Ric de France

Current

Web Middleware Specialist at IBM

Past

Senior Technical Specialist at NAB
Technical Specialist at NAB
Graduate Programmer at NAB

Senior Waiter / Room Service Attendant at Rydges Hotels & Resorts

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Education

Victoria University
De La Salle College

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Ric de France’s Summary

Ric's goal is to deliver open solutions that are tailored to customer needs, allowing technology to empower the customer, not enslave them.

Operating Systems / Environments experience: Linux (Gentoo, Ubuntu, Red Hat / Fedora, SUSE, Mandrakelinux / Mandrivalinux), UNIX (AIX, SunOS / Solaris), Microsoft Windows and Windows Server, OS/390 (MVS)

Languages experience: bash / ksh scripting, PHP, HTML / DHTML, Javascript, CGI / Perl, SQL, C/C++, TCL scripting, DOS scripting, Java, BASIC, Visual Basic, COBOL, JCL

System experience: Apache, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Server, ColdFusion, MQ Series, LDAP / Tivoli Directory Server (TDS), Tivoli Access Manager (TAM), WebSEAL, webMethods Intergration Server, webMethods Portal Server, Vignette Content Management System (CMS)

Business / Management skills: Project planning and task budget estimation, Resource scheduling and people management, Staff engagement, Relationship management with customers and external support groups, Procedures and process analysis / documentation / design, Requirements analysis

Accreditation: Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT)

Ric de France’s Specialties:

Networked application server designs, application solutions, deployment and configuration, automated "business as usual" procedures

Ric de France’s Experience

Web Middleware Specialist

IBM

(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

System Administration involving the following technologies:

UNIX (AIX), Microsoft Windows Server, IBM HTTP Server (Apache), Networking, WebSphere Application Server, TAM (Tivoli Access Manager) with WebSEAL, TDS (Tivoli Directory Server) / LDAP, webMethods Integration Server / Manager Server / Portal, MQ Series, DB2, WebSphere Portal Server, and ColdFusion.
Senior Technical Specialist

NAB

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2005 — October 2007 (2 years )

System Administration and Team Leading involving the following technologies:

Linux, Windows, UNIX (Solaris), Apache, Networking, WebSphere Application Server, MQ Series, PHP, MySQL, Oracle.
Technical Specialist

NAB

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2000 — November 2005 (5 years 11 months)

Involved with developing web enablement technologies including:

WebSphere, Vignette CMS, HTML, PHP, Oracle, UNIX, Windows Servers
Graduate Programmer

NAB

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Involved with mainframe development including:

COBOL, MQ Series, CICS
Senior Waiter / Room Service Attendant

Rydges Hotels & Resorts

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Hospitality industry)

June 1994 — December 1998 (4 years 7 months)

Focusing on customer service and putting a human face on "meeting and exceeding guest expectations" at Bobby McGee's Conglomeration (Melbourne) Restaurant, and later at Rydges Melbourne's (The Bryson) Room Service department.