Jan Beesley

Current

• Web Designer/Developer at Cipherweb

Past

• Business Analyst at Syntegra
• Senior Analyst/Programmer at Excess Insurance
• Senior Analyst/Programmer at Parker Pens

• Analyst/Programmer at AIU
• Executive Officer/Programmer at HM Revenue & Customs
• Clerical Officer at HM Revenue & Customs

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Education

• The University of Kent

Connections

33 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Portfolio

Jan Beesley’s Summary

I have worked in the IT industry since 1983, and have built up a wealth of both business and technical experience during that time.

I have been trading as Cipherweb since 1998 and provide web design and development services, primarily for small and medium sized businesses. I also to provide freelance web development services to other agencies and designers. I often collaberate with other professionals to provide the correct skill mix for a specific project.

Most of my business comes from client referral and recommendation, hence I don't tend to advertise.

Cipherweb is based in Buxted, which is near Uckfield in East Sussex (England) and has clients in all parts of the local area (East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent, Surrey), as well as further afield in all parts of the country.

Jan Beesley’s Specialties:

Web design, hosting, domain registration, ecommerce, database driven sites, content managed sites.

Specific technical skill areas include:

Server side scripts (asp/vbscript, php)
Client side scripts (JavaScript, Ajax)
Database design and integration (Access, mySQL)
Flash and Actionscript
Ecommerce functionality (either using ecommerce software or custom-built)

Jan Beesley’s Experience

• Web Designer/Developer

  Cipherweb

  (Internet industry)

  September 1998 — Present (11 years 3 months)

  Web design and development services to small and medium sized businesses and development services to designers.
  
  All types of web site including database driven and ecommerce sites.
  
  Skill areas include HTML/CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP/mySQL, ASP, Flash and Actionscript

• Business Analyst

  Syntegra

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BT; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 1987 — August 1997 (10 years 1 month)

  Syntegra specialise in systems integration solutions. Work is project based, projects may last a few weeks or several years.
  
  I performed a number of different roles during my 10 years with Syntegra, including Programmer, Systems Analyst, Business Analyst and latterly Skills Mentor.
  
  Major projects with which I was involved included SettleNET (secure equities settlement facility) and BT's Creditcall system. I also worked on a number of bids and other projects.

• Senior Analyst/Programmer

  Excess Insurance

  (Insurance industry)

  December 1986 — July 1987 (8 months)

  Analysis and programming, primarily in COBOL

• Senior Analyst/Programmer

  Parker Pens

  (Consumer Goods industry)

  June 1985 — December 1986 (1 year 7 months)

  I worked as part of a small team managing and developing in-house systems. I was primarily involved with marketing and billing systems and helped to develop an early billing/invoicing electronic data exchange system (Tradanet).
  Technical skills used were primarily COBOL, JCL, MANTIS

• Analyst/Programmer

  AIU

  (Insurance industry)

  January 1985 — June 1985 (6 months)

  I was based in the Croydon office of AIU and was involved in management reporting systems, using a "4th Generation language" called MARK IV.

• Executive Officer/Programmer

  HM Revenue & Customs

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  September 1982 — January 1985 (2 years 5 months)

  At the time I worked here it was the Inland Revenue. I worked in the Statistics and Modelling support area, running tax models for pre-budget calculations and "what if" scenarios.
  
  This was my first job after graduating and I was trained as a COBOL programmer using ICL1900 series machines, paper tapes, punched card and magnetic tape based jobs.
  
  Thankfully during my time at the Revenue, we upgraded to more "State of the Art" IBM mainframes, I was heavily involved in re-writing the systems to run on the new machines.

• Clerical Officer

  HM Revenue & Customs

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  September 1975 — July 1978 (2 years 11 months)

  This was Customs and Excise when I worked there. I worked in the VAT Enforcement division, doing clerical case work. I eventually left to go to University.

Jan Beesley’s Education

• The University of Kent

  BA Hons , Public Administration & Management , 1978 — 1981

Additional Information

Jan Beesley’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Portfolio

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