridale Pty Ltd, Sydney
July 2008
 Developed a program in Excel VBA to open thousands of Excel workbooks, and extract the
values in specified areas of specified sheets.
The lists of workbooks, worksheets, and cells were maintained on an Excel spreadsheet so they
could easily be changed.
 The program was written and delivered in one day.
 The program was implemented as an Excel form, so the user could see how the program was
progressing.
It had a place for trace and debug output, which could be turned on if necessary.
 The program anticipated possible errors, and was tested carefully. It worked the first time it was
delivered.
Web Developer
Glass Onion, Sydney
January - June 2008
 Developed feedback and subscription web forms for the new Clubs NSW websites.
 Integrated the forms into the website, using the iMIS content management system.
Web Developer
The Greens, Erskineville
July - December 2007
 Maintained national and state members’ websites (.NET 2.0).
 Developed a SharePoint 2007 collaboration website for the Economics Working Group.
 Extracted data from the 2007-08 NSW Budget, converted it to a normalised relational database,
and formatted it as a summary table and pivot table, using VBA macros for Word, Access, and
Excel.
Web Developer
Glass Onion, Sydney
Nov 2006 - June 2007
 Developed an intranet for Westpac by configuring and enhancing a content management system
(CMS), which was written in ASP and VBScript, and used SQL Server.
 Designed a workflow application to fit into the CMS, so bankers could place orders for
customised advertising materials, and the art department could produce and deliver them.
 Helped design a contact database for the CMS, so bankers could develop a list of leads, and
send customised emails to them.
 Wrote a class in VBScript that extracted data from a SQL Server table and exported it as a
comma delimited file, which users can import into Excel.
 Maintained and used JavaScript libraries to validate forms and allow the user to sort tables by
clicking on the headings.
 Wrote a VBA macro that extracted and adjusted data from an Excel file, containing RAMS
home loan products, so the information could be imported into a SQL Server database.
 Worked with their in-house wireframe application.
Web and VBA Developer
The Greens, Erskineville
Oct 2005 - Oct 2006
 Maintained national and state members’ websites, and migrated them to .NET 2.0.
 Analysed the Australian Greens 3 year budget.
Wrote VBA macro to convert the budget, and the strategic plan, from Excel to HTML for the
members' website.
 Wrote JavaScript on web pages for collapsible outlines and expanding menus.
 Produced XML and RSS feeds for the events calendar, so they could be used by a local Greens
website, and to encourage sharing of information.
Access, Excel and VBA Developer
ABN-AMRO Bank, Sydney
September 2005
 Designed a new Access database for use as a contact management system.
 Imported and transformed existing data from two linked Excel spreadsheets and an existing
Access database.
 Designed the forms to maintain the data.
ASP, SQL Server, Typo3 CMS, Excel
Amnesia Group, East Sydney
August 2005
 Modified the ASP page that processes customer logins to the Ikea website, so the correct
response could be returned when the customer hadn't registered, when the password was correct,
and when the customer hadn't validated their registration by responding to the confirmation
email.
This included creating a test environment before updating the production site.
 Designed a web form for job applications, and the ASP page to store the results on a SQL
Server database.
 Modified the home page of a website using Typo3, an open source content management system.
This included examining the Typo3 script that created the banner, in order to decide whether to
put the changes there or in the content area.
 Added columns to an Excel spreadsheet that looked up data in another sheet.
 This was all done in a fast paced envirnment, with limited information to start with, and where
care was required because live sites were involved.
Excel, VBA, TM1 (Data Warehouse
Big W, Pennant Hills
August 2005
 Migrated an Excel application to another computer.
The application presented daily sales, summarised by retail store and by product category.
 Documented how the application worked.
The application got its data from a text file and configuration sheets in the workbook, stored the
historical data in another workbook, and updated a third workbook with the results, which was
sent to the users.
 Examined the existing TM1 data warehouse, and estimated the effort required to use this data
instead of the text files currently used.
