Director at Rockfield Systems Limited
York, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Director at Rockfield Systems
- Freelance Developer at Thomson Reuters
- Past
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- Director at Individuality Ltd.
- Development Analyst at RWE npower
- Multimedia Developer at Round One Media
- Education
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- North Devon College
- West Buckland School
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Simon Starr’s Summary
Highly proficient software developer and systems administrator with Windows, Mac OS X and Unix/Linux skills gained over 10 years of working in large corporate and government environments as well as on small freelance projects.
Experience of designing and implementing large software and hardware rollouts, managing complex IT infrastructures for third parties and developing web applications using PHP/MySQL and Ruby on Rails.
ITIL certified and security cleared to SC/CTC level.
Simon Starr’s Specialties:
Windows rollout, support and administration. Software test environment creation and management. General support and troubleshooting. Web design and development. Ruby on Rails.
Simon Starr’s Experience
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Director
Rockfield Systems
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Designing and building websites using Ruby on Rails, providing consultancy services.
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Freelance Developer
Thomson Reuters
(Public Company; TRI; Information Services industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Ruby on Rails development, testing and consultancy.
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Director
Individuality Ltd.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1998 — May 2008 (10 years 2 months)
Providing independent consultancy, systems administration and development services for a number of high profile clients.
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Development Analyst
RWE npower
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Utilities industry)
July 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 3 months)
Technical Lead on a project to implement and later upgrade Symantec Antivirus.
Technical Lead on a project to implement GPRS connectivity using Infowave technology.
Creating, updating and managing Symantec Ghost builds of workstations and laptops. -
Multimedia Developer
Round One Media
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)
July 1996 — March 1998 (1 year 9 months)
Handled the general running and maintenance of the TCP/IP network including PC, Apple Macintosh and Unix based systems.
Worked on the development and maintenance of several major websites including Shell International and Redruth Brewery.
Assisted with the development and testing of several interactive CD-ROMs, including The Magic World of Beatrix Potter and an educational CD based on the film 'Amistad' for Lightworks Inc.
Simon Starr’s Education
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North Devon College
1993 — 1995
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West Buckland School
1988 — 1993
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