Profile

1999- 2000

EDI-Project-Manager at ICA GmbH (Joint IBM-Continental A.G. Software House). Responsible for the design, development and support of the EDI connections with partners and customers (ACTIS EDI Manager SAP R/2 and R/3).

1998-1999

E-Commerce consultant contracted by CEN to set up a WEB Site providing advice on E-Commerce Implementations for SMEs.

1997-1999

EDI-Project-Manager at BMW AG Purchasing Department. Responsible for the design, development and roll-out of the EDI Order process with suppliers. (IBM MVS CICS application). Consultants report on the subject of E-Commerce, WEB EDI and XML at BMW Purchasing.

1996-1997

EDI Project Manager, Siemens EDI Service. Responsible for the migration of suppliers using the EDIFACT subset based on Dir 90.1/91.1 to the Siemens Edifact Subset 92.1. Support of existing internal and external customers, suppliers and banks (BS2000, SAP R/2 und R/3). Consultant on the introduction of a WEB based EDI system.

1995

Implementation Manager for TANDEM at the Vienna Stock Exchange. Responsible for the installation and ‘roll-out’ of a real-time share trading system. (TANDEM, Windows NT and SCO UNIX ).

1995

Consultant to the German Tax Authorities on the subject of planning and setting up a country wide tax administration.

1994

Project Manager contracted by CSELT responsible for setting up an EDIFACT ‘Conformance Testing Centre’ for EDIFACT und X.400. (SUN Unix Systeme, C ).

1990-1993

Project Manager contracted by S.W.I.F.T. to manage the CTS EDI/X400 projected performed by an international consortium of companies incl. BT plc(UK), CSELT(Italy), Sema Group (France/Germany) and Computer Logic (Greece).

1991-1993

Consultant to S.W.I.F.T., Brussels, in the area of EDIFACT Security, EDI Message Development, Information Modelling, X500 and X.400. Project Manager responsible for setting up an EDI conformance testing service at SWIFT. This projects was performed on UNIX Sun systems and programmed in C. The follow on standardization work was directly supported by the EEC TEDIS program.

1989-1990

Supporting the company consortium of SWIFT, SEMA Group, BT plc CSELT und Computer Logic in tendering for the EDIFACT CTS (Conformance Testing Services for EDI and X.400)-Projects.

1990

Connection of the TT-OLAU Line on-line booking system to the START und SMART Travelagents booking networks. (EDIFACT running on IBM Host, AS400 configurations via IBM 3270.

1989

AGFA: Development of real time control modules in C for medical systems.

1986-1989

Principal Consultant, SEMA Group GmbH, various studies on network and protocol implementation for LAN, WAN und ISDN under Unix and MS-DOS systems. Various training courses on ISO/OSI, X.400, Internet(TCP/IP) and ISDN. Various articles in computer newspapers and magazines

1984-1986

Teamleader for the above mentioned projects and in addition:- Alvey Admiral Project. Internal GEC Hirst Research Centre computer network planning, installation, support, design and development of a Man/Machine Interfaces, support of various GEC Servers (4000- Serise), Admiral ANSA, Project Consultant GEC Software Ltd. and GEC Electrical Projects Ltd. for MAP Implementation Projects, Consultant GEC Computers Ltd. for the Implementation of the OSI Protocols

1983-1984

Project leader GEC for Esprit ROSE, THORN and Unix Internet Mail Server Projects (first openly available EEC funded Internet E-mail System).

1982-1983

Senior Research Officer, GEC Hirst Research Centre. Installation of a number of LAN networks based upon various (incl. TCP/IP, DECNET, XNS, ISO). All projects were based on X.25 and Ethernet transport medium and implemented on OS400 and Unix based systems.

1979-1982

Computer Officer in Communications Support of an ICL 7020 Network. Responsible for the planning installation and support of a computer network for a CDC-Cyber, incl. X.25 and "Rainbow Books" protocol Implementation

University Teaching:

Demonstrator in Computing, University of Bradford 1976-1979. Computer Centre, University of Bradford.
Part-Time Lecturer in Computing, University of London, Royal Holloway and New Bedford College 1984-1986.

An Econometric Input Output Table Database and Manipulation Procedures. Joint paper with Dr. D. Nudds. Presented at the 3rd IFAC/IFORS Conference on Economic Modelling and Control of National Economies, Warsaw, Poland 1980

Implementation of OSI Protocols in the EIES Network. Joint Author with R. Bittelston, A. Bron, R. Cadwallader, M. Elie, J. Loveluck, F. Lung, S. Miess, S. Pozzana. Presented at the International Conference on Open Systems Interconnection, Ottawa, Canada, May 22^nd-25th 1984

The ISDN Path to Secure Open Systems Interconnection. Presented at the AFCEA Conference, Rome, M ay 6-8th 1987 ISO/OSI Kontra TCP/IP , Joint Author with R. Herbers. Presented at ONLINE, 89 Hamburg, Jan 30 th Feb 3rd 1989.

Conformance Testing Services for EDIFACT and Pedi, Alex Diediw. Presented at the EDI'92 COMPAT, Paris La Defense, 24 June 1992.

Nationality:

British

Languages:

English, Ukrainian, German

Education:

M.Phil (Master of Philosophy in Computer Science entitled "Econometric Input-Output Tables Relational Database")