SQL Server, DTS, OLAP
Lion Nathan Brewery, Lidcombe
July 2005
 Modified DTS packages that moved data from a manufacturing and sales database (MFG/PRO)
to a SQL Server data warehouse.
 Modified Analysis Services packages that defined the cubes that used this data warehouse.
 Wrote a detailed technical specification on my work, including recommendations on how to
maintain the consistency of the data warehouse.
Access, VBA, SQL Server, Excel
NSW Cancer Council, Sydney
May 2005
 Created form, and supporting business classes, in an Access project, to go through the lines of a
bank statement, match the deposit slips with fundraising events, and credit the appropriate
accounts.
 The bank statement was provided in the form of a comma separated variable (CSV) file.
I did some analysis of this file, and the output of the program, using Excel, to confirm the
program was working.
ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, SQL Server, VB.Net, VBA
The Greens, Erskineville
Jul 2002 - April 2005
 Designed, created and maintained four websites using FrontPage.
 Many of the pages on these websites display information from a SQL Server database, using
ASP and ASP.NET coding.
 Extracted data from the NSW and Commonwealth budgets and displayed them on a website.
Wrote extensive Visual Basic for Applications add-ins for Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access
to extract the budget data from Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word files.
Wrote pages in ASP.NET with C# to display this data. The user was able to drill down to see
the data at portfolio, agency, and program levels of detail.
Wrote a Web Service to provide access to this data.
Consolidated the data into an OLAP Cube, which users can download and examine as a pivot
table in Excel.
Performed economic analysis, using Excel, MATLAB, and GAMS.
 Wrote several add-ins for FrontPage, including one which added a place on the page where the
user can add their comments. The add-in did this by inserting a record in a SQL server database,
 and modifiying the ASP coding on the page to refer to that record. Also wrote add-ins to insert
bookmarks into headings and create an indented table of contents for the page.
 Wrote Outlook add-in which goes through an email folder containing media releases, extracts
the information from each message, displays it to the user for editing, and stores the information
in a SQL Server database. Wrote the ASP page to display these media releases on a website.
Also wrote add-in to display email addresses stored on a SQL Server database, so emails could
be sent to these people.
 Developed pages to coordinate the review and updating of over 40 policies.
Pages written in ASP.NET with VB.NET.
Pages are automatically generated for each record in a 'Policies' table in a SQL Server database.
Each page shows links to the current and proposed versions of the relevant policy, a list of
interested people, and a place for people to put their comments.
If the page has been accessed using the Policy Coordinator's password, this is detected, and the
page shows additional information and links, so the Policy Coordinator can schedule workshops
for the policies, and make other changes.
 Helped maintain two additional websites using Dreamweaver MX, and FrontPage 2003, which
now works with Dreamweaver template (.dwt) files.
 Maintained four email discussion lists.
Participated in extensive discussions on who should have access, and how they should be
maintained.
 Created a SharePoint Team Services website to allow MPs and their staffs to share information.
Maintained this site using FrontPage 2003, which makes it easy to create customised pages and
insert the SharePoint components.
Access, ASP, VBA, XML
BusinessLink, Liverpool
May 2004 - Jul 2004
 Created an ASP page to process an online survey form.
The results were formatted into XML and sent as emails, using a remote mail server.
 Wrote an Access application in VBA to open and process these emails, store the results, and
provide reports.
 Wrote an XML parser in VBA as part of this project.
 Used Microsoft Virtual PC to duplicate the user’s environment, for development and testing of
the application.
 Wrote the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting guides for the application for the help
desk.
Clipper, dBase
Access Industries, Seven Hills
May 2002 - Jun 2002
 Converted programs to transmit credit card sales from branch offices, and to transmit them to
the bank. This required great care, and extensive testing, to make sure it worked correctly.
Access, ASP, Excel, FrontPage, SQL Server, VBA, Word
The Greens, Sydney
Jan 1998 - Apr 2002
 Set up and maintained a private password-protected website, for members, using FrontPage
2000. Wrote VB program in Word to convert RTF files into HTML, including a table of
contents based on the headings.
