Technical Consultant
Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Technical Consultant at National Australia Group
- Past
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- Technical Consultant at Snowdrop Systems Limited
- Software Developer at Babtie Group Limited
- Support Developer / Developer at Buchanan International Limited
- Education
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- Paisley University
- Ayr College
- Kyle Academy
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Mark Aitken’s Summary
Software developer turned consultant, very interested in improving people and processes and in seeing things done in a more efficient manner. Really enjoy working at the design level, seeing the patterns emerge and finding ways to solve problems. Most at home pulling things apart, seeing how they work.
Mark Aitken’s Specialties:
Software requirements and design, solution architecture, client management, team leadership, network design, .NET application architecture, Enterprise stack profiling and tuning, product management.
Mark Aitken’s Experience
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Technical Consultant
National Australia Group
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NAB; Financial Services industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years)
My role as Technical Consultant working out of the Compliance and Data Warehousing sees me delivering across several different functions within National Australia Group, limited not only to data warehousing .
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Technical Consultant
Snowdrop Systems Limited
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1998 — August 2006 (8 years 1 month)
Snowdrop systems are a market leading supplier of HR and Payroll systems with an active base of 400+ clients. Snowdrop position themselves as a solution provider able to supply technical consultancy, project management, training, anything clients need to implement solutions. I started here delivering client systems, progressed to team manager, moved into research and development, and now IT consultant.
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Software Developer
Babtie Group Limited
(Civil Engineering industry)
July 1997 — August 1998 (1 year 2 months)
Jacobs Babtie, is one of the leading technical and management consultancies operating in transport and development, environment and utilities, property and structures, defence and energy, and partnerships and outsourcings markets both in the UK and internationally. Internally, Babtie run management software backed by Oracle.
My main role was to deliver reporting and analysis solutions over Windows and the web enabling group directors and managers clean and simple insight into trends within the company. -
Support Developer / Developer
Buchanan International Limited
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1995 — July 1997 (2 years)
Buchanan International provides software development training, software development, IT consultancy and software resale.
Started as a support developer providing pay-for technical help with Delphi development consultancy.
Progressed to developing internal Delphi systems to support business functions.
Mark Aitken’s Education
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Paisley University
BSc (dist) , Applied Computing , 1999 — 2003
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Ayr College
Computing 1992 — 1994
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Kyle Academy
1986 — 1992
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Mark Aitken’s Interests:
Formula 1, hill walking, photography, reading
Mark Aitken’s Groups:
MCP
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IT Professionals in Scotland
Mark Aitken’s Honors:
BSc Applied Computing with Distinction
Mark Aitken’s Contact Settings
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