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Steve John Morgan
Work Experience
Web Applications UK Oldham, Gr. Manchester
Consultant Full Time June 07 - Present
Gathering requirements from customers to create specifications for enhancements to a bespoke, web-based (ASP / SQL), travel reservation system.
Automotive Services Europe Stockport, Cheshire
Senior IT Developer Full Time February 06 June 07
Created and supported applications to collect, collate and produce financial reports for European automotive companies from franchisees. Primary technologies used VB/VBA, MS SQL Server, MySql, Access, asp and web development / support (IIS). Helped to successfully deliver two major projects for new customers. Liasing with partners, customers and relevant IT departments acquiring requirements, applying translations to applications, creating processes to resolve data issues and developing bespoke applications.
QinetiQ Malvern, Worcestershire SC level UK Security Clearance
Graduate Requirements Engineer Full Time Aug 05 February 06
Recruited as a graduate into an expanding team of system engineers. Based at a former MoD site, and working on commercial and defence projects. Role involved meeting customers to capture and document their requirements, producing user and system requirements documents (URD and SRD) with DOORS and the DXL programming language.
Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) London
Data Input Temporary Contract June 05 - Aug. 05
Created bespoke VBA macros in MS-Office where inefficient processes could be improved.
Daimler Chrysler Milton Keynes
Contracts Administrator Temporary Contract Jan. 05 May 05
Created an automated system to query customer details from a bespoke database and interface with an embosser machine to produce membership cards saving man-hours and removing costly errors.
Overseas Working Holiday Employment / Travel July 03 Dec. 04
Network Rail West Coast Management Unit (Midlands), Milton Keynes
Area Trend and Reports Engineer Full Time Sept. 02 July 03
Recruited into Change Control to provide support in reporting and trending against a budget of £1.5bn of route modernisation works. Recognised the need for a database to help track the process of trends (change requests) for the midlands area. Created an Access database utilising VBA to produce MS-Office reports (e.g. populating Word templates and creating Excel reports) from the approved procedures and collected additional process information from colleagues to capture additional requirements of the programme. The database was subsequently rolled out across the other regions of the programme. Other responsibilities included creating bespoke reports on demand for senior management, importing job progress data from alliances (contractors), preparing and sitting fortnightly change control meetings.
Generic Software Consultants, Milton Keynes
IT Support Full Time Oct. '98 Sept. '99
Duties included database maintenance, web-page editing, problem solving, user training, macro writing, email, PC installation, upgrades, software rollouts, telephone patching etc.
Education History
The Open University (Part Time)
Dates: Feb. 06 Ongoing
Degree in progress: BA/BSc (Honours) Economics and Mathematical Sciences
Modules taken: Maths (MST121) 86% Pass
The University of Manchester (formerly UMIST)
Dates: Sept. '99 - July '02
Subject: BSc. (Hons) Computing Science 2:(i)
Modules include: C, C++ Programming, O.O. Programming and Windows
API, Concurrent and Real-time Systems, Project Management, Software
Engineering, Speech and Language Processing, Final Yr. Project (used
VB, Win32 API, DirectX)
Milton Keynes College, Buckinghamshire
Dates: Sept. '96 - Jun. '98
A-Levels: Business & Economics (A), Physics (C), Maths (D)
The Lord Grey School, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire
Dates: Sept. '92 - Sept. '96
GCSE's: 8 Subjects inc. Maths (A), English (A) and Science (A, A)
Other IT Experience / Courses Taken
· Set up a successful website giving advice on travelling and cycle touring which has received many positive and encouraging comments, www.stevemorgan.me.uk www.stevemorgan.me.uk
· Currently developing a .Net website to allow users to allow users to purchase fonts. This is developing my C# and .Net skills.
· Created a large character Teletext viewer to aid the visually impaired for my final year project. Researched requirements, used software engineering practices to document the softwares development. Research in this area is on going.
· Courses completed include Access VBA, Requirements Analysis using UML, Introduction to DOORS, and Customising DOORS with DXL.
Personal Achievements
· Cycling solo over 3,600 miles across New Zealand on a three-month solo cycle tour in 2004.
· During the 2001 summer vacation I travelled to the USA where I sought and gained employment in a popular holiday resort and travelled from the east to west coast in 3 weeks on a limited budget, gaining valuable life experience and self-sufficiency skills.
· Organised a team of walkers, including myself, to take part in the longest sponsored walk in the country (55 miles). Our team raised over £1000 for good causes and I finished 9th from over 150 walkers.
· Came in the top ten in street charity collectors for the UMIST RAG (Raise And Give), raising money for various charities through collections in local town centres on Saturdays, marshalling a sponsored walk (serving drinks/food, marking cards and communicating with the base station for walker safety and organising transport for tired walkers) and serving behind a bar at a beer festival!
Skills/Interests
· Overseas Travel - independently travelled USA, SE Asia and New Zealand.
· Fitness - a keen touring cyclist.
· Literature - especially enjoy modern novels.
· Spanish beginners level.
· Attending live musical events with peers.
· Clean, UK Driving Licence.
Contact Details
Email: - stevemorgan@uk2.net
Web: - www.stevemorgan.me.uk
Mobile: - +44 (0)7968 694745
Address: - 8 Bolton Avenue, East Didsbury, Manchester, M19 1RP
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