 Wrote VBScript, including a recursive procedure, in active server pages, to display
announcements, an event calendar, and discussions. All records were stored in a SQL Server 7
database. The active server pages enabled members to view, insert and modify the items.
 Wrote a VBScript procedure, as an include file, so it is easy to provide places on pages where
users can add their comments.
 Developed an eCommerce application for the website, including secure entry of credit card
details.
 Used Enterprise Manager, and an Access Project, to remotely maintain the SQL Server
database.
 Set up and maintained accounting records, using QuickBooks Pro. Extracted data into Access,
and then into Excel, for budget discussions.
 Wrote ASP.NET pages to display contact details for local groups, with forms so authorised
people could modify it. Wrote a web service for this data, so it could be safely accessed and
modified, without exposing the other SQL Server data.
Access, ASP, FrontPage
Optus, Roseberry
Mar 2001 - Apr 2001
 Developed a database for the help desk, listing where they should refer people if further support
is needed. This included implementing the Access multi-user security facility.
 Developed databases for an asset register. The data entry forms referred to a table to find out the
fields that were needed for the item being entered, and formatted the form accordingly.
Developed an expense report database along similar lines.
 Fixed bugs and made enhancements to a database that listed the training seminars, and the
people attending. Corrected errors in the way the tables were indexed, which required careful
checking to make sure existing forms and reports weren’t affected.
 Wrote a document retrieval system. This was implemented as a website on the intranet, using
ASP pages. Recursion was used so documents could be put into categories within categegories.
 All this was done in the very short timeframe allowed.
Access, dBase, Clipper, Visual FoxPro, Visual SourceSafe
Access Industries, Seven Hills
Jul 1998 - Nov 2000
 Maintained and enhanced a complex telephone sales system. It had been developed over the
years by several programmers in dBase and Clipper, and had dozens of tables and indexes and
over a hundred program files. There were programs running on three supervisor's computers,
linked by daily transfer of files over the phone, and several seller's computers, linked by hand
carried floppy disks.
 Wrote a recursive program in Access which went through all the dBase program files and
mapped which program called which, and which tables each program used. This was an
essential step in making sense out of it all. Used Visual Source Safe to monitor changes.
Access, Visual Basic
FreightCorp, Parramatta
May 1997 - Mar 1998
 Maintained and enhanced the Project Management System, which tracked the corporate projects
for the project managers. The main code was in Visual Basic and the data was in Access 2
tables. Modified input forms and reports. Obtained special fonts so the proportional font
sections looked like the rest of the report.
 Maintained and enhanced the Contracts Management System, which tracked the contracts which
had been written to accomplish the projects. In Visual Basic with Access data.
 Designed a report for the Contract Management System using Crystal Reports.
 Maintained and enhanced the Train and Locomotive System, which tracked locomotives, trains,
crews, journeys, and fuel. In Access with lots of Access Basic code. Discovered inconsistencies
in the database, which I then cleaned up using complex queries. Modified input screens and
 reports. Archived old data, which also required complex queries. Designed the procedures to
reconcile fuel withdrawals with daily totals, and report serious discrepancies.
 Rewrote the Wagon Maintenance program, which tracked and billed for repairs to wagons.
Linked it to a new pricing system. In Access.
Access, Excel, Outlook, VBA, Word
Whistle Project, Sydney
Oct 1996 - Apr 1997
 Upgraded files to Access and Word 97.
 Did maintenance and some enhancements to a bibliography database, and to a project database
that collects information, in various categories, about a community development project.
 Converted files containing contact details and tasks, and imported them to Outlook, which is the
new program for contacts and scheduling that Microsoft has added to Office 97.
 Wrote a Visual Basic procedure in Access to reformat the memo fields in the project database.
They had line breaks at the end of each line, instead of at the end of each paragraph.
 Wrote a Visual Basic procedure in Word to look up a contact in Outlook and create a letter to
that person.
 Maintain financial data with QuickBooks. Converted QuickBooks reports to Excel, where I
added some further calculations and then embedded them in a Word document.
 Created a website using Microsoft FrontPage 97.
