1973-1980: GCSE O- and A-Levels at Sandbach School, Cheshire, UK

1980-1983: B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Studies, Lancaster University, UK

ARM (Pocket PC)
Mass spectrometers (Thermo/Finnigan, Shimadzu)
GC Systems (Agilent/HP, CarloErba)
LC Systems (Agilent, Gilson)
Liquid-handling systems (Hamilton MICROLAB Star)
EMC test gear (Rohde & Schwarz SM 300, Wandel & Goltermann EMR20)

C#.NET for PC and PocketPC
Win API
MFC
ATL
STL
HTML
XML

Experienced in XML and RSS
.NET Remoting

.NET Framework and Compact Framework for PocketPC
Development of ActiveX and COM components
XML
RSS/Atom
ASP
Altova XMLSpy
XenoCode 2004
NUnit
NDoc

Development of scientific software applications, including data acquisition,
instrument communications and control, numerical analysis, graphical display
and visualisation.

Scientific instrumentation, e.g. mass spectrometers and other high-vacuum
equipment, radiation monitors, RF test systems.

Period:  Oktober 2005 - (voraussichtlich) Februar 2006
Company: RTS Life Sciences Ltd, Manchester, GB
Project: Automated Drug Discovery System

Integration of various devices into a high-throughput screening

system for combinatorial chemistry

Tasks:   Design and development of a device driver for a microplate sealer;

Design and development of a device driver for a Hamilton MicroLab

STAR pipetting robot;

Development of instrument methods (Hamilton Standard Language);

Unit and system testing of deveice drivers (NUnit);

Liason with end users, support.

Skills:  MS C#.NET, Visual Studio, .NET Remoting, XML, NUnit, NDoc, HSL


Period:  January 2005 - July 2005
Project: Own Product - RSS/Atom News Aggregator for PocketPC
Tasks:   Design of configuration module, allowing selection of RSS or Atom feed sources either

directly as URLs or via the import of an OPML file;

Background thread to access updated news items from defined feeds, taking account of "ETag" and modification times to reduce server traffic;

GUI design for structured display of news items;

Implementation of keyword filtering;

Skills:  MS C#.NET, Visual Studio, .NET Compact Framework, RSS, XML, multi-threading, HTTP, RSS,

Atom

Period:  October 2004 - December 2004
Company: CASS Industries Ltd, Manchester, GB
Project: EMC Testing System
Tasks:   Further development of the existing system to provide optical recognition of error

conditions (warning lamps, etc.) in units under test;

Interfacing with frame-grabber via TWAIN;

Enhanced logging of test runs to include storage of test images during the run;

Modification of experiment control logic to support new features;

GUI enhancements to allow selection of areas-of-interest within the image during experiment configuration;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, TWAIN, JPG


Period:  April 2004 - September 2004
Company: Shimadzu ISS, Manchester, GB
Project: Small-molecule Protein Identification by LC/TOF-MS
Tasks:   Implementation of an algorithm for the recognition of multiply-charged isotopic ion

clusters within complex mass spectra;

Modification of the algorithm to provide optimised performance for the processing of small protein molecules, yielding a performance advantage of 5-10 times in comparison with similar products;

Development of test interfaces and techniques for validation of the results;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, COM, ATL, STL, XML


Period:  June 2003 - March 2004
Project: Own Product - MobiSpec®: a PocketPC visualisation tool for mass spectroscopy data
Tasks:   GUI design to allow efficient usage within the PocketPC form factor;

Implementation of data import for various file formats;

Graphical display of multiple spectrum and chromatogram data sets in VGA resolution (portrait/landscape);

Basic display manipulation (zoom/scroll of graphics);

Integration with web-based sample management system from a major instrument manufacturer;

Product deployment (build/obfuscate/install-procedure) and marketing;

Skills:  MS C#, Embedded C++ 3.0/4.0, .NET Compact Framework, Visual Studio, XenoCode 2004


Period:  October 2003 - December 2003
Company: CASS Industries Ltd, Manchester, GB
Project: EMC Testing System - an automated system for testing electromagnetic compatibility of

electronic devices

Tasks:   Control of RF signal generator via USB (Rohde&Schwarz SM300);

Control of and data acquisition from RF probe via RS232 (Wandel&Goltermann EMR-20);

Communication with and data acquisition from customer's in-house-developed control unit (RS232);

Experiment configuration, run control and results logging;

Development of an emulation environment for system testing (the project was carried out entirely off-site);

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC


Period:  July 2003 - September 2003
Company: CASS Industries Ltd, Manchester, GB
Project: Experiment control and data acquisition for a Vapour-Pressure Balance (Phase II)
Tasks:   Experiment control, monitoring of error conditions, data acquisition;

Development of an Active-X control for graphical display of real-time and historical data;

Logging of results and report generation;

Provision of support for the end-user;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC


Period:  May 2003 - June 2003
Company: Ingenieurbüro Ziegler, Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Project: Graphical reporting of soil mechanics test data
Tasks:   Design and development of GUI in consulation with the customer;

Implementation of table-oriented data-input method;

Graphical display of test curves;

Generation of hard-copy reports;

Skills:  MS C#, .NET Framework, Visual Studio


Period:  July 2002 - February 2003
Company: Shimadzu ISS, Manchester, GB
Project: Web-based LC/MS Analysis System
Tasks:   Design and development of grid and other interactive graphical UI elements as Active-X

components for use in a browser-based GUI;

GUI development with HTML and JavaScript, using the developed Active-X components;

Implementing a sample-entry wizard with HTML and Javascript, to automate the process of sample-submission to the system;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, JavaScript, Visual Studio, COM, ASP, XML, STL, HTML


Period:  May 2002 - June 2002
Company: CASS Industries Ltd, Manchester, GB
Project: Experiment control and data acquisition for a Vapour-Pressure Balance (Phase I)
Tasks:   Development of a robust RS232 communications module for the instrument;

Experiment control, monitoring of error conditions, data acquisition;

Logging of results and report generation;

Development of an emulation environment for system testing (the project was carried out entirely off-site);

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, ActiveX


Period:  March 2002 - April 2002
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: Datasystem support for new mass spectrometer product
Tasks:   Extension of the existing device control to support the features of the customer's latest

mass spectrometer product.

