September 1969 to July 1971 Finchley County Grammar School O Levels: Mathematics, English Language, Biology, Physics July 1992 to present. As below, also responsible for running and monitoring client workload
on clustered Digital Alpha servers with StorageWorks arrays, running
OpenVMS and Unix. Use of OMS software to monitor hardware. August 1983 to July 1992 John progressed to Senior Operator, acting as deputy shift leader
for last few years responsible for up to 4 operators. Job involves
monitoring systems and making sure all work is completed on-time.
Active problem resolution, liaising where necessary with customers,
support and management. Writing problem reports. During this period saw three migrations: from multiple DOS/VSE
systems running under VM on three IBM 4381 mainframes, to MVS
and JES2 on an IBM 3033, to VAX/VMS on a DEC CI cluster with HSC50
disks, to 4500-based DEC clusters using DSSI and SCSI drives.
LCH operated a large CICS system with hundreds of on-line users
under the IBM systems before the systems were converted to DEC.
For four years, three different OS (MVS, DOS and VMS) were on-site
at LCH and operated simultaneously during a very busy period.
JCL and DCL knowledge. Selcopy programming used in the solving
of live problems and in the development of Operator utilities.
John maintained EREP for the site and did some REXX and CLIST
programming. Experience of VSAM, JES2, SDSF, VTAM and Omegamon.
Reason for leaving: In 1992 the Operations Department of LCH transferred
to Cap Gemini (then known as Hoskyns) in a Facilities Management
deal. March 1977 to July 1983 Starting salary: £1825.00. I progressed to Senior Computer Operator from a trainee position.
Job involved scheduling batch jobs in up to six live streams,
and handling all media and printout for this large manufacturer
and distributor. Full responsibility for actions and training of shift, working
overtime as necessary. Problems solved in liaison with programming
and technical support, altering jobs and JCL as required. Various IBM hardware was used: 370/148 running native DOS/VSE,
SYS/34, 4331 and 4341 running DOS/VSE under VM. Some programming with Selcopy and CA-EARL, also user of Westinghouse
Disk Utility, Logout and Ditto. I was an experienced user of VSE/POWER, DYNAM/T, GRASP/VSE and
EPAT at this site. Some Basic and Fortran knowledge acquired.
Reason for leaving: Redundancy due to Head Office closure. September 1976 to March 1977 Annual salary: £2300.00. Worked in Data Prep, collecting data from factory and offices,
batching data for punch operatives, checking machine totals from
Honeywell mainframe with manually prepared totals. Reason for leaving: Moved to a larger site with better career
opportunities.
Born: Barnet, London
Date of Birth: 28.9.57
Age: 43 Address: Walthamstow, London
(Full address on request)
Status: Living with partner
Health: Good Nationality: British
Children: none
Car owner/driver
Profile
I have worked for 21 years as a Computer Operator on 12 hour shifts.
I am looking for a position as a webmaster, HTML coder, or trainee
Java programmer.
Education
This school was merged with others to form the school below:
September 1971 to July 1976 Finchley Manorhill Comprehensive School
A Levels: Computer Science, Biology
Courses attended
1977 IBM - DOS/VS Background for Ops - 3 days
1977 IBM - DOS/VS System Functions - 3 days
1978 Infotech - DOS/VS Advanced Ops Techniques - 1 day
1980 IBM - DOS/VSE Operator Training - 3 days
1981 IBM - S/34 System Operations - 2 days
1982 IBM CUA - Ops Problem Determination Workshop 1 day
1985 LCH - VSAM - 1 day
1986 LCH - VTAM - 2 days
1986 LCH - Omegamon - 1 day
1986 Digital - DEC Introductory course - 1 day
1986 Digital - VAX/VMS Operations - 5 days
1986 Digital - VAX Cluster Operations - 1 day
1990 Allied - VAX Communications - 2 days
1990 Digital - VAX/VMS System Management - 5 days
1990 Paul Brunton Operations Supervision Part 1 - 5 days
1992 Paul Brunton Operations Supervision Part 2 - 5 days
1997 Digital - Business Recovery Server - 2 days
1998 Cap Gemini - Effective Management of Time - 1 day
1998 Cap Gemini - Extended Action Request System - 1 day
1999 Cap Gemini - Unix Primer - 2 days
Career History:
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
Position: Senior Operator.
London Clearing House (formerly ICCH), Aldgate House, Aldgate
High St., London EC3
Ever Ready, 1255 High St., Whetstone, London, N20.
Desoutter Brothers Ltd., The Hyde, Colindale, London.
Hobbies
Juggling, cooking, reading, music, the web...