Access, MapInfo, Visual Basic, Visual C++
Telstra Mobile Phones, Parramatta
Aug 1995 - Sep 1996
 Maintained and enhanced several programs which analyse and summarise the complex raw data
generated by the equipment that handles mobile telephone calls. I inherited the programs as
immense program files that had been written in an ad hoc manner by engineers, which I
documented and broke into modules to make them more maintainable. Migrated many of them
from Borland to Microsoft Visual C++ - our standard compiler. Many had versions for
Windows and two flavours of UNIX, with many differences between them. I persuaded them to
drop support for platforms where they weren’t really needed, and was able to strip out almost all
of the differences by talking to the engineers.
 One of these programs sends data to Mapinfo, to trace the path of the vehicle which took the
measurements.
 Maintained and enhanced programs in Visual Basic that analyse call records for fraud. Used
diplomacy to provide quick service to the user while providing the required documentation to
the administrators of the work being done.
 Analysed, documented, and evaluated an immense and complex program, called Mammoth, that
was written by an engineer. Persuaded all involved that the user should continue to maintain it.
Access, MAPI, ODBC, Oracle, Visual Basic
Telstra Payphones, Parramatta
Mar 1995 - Aug 1995
 Maintained and enhanced the Payphone Refund System. This was an Access front end to an
Oracle database. It allowed the operator to approve or reject refund claims, and write
appropriate letters and reports.
 Maintained and enhanced a 'comms robot'. This was a Visual Basic program that ran
continuously in the background. It used MAPI calls to open mail sent to its mailbox and save
attached files. It then opened and processed these files, and posted them to an Oracle database.
Wrote extensive user and maintenance documentation.
 Wrote a screen scraper which used an IBM 3270 terminal emulator to connect to a mainframe,
navigate through the menus, and then navigate through the fields on the forms and store the data
in an Oracle database.
 I also sometimes ran and examined the backend script, on a Pyramid, written in SQL*Plus.
Access, Excel, VBA, Word
Gaia Project, Glebe
Jan 1995 - Feb 1995
 Did a statistical analysis on information embedded in 72 Word files. This required writing a
Word Basic macro to extract the top level headings from all the files. These were then put into
an Excel spreadsheet and classified in two ways. An Excel pivot table was then created to
tabulate the results.
 Extracted similar information, for a different time period, from an Access database I had already
created, using a crosstab query.
 Developed a procedure for extracting notes from a HP 100LX palmtop computer to the PC.
Wrote instructions on converting the notes database into a text file on the palmtop and sending it
to the PC via the serial port. The information in this file was then added to an existing Access
database by importing it to a separate table where it was processed and cleaned up, and then
appending it using an append query.
 Used mailmerge in Word to create a document consisting of the above notes.
Access, ODBC, Visual Basic, Visual C++
Streets Ice Cream, Turrella
Nov 1993 - Dec 1994
 Wrote a windows program to write large sticky labels with barcodes to go on pallets. Developed
database of products, etc., on Access. Program written in Visual Basic and Visual C++. The
labels were written on a Zebra industrial laser printer. Developed a module to interface, through
the serial port, with a laser scanner, which was used to read and verify the labels. Extensive
investigation of ODBC drivers and files was required to find a combination that worked.
Investigated use of analogue/digital board.
 Migrated existing DOS programs from Microsoft C 6.0 to Visual C++. One made production
reports. The other sent signals to a Texas Instruments programmable logic controller (PLC) to
make ice cream. The operator selected the recipe, and the program operated the valves in the
proper sequence to bring together the required ingredients. Made some modifications to both
programs.
 The Zebra printer, laser scanner, and PLC all had programming languages that I had to learn.
 Maintained two Microsoft Cobol programs, which write production reports..
Access, Visual Basic, Word
Gaia Project, Glebe
Jul 1993 - Oct 1993
 Migrated the telemarketing and information retrieval systems I wrote in 1992 into an integrated
Microsoft Office application. General PC support.
dBase
Westpac, Sydney
Jun 1993 - Jun 1993
 Enhancements to the accounting system I wrote for them in 1989.
