Andrew Meredith

Current

Independent ICT Systems and Software Engineer at (Freelance)
Comms Officer at Ogri MCC
Hostmaster/Postmaster at Motorcycle Action Group (UK)

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Past

Director at The Anvil Organisation Ltd.
Senior Systems Engineer at Motorola ECID
Software Developer at Advanced Digital Technology (UK) Ltd

Software Developer at Creativity Software Limited
Motorcycle courier at C+C Express
Maintenance Engineer at Huddersfield Polytechnic Student Union
Software Developer at BICC
Mechanic/Salesman at Cotswold Camping

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Education

The University of Huddersfield
Hereford Cathedral School

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Andrew Meredith’s Summary

Broad background in IT systems from commercial comms to home desktop PCs, with software development and systems administration experience. My more recent work has been with Linux systems for SMEs and schools.

Andrew Meredith’s Specialties:

Linux Systems Administration
IT Training
Information Systems Design and Installation
TCP/IP Networking Design and Installation

Andrew Meredith’s Experience

Independent ICT Systems and Software Engineer

(Freelance)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

For various reasons I elected to close down "The Anvil Organisation Ltd" at the end of June 2008. I am in discussions with a couple of companies, but if you want to make me an offer I can't refuse, feel free :-)

Meanwhile I am doing odds and bits of freelance work for old customers and new contacts while enjoying being a new father.
Comms Officer

Ogri MCC

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

August 1998 — Present (11 years 4 months)

Ogri MCC is a Motorcycle Club that started in 1978 in Germany. I developed and administer a club communications and information sharing system for the club using enterprise class open source components. It allows club members to connect up to and use club resources wherever they have a wide area connection.
Hostmaster/Postmaster

Motorcycle Action Group (UK)

(Political Organization industry)

April 1985 — Present (24 years 8 months)

The Motorcycle Action Group is a pressure group for bikers in the UK with around 10,000 members.

I specified, installed and maintain an entirely open source internet services server at the MAG offices that provides a growing number of internet services to members including several dozen web sites for local and regional groups as well as some for partner organisations. It also provides enterprise class email, calendar, ftp and DNS services, allowing the organisation to cut back on external service charges and license fees and insulate them from service provider failures .. one of which was the instigation of the project.
Director

The Anvil Organisation Ltd.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 1999 — June 2008 (8 years 7 months)

As the owner/operator I look after all aspects of the company, from sales and strategy, tax, accounts and other red tape through to answering the phones. I also, sometimes it would seem almost as a sideline, ensure that my customers receive a first class service and that their IT infrastructures keeps humming away supporting their businesses. This involves keeping a daily close eye on the logs and notification emails and making sure that any service alerts from my companies monitoring system are handled swiftly and without any actual user affecting incident.
Senior Systems Engineer

Motorola ECID

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

February 1992 — April 2000 (8 years 3 months)

Requirements, design, implementation, installation, training, administration, user feedback for both Software Engineering projects and IT systems. Represented Motorola at European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). Internal consultant to other departments on IT issues.
Software Developer

Advanced Digital Technology (UK) Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1989 — February 1992 (2 years 8 months)

Design, implementation and subsequent support for a number of bespoke UNIX systems. Using C, Bourne Shell, Sculptor 4GL & SQL, Informix SQL & C-ISAM.

Telephone support for:

* PCs
* Printers
* VDUs
* Bespoke Systems
* UNIX
* MSDOS
* Windows 3.0
Software Developer

Creativity Software Limited

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1988 — July 1989 (11 months)

Co-operating with Technical Director on Design, implementation and extension of a PC based graphical planning tool for senior executives, written in Turbo Pascal. From February 1989 I spent a proportion of my time with clients, installing and updating their systems and discussing future extensions. I was involved in the logistical planning for several Board level computer based conferences. I also set up the conference equipment and provided on-site technical assistance.
Motorcycle courier

C+C Express

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

April 1988 — September 1988 (6 months)
Maintenance Engineer

Huddersfield Polytechnic Student Union

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)

April 1987 — September 1987 (6 months)

Overhauling and repairing the Huddersfield Polytechnic Students Union PA system. The system was an 11 kW Soundcraft/Marten Audio/Rauch set-up.
Software Developer

BICC

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

April 1984 — September 1984 (6 months)

Writing a Stock Control Package on an HP Touch screen Micro.
Mechanic/Salesman

Cotswold Camping

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

April 1978 — April 1982 (4 years 1 month)

Mechanic/Salesman for Outdoor Pursuits equipment and Bicycles.

Andrew Meredith’s Education

The University of Huddersfield

BEng , Electrical & Electronic Engineering , 1984 — 1988

Final Year Options:
Electronic Design
Communication Systems
VLSI Systems
Computer Engineering
Intelligent Systems

Final Year Project:
Designing, building and testing a high quality stereo active 3-way
cross-over network for use in a 3-way hi-fi amplifier or a PA system.

Activities and Societies:

Student Union "Ents Crew", Motorcycle Club, Rock Society
Hereford Cathedral School

O & A Levels 1977 — 1984