Robert Postill

Current

• Systems Analyst/ TI Lead at Australia Post
• Technical Consultant at Dius Computing

Past

• Architect at Sensis Pty
• E-learning Consultant at National Australia Group Europe
• Technical Consultant at FMS Global

• Technical Consultant at SunGard Availability Services
• Web Technology Specialist at FT Knowledge
• Systems Administrator at Ryzex

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Education

• The University of Glamorgan

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Robert Postill’s Summary

I have worked with large enterprises almost the entirety of my career, mostly in Internet facing projects. Either consulting with or supplying software directly I have led and participated in teams with Agile principles as well as more traditional development methodologies.

Robert Postill’s Specialties:

Ruby, Java, Linux, Solaris, Oracle.
Large deployments (e.g. 10000+ users).

Robert Postill’s Experience

• Systems Analyst/ TI Lead

  Australia Post

  (Government Agency; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2009 — Present (6 months)

• Technical Consultant

  Dius Computing

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)

• Architect

  Sensis Pty

  (Public Company; TLS; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2007 — December 2008 (2 years)

  Working with Sensis both on Yellow and White Pages. I have worked on the following initiatives:
  Affiliates
  Isosceles
  Mobile Commercialisation
  Yellow Lab
  9MSN-YODA Intgeration
  Primarily working on Ruby (both MRI and Jruby) but also with Java.

• E-learning Consultant

  National Australia Group Europe

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NAB; Banking industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year)

  As part of a specialist team within the NAB's UK operation I designed and led the technical implementation of Java Learning Management System (LMS) in the UK as part of a global project. Integrating with a SAP HR system, Tivoli Identity Manager and various legacy systems in a Solaris and IBM Websphere Java environment.

• Technical Consultant

  FMS Global

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 6 months)

  Working as the UK technical lead for an e-learning consultancy I provided solutions for a number of organisations including:
  NAB
  Nokia
  National College of Schools Leadership
  Rolls Royce
  Providing custom solutions and integration for all these clients often with multilingual and challenging performance requirements.

• Technical Consultant

  SunGard Availability Services

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; SDS; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 2 months)

  I provided Disaster Recovery services to major financial institutions such as FTSE, Mizuho and Deutsche Bank. Acting as a client-facing technical resource with specific skills with databases and Unix. My duties included pre-sales, implementation and recovery consultancy to clients using complex distributed architectures. I also developed the Linux and Oracle database recovery procedures and undertook an active role managing one the UK’s largest Tivoli Storage Manager implementations.

• Web Technology Specialist

  FT Knowledge

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  May 2000 — February 2003 (2 years 10 months)

  I created and a manged e-learning delivery solutions for major corporate entities such as Accenture, Bear Stern and MSDW. Providing technical support and advice which enabled partnerships with Harvard University, Cambridge University and INSEAD to deliver e-learning. I developed Perl and Java solutions to integrate with HR and financial systems, he also has experience dealing with geographically disparate and multi-lingual clients. I developed and administered an environment capable of dealing with half a million users per day. Participated in Beta programs. Became a reference implementation for suppliers.

• Systems Administrator

  Ryzex

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  June 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 9 months)

  I provided the technology function for the UK arm of a small barcoding company. My duties included developing client solutions for warehouse integration and inventory management. I also supported the business internally delivering a mixed Linux an Windows environment for Ryzex.

Robert Postill’s Education

• The University of Glamorgan

  1994 — 1998

Additional Information

Robert Postill’s Websites:

• My Website

Robert Postill’s Interests:

Reading, snowboarding, swimming, cinema, linux and ruby.

Robert Postill’s Contact Settings

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