 Brought the system back to a clearly defined state, incorporating changes others had made to it.
C, Oracle
ITRON, Sydney
Nov 1992 - Apr 1993
 Used SQL*Forms 3, SQL*PLUS, and Pro*C to produce forms and reports for an automated job
dispatching system that sends work requests from a mainframe to handheld computers in the
field.
 Acted as the DBA - setting up and maintaining the database.
 Wrote functional and design specifications for the report modules.
C, Oracle
Telecom, Brisbane
Jul 1992 - Oct 1992
 Enhanced C and PRO*C modules in the MDF Manager program, which tracks the complex
cable connections between a telephone exchange and the outside world and calculates the best
ways to make changes to it. My enhancement took the core process for the program, which
operated in the background, and split it into multiple processes operating in parallel. This
involved a lot of interprocess communication - especially message queues and signals. Used the
special UNIX techniques that are required for multiple processes, especially for testing and
debugging, such as the incorporation of special test messages and using the debugger in
multiple simultaneous sessions. Ported the application, as source code, from an IBM RISC AIX
box to a 486 SCO UNIX box, which required building portability into the program, mainly
through the use of environment variables and careful design of the make files.
 Used SQL*Plus, SQL*FORMS 3, and ORACLE export and import to create and examine the
test database.
C, LIGHTSHIP, Oracle, Visual Basic
Telecom, Melbourne
Mar 1992 - Jul 1992
 Wrote PRO*C modules to extract, validate, and load financial, operating, and productivity data
from 12 different ASCII file formats into an ORACLE MIS database. Tested the program using
a rigorous Method 1 procedure that exercised every branch in the logic. Used ORACLE,
including SQL*Loader, and Visual Basic with Q & E toolkit, to create and examine the test
database.
 Learned Lightship, a GUI front end on the PC for ORACLE. Tested the Lightship MIS front
end, in a very probing manner, finding over 90 diverse errors, many of them serious, and
verifying their correction.
C++, dBase, Pascal, SuperBase, Visual Basic
Gaia Project, Wahroonga
Sep 1991 - Feb 1992
 Advised on hardware and software purchases, including a faxmodem and two scanners.
Installed applications in Windows environment. Used Windows Resource Kit and other utilities
to improve the memory management and speed of Windows, after taking the Microsoft seminar
on this topic. Established a research database, including text and scanned images, so information
can be stored and retrieved. Established a telemarketing system to service requests for
information. Evaluated the latest windows versions of the major word processors. General PC
support, advising when questions arose.
C, Oracle
Telecom, Adelaide
Jul 1991 - Aug 1991
 Developed a list-values pop up window to operate under Oracle. It was similar in appearance
and function to the list-values box in SQL*Forms 3, which couldn't be used because of the
intricacy of the application. Used the other Oracle products to develop a database to test it. The
window was carefully coded to be completely generic, so it could be easily applied to existing
 and future needs. This was done with function pointers and a C++ like program structure.
Oracle CASE also used.
C++, dBase, Pascal, Visual Basic
KW Chemicals, St. Peters
Jan 1991 - Jun 1991
 Installed windows 3.0 on a 386 PC. Moved existing PC applications, programs, and data to this
platform, using Laplink III.
 Developed a telemarketing system as a Windows 3 application, using Borland C++ and the
Whitewater Resource Toolkit. An object oriented approach was used, and a dynamic link library
(DLL) was created. Some coding was done in Pascal for Windows, Visual Basic, and Object
Vision in the process of deciding which language to use.
 Developed a planning system on dBASE IV, involving linked files for tasks, projects, and status
codes.
C, Clipper, dBase
A C Nielsen, North Ryde
Oct 1990 - Nov 1990
 I clarified the user requirements, and then I designed, coded, and tested a program in Microsoft
C 6.0. This program calculated and reported the movement of viewers from one TV station to
another.
 This program was for use on the user's PC, in competition with one from another company, so it
was essential that the program be written as quickly as possible, that it run quickly, and that it
use a minimum of disk space. This was in addition to the usual requirement that the program be
easily maintained by someone else. Extra programs were written to compress the data (by a
factor of 10), and to calculate a few extra fields, so the program would use a minimum of disk
space and run as quickly as possible.