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, ActiveX


Period:  December 2001 - February 2002
Company: Shimadzu ISS, Manchester, GB
Project: Web-based Combinatorial Chemistry System
Tasks:   Development of graphical Active-X components for interactive display of spectrum and

chromatogram data in a web-browser;

Development of HTML test harness pages, to test and exercise the functionality of the developed components;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, COM, ATL, STL, XML, XML DOM, JavaScript


Period:  July 2001 - November 2001
Company: Shimadzu ISS, Manchester, GB
Project: Web-based Combinatorial Chemistry System
Tasks:   Development of ASP server components to allow remote access to centrally-stored experiment

result data;

Caching of recently-requested data in an SQL-compliant database;

Design of an XML format for transfer of data to the client (browser);

Development of ASP server components for export of experimental data in industry-standard formats (JCAMP-DX, Andi-MS);

Development of HTML/JavaScript test harness pages to exercise the functionality of the server-side components;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, ATL, STL, COM, SQL, XML, JavaScript, HTML


Period:  June 2000 - May 2001
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: General Consultancy
Tasks:   Test, debug and development work for various products, using the customer's in-house defect

management system;

Training und support for end-users;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, ActiveX, Defect Management


Period:  October 2000 - June 2001
Project: Own Product ¿ a webscraper application for the automated import of contact details

from internet pages into the Palm desktop database, for subsequent synchronisation with a palm PDA.

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, Palm Desktop API


Period:  May 1999 - June 2000
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: Toxicology Analysis Application
Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, ActiveX


Period:  January 1999 - March 1999
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: Complex Mixtures Analysis Application
Skills:  MS Visual C++, MFC, Visual Studio


Period:  September 1998 - December 1998
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: Networked System for Toxicological Analysis
Tasks:   Further development of the system developed in 1996/7 to support new features in the

laboratory of a major customer;

Installation und test on-site (USA);

Training and support of laboratory staff;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC


Period:  June 1998 - August 1998
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: Gilson LC pump support for Xcalibur.
Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio


Period:  February 1998 - May 1998
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: Networked System for Toxicological Analysis
Tasks:   Implementation of a new LIS interface module;

Development of a sample-submission interface for Excel spreadsheets;

Implementation of extended reporting formats;

Installation und test on-site (USA);

Training and support of laboratory staff;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, networking


Period:  October 1997 - January 1998
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: Sample-management system for the pharmaceutical industry
Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, ActiveX, Windows Sockets


Period:  December 1996 - September 1997
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: Networked System for Toxicological Analysis
Tasks:   Development of a sample management system for a toxicology confirmation laboratory;

Support for networked data transfer to multiple GC/MS systems;

Interfacing to initial customer's in-house Laboratory Information System;

Partial automation of workload distribution to individual GC/MS systems;

Implementation of a certification system for expert review of the test results;

Generation of user documentation;

Installation und test on-site (USA);

Training and support of laboratory staff;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, Windows networking, DEC Pathworks


Period:  October 1996 - November 1996
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: LC-MS/NMR Visualisation Tool
Tasks:   Development of a prototype application to allow combined graphical display of data from

three different type of instrument;

Development of an ActiveX component for display of three-dimensional NMR data by means of false colour representation of the z-axis;

Re-usage of spectrum and chromatogram components from the previous project;

Installation und test on-site;

Training und customer support;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, ActiveX


Period:  October 1996 - March 1997
Project: Own Product: "MakeDocW" - Freeware Windows application to convert ASCII text files into

compressed documents for reading on a Palm PDA

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, Palm Desktop API


Period:  June 1996 - September 1996
Company: Finnigan MassLab, Manchester, GB
Project: Active-X Component Suite for Mass Spectrometry
Tasks:   Design of COM interfaces for generic instrument control;

Implementation of control components for specific instruments;

Design and development of spectrum and chromatogram display components;

Liaison between developer teams in Manchester, UK and Austin, Texas;

Skills:  MS Visual C++, Visual Studio, MFC, Active-X, COM


Period:  May 1995 - October 1995
Company: Fisons Instruments, Manchester, GB
Project: Consultancy for the design of a new mass spectrometry data acquisition and analysis system
Skills:  ActiveX, Microsoft C


Period:  October 1994 - April 1995
Company: Fisons Instruments, Manchester, GB
Project: Consultancy for the design of a new mass spectrometry data acquisition and analysis system
Skills:  ActiveX, Microsoft C


Period:  March 1994 - August 1994
Company: Fisons Instruments, Manchester, GB
Project: AutoTune - Automatic configuration of mass spectrometer parameters for optimum instrument

performance

Tasks:   Development of an algorithm for instrument set-up in collaboration with the instrument product manager;
Skills:  Microsoft C


Period:  March 1994 - July 1994
Company: CASS Industries Ltd, Manchester, GB
Project: Experiment control and data acquisition for a Vapour-Pressure Balance
Skills:  Borland C


Period:  January 1993 - February 1994
Company: Fisons Instruments, Manchester, GB
Project: VBX Component Suite for Mass Spectrometry
Tasks:   Design and implementation of VBX components for data display and instrument control;
Skills:  Microsoft Visual Basic 2.0/3.0, Microsoft C