Howard Durdle

Current

Security Consultant and Developer at FISCAL Technologies Ltd
Managing Director / Owner at Durdle.com ltd

Past

Security Consultant at Microsoft
Security Consultant at Ministry of Defence
Technical Director at Locutio Voice Technologies ltd

2 more...

Education

Royal Holloway, U. of London
University of Surrey

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Howard Durdle’s Summary

UK Cleared security consultant with broad experience in UK Defence industry. Extensive Microsoft infrastructure knowledge coupled with excellent network design skills. Always interested in network design/roll-out projects, including those for home automation.
Virtualisation technologies (VMWare/Microsoft) of particular interest for testing and server consolidation.
Have rolled out scalable web services using Cloud Computing technologies (AWS EC2).
Have brought iPhone applications from idea to market inside a month, generating a continuing revenue stream.
iPhone development in Objective C.
Secure development of C# (ASP.NET) based sites on Microsoft platforms.

I am a well-organised, energetic professional with excellent communication skills and the ability to learn new subject matter very quickly.

Howard Durdle’s Specialties:

Network Security design and audit
Active Directory design, group policy
Virtualisation (VMWare and Microsoft Virtual Server)
Resiliency and data replication
Microsoft infrastructure knowledge
UK Defence Industry domain knowledge
UK Security cleared
Electronic component design and fabrication
C#/VB.NET Development
iPhone Application Development

Howard Durdle’s Experience

Security Consultant and Developer

FISCAL Technologies Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

C# (ASP.NET) Development support with a focus on the security aspects. Built secure web site on Windows/IIS using Amazon EC2 ("in the cloud") to provide scalable, secure platform for FISCAL's web services. Information security and infrastructure support to the business.
Managing Director / Owner

Durdle.com ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

Director of consultancy providing network and security consultancy to industry and UK Defence (MOD). Long-term contract with Microsoft UK for the Ministry of Defence. Now focussing on small business support and development while developing iPhone application revenue streams.

Additional Information

Howard Durdle’s Interests:

Virtualisation, Security Audit, Microsoft Infrastructure design, Home Automation, Home Entertainment networking, integration projects, electronics design/fabrication, e-commerce site design, UK Defence, science fiction, theatre, professional networking