 I was responsible for developing the entire system, which involved the design of a sequence of
mainframe and PC based programs and data files. This required that I clearly define my design,
and that I extensively consult with the user representative.
 CMS was used extensively on the mainframe, on a 3270 emulator, to extract the needed data,
using JCL and EXEC programs, which I wrote or modified. The data was then downloaded to
the PC.
 Linked lists and the portable C binary search functions were used, along with a finite state
automaton.
C
RTA, Sydney
Aug 1990 - Sep 1990
 Wrote C programs and UNIX shell scripts to translate data files of an expert system from a
PROLOG PC-based prototype to the UNIX based version written in C. This required use of
Telnet and FTP, and other TCP/IP procedures to transfer the files around the network. The
PROLOG format wasn't documented, so I had to include special error detection procedures in
my program.
 Wrote C functions which extracted records from the translated files and put them in a linked list,
for display and further processing by the calling program. There were two different types of
records, and the functions included a linked list of templates, which enabled the calling function
to specify which records were to be included. This required that a test bed be quickly put
together, to make sure the functions performed well.
 Designed a composite window in X-windows/Motif.
C, Lotus 1-2-3, Oracle
Intercept Foundation, Newtown
Jul 1990 - Aug 1990
 Continuation of work on the information retrieval database, for research purposes, described
below.
Clipper
Kimberly-Clark, Milsons Point
Jun 1990 - Jun 1990
 Added a report module to an existing dBASE program, which stores and reports on sales of
their paper dispensers. My module allowed the user to specify which records were to be
reported, the sort order of the report, and whether the report was to go to the screen or printer.
The module was written flexibly so the user could refine their requirements after seeing
preliminary results. The user interface was standardised between modules, and menus were
made easier to understand and use. The program was compiled under Clipper, and was designed
to operate on a Novell network.
Hardware
Bankers Trust, Sydney
May 1990 - May 1990
 Installed Hyperram extended memory boards and 3-COM ethernet cards on IBM AT and PS/2
computers, and installed the computers as nodes on a PCAA network.
C, Lotus 1-2-3, Oracle
Intercept Foundation, Newtown
Feb 1990 - Apr 1990
 Developed a database for use in connection with the Federal Election, using Oracle, with linked
files for electorates, cities, individuals, candidates, and electorates. A procedure was developed
for determining a person's electorate, based on their address, using Pro*C. Progress in
contacting individuals and distributing election materials was tracked through reports by
electorate. Other reports were generated to plan strategies, answer enquiries, and provide needed
information in suitable sort orders and formats.
 Developed an information retrieval database, for research purposes, using Oracle, with linked
files, for books, clippings, fliers, groups, individuals, notes, periodicals, and serials.
dBase, Lotus 1-2-3
KW Chemicals, St. Peters
Jan 1990 - Jan 1990
 Developed a product pricing system, using 1-2-3, including the multiple worksheet feature of
release 3. Most of the data was stored in dBASE files, which were linked to the worksheets
using the release 3 database driver. Macros were used to generate user menus and write reports.
C, Ingres
Wheelease, Burwood
Nov 1989 - Dec 1989
 Maintained and enhanced an automobile leasing system using REFORM, a 4GL which depends
on extensive C programming to tie the pieces together. The system was basically a customised
accounting system, with general ledger accounts, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.
Functions included terminal enquiry and update, invoicing, making reports, budgets, recording
of credits, and the automatic entry of periodic charges and payments.
dBase
Westpac Bank, Sydney
Jun 1989 - Sep 1989
 Developed an accounting system to track purchases and sales of 35 foreign currencies, and
maintain balances in each one, including their Australian dollar equivalents. Features included:
enciphered password access with a privilege profile for each user; provision for input and
processing by batches; two default exchange rates for each currency; extensive reports;
interlocks to, for example, prevent posting a batch before it was listed; revaluation of the
currencies based on the current exchange rate, with a trial balance to check before committing;
and a history file with detailed reporting as specified by the user.
