Director, AW CompuTech Ltd
Coventry, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Director at AW CompuTech Ltd
- Member at West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority - Centro
- Councillor, Bablake Ward at Coventry City Council
- Past
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- Analyst Programmer at Milton Keynes Council
- Software Development Engineer at Marconi Communications
- IT Support Technichian at Perkins Engines (Peterborough) Ltd
- Education
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- Coventry University
- Deutsch Institut Tirol, Kitzbühel
- Coventry University
- Denbigh School, Milton Keynes
- Crookfur Primary School, Newton Mearns, Glasgow
- Connections
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
Andrew Williams’s Summary
IT Consultant with experience of Software Engineering in both private and public sector. Offer a wide range of customised IT development and support services.
Experienced in local politics as City Councillor (Metropolitan District level) and Passenger Transport Authority Member (Metropolitan County Joint Board).
Andrew Williams’s Specialties:
Software Development, Windows, Linux, Networking, Desktop Support, C++, C, Modula-2, VBA, VB, MySql, MS Access, T-SQL, PHP, HTML, CSS, UK Local Government (both as elected member and officer) Local Government Finance, UK Licensing (Taxis / Alcohol / Gambling), Public Transport, Neighbourhood Working, Community Safety
Andrew Williams’s Experience
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Director
AW CompuTech Ltd
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2005 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Manage Company and undertake technical design and development of web design and application development for both Windows and Unix. Develop in C++, wxwidgets, PHP, and MySQL
Produce solutions for customers ranging from simple static websites to full web enabled applications. Also provide desktop support to individuals and small businesses. -
Member
West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority - Centro
(Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
June 2004 — Present (4 years 2 months)
Appointed by Coventry City Council as one of three representatives (from June 2005 the lead member) on the Passenger Transport Authority.
Centro, the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive and Authority, promotes and develops public transport across the West Midlands.
Undertaken various roles including Vice Chairman of Scrutiny Committee, Chairman of Pension Fund Committee, Chairman of Business Improvement Committee
Currently act as Group Whip and also Portfolio Holder for Equalities and Diversity reporting into the Transport Stragey Commitee. -
Councillor, Bablake Ward
Coventry City Council
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Legislative Office industry)
May 2000 — Present (8 years 3 months)
Elected 2000. Successfully re-elected 2004, 2006
Representing the people of Bablake Ward on Coventry City Council.
Acted as member of Licensing committee (including chairing licensing sub panels) evaluating facts against licensing objectives and legal requirements in issuing and reviewing licenses for taxi drivers and selling of alcohol.
Chaired Scrutiny Board for Finance, Value for money, Corporate and Customer Services taking an overview of the Council's finance, customer services, HR, ICT and other back office functions. Responsible for scrutinising and challenging cabinet member decisions together with monitoring outcomes.
Currently Cabinet Member (Neighbourhoods and Community Safety) responsible for all aspects of policy setting in the areas of Community Centres, Community Safety, Neighbourhood Management, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Voluntary Sector, Ward Forums, Welfare Advice Services. -
Analyst Programmer
Milton Keynes Council
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
March 2002 — June 2005 (3 years 4 months)
Responsible for the system analysis, design, development and testing of small to medium scale databases using MS Access / VBA / DAO / TSQL. I also developed coding standards and a library for MS Access development within my team. Latter I developed web based database applications using ASP.
In addition to my database development role above I have been responsible for small scale project management, data collection and analysis and procurement of off the shelf systems as required within the council. -
Software Development Engineer
Marconi Communications
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MONI; Telecommunications industry)
July 1998 — July 2001 (3 years 1 month)
Initially worked on design, development and test of the GP operating system for the System X telephone exchange. This project was developed in C and tested using scripts on a proprietary shell running on top of LynxOS
Latterly worked on development, maintenance, support and test of the Integrated Service Platform, a sub- system that controls and interfaces with the System X telephone exchange. The code for this sub-system was written in C and Unix shell scripts for UnixWare -
IT Support Technichian
Perkins Engines (Peterborough) Ltd
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Automotive industry)
July 1996 — August 1997 (1 year 2 months)
Duties involved planning of networks, including implementation of new switched ATM site backbone, management and integration of networks, involving Novell NetWare Servers, Mainframe Gateways, NT Servers and UNIX Servers, running various systems including critical production systems.
I was actively involved with designing standards and implementing TCP/IP on the LANs. As part of this I began a project to move information over to an intranet. Responsibilities also included providing of desktop support to users and design and teaching of beginners courses on Microsoft Windows and networking. In addition I was the networking/PC team member responsible for implementing a new computer controlled production line and warehouse management system.
Andrew Williams’s Education
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Coventry University
Cert. of Cont. Ed, Intermediate German 1 & 2, 2001 — 2003
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Deutsch Institut Tirol, Kitzbühel
Beginners German 2001 — 2001
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Coventry University
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, 1994 — 1998
- Activities and Societies:
- Member of Coventry University Conservative Association (Vice-Chairman 1997/98)
Non-Sabbatical Member of Coventry University Students Union Executive (1995/96 and 1997/98)
Member of Coventry University Ski Club
Member of Chaplaincy Society
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Denbigh School, Milton Keynes
GCSEs, A-Levels, 1988 — 1994
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Crookfur Primary School, Newton Mearns, Glasgow
1980 — 1987
Additional Information
Andrew Williams’s Websites:
Andrew Williams’s Groups:
BCS, IEEE, The Church of England, Affirming Catholicism, The Conservative Party, Ski Club of Great Britain, Kitzbüheler Ski Club
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Coventry University member
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