 Another system, which monitored shipments of currencies for insurance purposes, was
upgraded from dBASE III to IV, and logic was inserted so one module, which required several
hours each month, could be run automatically.
ADA, C++, LISP, Oracle
KW Chemicals, St. Peters
Jan 1989 - May 1989
 Performed a systems analysis on the business: clarified exactly what problems the study was
intended to solve, conducted a wide ranging examination of the business, and concluded with
recommendations which were accepted and implemented by management.
 Recommended the hardware, software, and procedures needed to improve the accounting
system, which was on Lotus 1-2-3.
 Created a program which simulates chemical reactions. This was used to scale up production to
commercial quantities from preliminary laboratory studies.
 Developed an accounting package in ORACLE, with general ledger, accounts receivable,
accounts payable, inventory, and order processing. Wrote the procedure manual, and provided
training.
 The systems analysis and the design work on the programs were done on an Apollo workstation,
using the CASE tool Software Through Pictures (STP).
C
Homecare of NSW, Parramatta
Nov 1988 - Dec 1988
 Developed and implemented administrative procedures for their UNIX system, including
security, the setting up of new accounts, and backup. Started the procedures manual. Wrote the
procedures after consultation with the person appointed to be the system administrator.
Rationalised the existing files and accounts. Did troubleshooting
ADABAS/NATURAL, dBase
Intercept Foundation, Newtown
Aug 1988 - Oct 1988
 Set up a database of individuals and organisations. Merged existing databases into the new ones,
which required data conversion, and procedures for removing duplicates. Wrote programs to
make customised reports.
 Analysed statistical data with ADABAS/NATURAL 2.
C, Clipper, dBase
Commonwealth Government Centre, Sydney
Oct 1987 - Jul 1988
 Set up the office computers for two federal Senators.
 Consulted with the Senators and their staff, analysed their requirements, and selected and
installed the software.
 Wrote an accounting package in C.
 Designed and implemented databases in dBASE and Clipper, and integrated the software
through user-friendly menus.
 Provided user training, answered queries, wrote a tutorial manual, and installed tutorial
programs and an online help facility.
 Diagnosed and corrected hardware faults and installed cards.
 Created a customised printer driver for an 'Impact' brand laser printer.
Performance Coverage Analyser, Testing
NSW Department of Health, Sydney
Jun 1985 - Sep 1987
 Maintained and enhanced the program that stores medical laboratory data for most hospitals in
New South Wales.
 Developed automated procedures to convert this large program (1000 modules) from BASIC+
to VAX BASIC.
 Improved performance and made the modules easier to understand and maintain by making
them structured and standardising record definitions.
 Maintained and enhanced the DCL command files that integrated the programs into a menu-
driven system.
 Maintained and operated an in-house system (FABMAN) that automated the compilation and
generated the structure charts directly from the source code.
 Liaised with the users, and arranged for system tests.
ADA, Basic, C, C++
Energy Economics, Berkeley, California
Nov 1984 - Feb 1985
 Provided the computer support for a project that analysed economic and other data from electric
power companies, in order to develop a model that explains how cost-saving innovations spread
through an industry. Responsible for implementing various economic models, of increasing
complexity, making adjustments as necessary, and presenting the results in graphical form.
Dramatically increased the speed of a program written by one of the users.
C, Informix
Pacific Telephone, San Francisco
Feb 1984 - Oct 1984
 Worked as part of a development team on a management information system that assigned jobs
(such as installing a telephone) to available work crews. Responsible for the scheduling module,
which was the core of the system. It was quite complex, and I selected a finite state machine
model (an object-oriented technique), with linked lists, in order to make it understandable and
flexible. With this working model, I liaised with the users until the specifications, initially quite
incomplete, were finalised and documented. Wrote several data-entry and report modules.
C
NCR Corporation, Redwood City
May 1983 - Jan 1984
 Worked as part of a development team on the control system for a Computer Output to
Microfiche (COM) machine that was manufactured by the company. The control system resided
in a personal computer, and communicated with a microprocessor card in the machine.
Responsible for implementing all the terminal displays on the project, and implementing the
error log, for use by the customer engineers. Provided instruction to the others on the team, who
were quite new to the C language.
ADA, Basic, C, C++
Energy Economics, Berkeley, California
Aug 1979 - Apr 1983
 (Project described above.)
Fortran
Engineering Science Inc., Madras India
Jul 1977 - Feb 1979
 Data processing manager: responsible for all computer work on a project that designed a water
supply and sewage system for Madras India.
 Analysed the computational requirements and liaised with authorities to obtain use of a suitable
computer.
 Selected and installed the program for the water supply system.
 Wrote the sewage program, based on an algorithm that minimises the cost of flows through a
network.
 Produced thorough documentation of the programs, including instruction manuals.
 Supervised local support staff, and recruited and trained the Indian engineer who took over my
work.
Assembler, Fortran
Engineering Science Inc., Berkeley California
Jan 1968 - Jun 1977
 In charge of data processing for large and complex environmental projects such as groundwater
basin management, bay and harbour pollution, solid wastes management, industrial sewage
treatment, and design of a pipeline for transporting sludge.
 Responsible for analysing the problem to find the scientific and engineering principles involved,
translating the analyses into computer programs, and running and adjusting the programs to fit
the real world.
 Designed and managed large program and data files.
 Knowledge of advanced computer methods, advanced mathematics, civil engineering and
hydrology was required.
C, Fortran, Linear Programming, Pascal, Statistics
Univ. of California, Berkeley
Sep 1965 - Dec 1967
 Developed equations and wrote programs to determine the concentration of pollutants in San
Francisco Bay.
 Independently developed a generalised solution to the problem, so answers under different
conditions could be found without going back to the computer.
 Wrote parts of the final report, including instructions for the general solution. Developed a
graphical presentation, which made the results easier to understand.
 Performed statistical analyses on data, including least squares fit to cyclical phenomena and
nonparametric methods.
 Knowledge of partial differential equations and hydrology required.
 Summary of Skills
Education Databases
 Master of Engineering, University of  Access
California, Berkeley.  SQL
 Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins  Sybase
University.  ORACLE
 Structured Programming and Data  ODBC, MS Query
Structures courses at University of  dBASE, Clipper, SuperBase 4
California, Berkeley.  Lotus Agenda
 Short courses in Microsoft Office97  INGRES, Informix, Q+E
Development, computer aided software
engineering (CASE) and object oriented Software Packages
programming.
 Office Professional and Developer
Hardware  MS Project
 FrontPage
 Micros: IBM compatible and PS/2,
 Norton Utilities
Macintosh SE, 6800 Microprocessor
 Run Time Libraries
 Minis: Pyramid, NCR Tower, PDP 11/70,
 System Calls
HP 3000
 Linear Programming
 Mainframes: IBM 4341, CDC 6400, DEC
 Network Optimisation
VAX 780 & 6800, IBM 370
 Terminal Display
 Other: Apollo workstation
 Scientific Subroutines
Operating Systems
Structured Methodologies
 Windows
 Structured & Object Oriented
 UNIX Windows3.1 MS-DOS 6.2
Programming
 VMS, VM/CMS, OS/VS1, MVS
 Data Structures
 CP/M, UCSD p system
 Code Management & Library
Windows Programming Maintenance
 Prototyping
 Microsoft Visual Studio.NET  Systems Analysis & CASE Tools
 Visual Basic, VB.NET  Test Drivers & Automated Testing
 Visual C++, C#
Applications
Website Development
 Management Information
 FrontPage 2002  Statistical Analysis
 Active server pages, ASP.Net  Communications
using VB.NET and C# code
 Accounting
 SharePoint, including SharePoint Portal
 Engineering Research
 VBScript, JavaScript
 Engineering Design
FrontPage XP server extensions
 Process Design
 Office XP server extensions
 Economic Analysis
Windows CE Programming  Computer Modelling
 Visual CE
 Embedded Visual Basic