Steve Horsfield

Steve Horsfield

Freelance software developer (SOA, .NET, ASP.NET, WCF, WF, C#, F#, C++, Java, JEE, SQL Server, Oracle DBMS, BizTalk)

Brussels Area, Belgium

Current
  • Senior Developer at Independent Software Developer
Past
  • Technical Solutions Architect at Interakting
  • Technical Solutions Architect at Business & Decision
  • Systems Analyst at Viva Network

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Education
  • Oxford Brookes University
  • University of Oxford
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Industry
Information Technology and Services
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Steve Horsfield’s Summary

I have been working in IT for 10 years in both software development and IT management roles. I have used Microsoft, Java and other technology stacks.

I am currently working as an independent software developer.

I specialise in Microsoft .NET and Java solutions, using C#, ASP.NET, WCF, WF, web services, SQL Server 2008, BizTalk 2006 and content management systems including EPiServer.

Steve Horsfield’s Specialties:

.NET, ASP.NET, WCF, WF, IIS, C++, Java SE, Java EE, XML, SOA, Web Services, SOAP, HTML, DOM, XSLT, XPath, Oracle, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Active Directory, Windows, Solaris, Ektron CMS400.NET, EPiServer, BizTalk, ISA Server, GTA GnatBox, PHP, COM, Win32, UML, MySQL, ObjectiveCAML, OOAD, UK Data Protection law, PKI, Cryptograpy - protocols, Security, ISO27000

Steve Horsfield’s Experience

  • Senior Developer

    Independent Software Developer

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2009 — Present (2 months)

    Freelance senior software developer, based in Brussels, Belgium.

    Working with latest Microsoft .NET technologies.

  • Technical Solutions Architect

    Interakting

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 4 months)

    Interakting is the e-Business brand of Business & Decision

  • Technical Solutions Architect

    Business & Decision

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2007 — July 2009 (1 year 9 months)

    Bespoke e-Business solutions including content management, message-driven architectures and database systems.

    Client industries: Construction, Banking, Non-Profit
    Projects: website architecture, website development, technical security review, integration, legacy software migration
    Technologies etc: .NET, Java, Apache/Axis, Oracle DBMS, SQL Server (DBMS+Analysis Services), WCF, WF, SOA, XMLA (XML for Analysis), EPiServer CMS
    Platforms: Linux, Windows 2008, Windows 2003

  • Systems Analyst

    Viva Network

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    October 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 2 months)

    Solutions development, IT management, IT policy development, Data Protection Officer. International charity working for children at risk around the world.

    Organisation is now rebranded as Viva.

  • IT Manager

    Avidex Limited

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    September 2001 — September 2005 (4 years 1 month)

    IT management and support, Oracle DBA. Start-up biotech now part of Medigene AG.

  • Software Developer

    Virtual Environments International

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 2001 — June 2001 (5 months)

    Contract software developer writing solutions in C++ and PL/SQL integrating Microsoft IIS and Oracle

  • Developer

    Family Genetix Ltd.

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

    September 1999 — February 2001 (1 year 6 months)

    C++, Java (EJB, BEA WebLogic) and Oracle development and performance optimisation for a genetic risk assessment web application targeted at the US healthcare industry.

  • Developer

    Cherwell Scientific Publishing

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

    September 1999 — February 2001 (1 year 6 months)

    Prior name of FamilyGenetix

  • Lead Developer

    University of Oxford (Diabetes Research Laboratories)

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

    March 1999 — August 1999 (6 months)

    Development of a visual interface and reporting tool for a statistical medical simulation. Position funded by the Wellcome Trust.

    Porting Unix C code to Win32 library. Visual Basic, COM, C++, MFC.

    Supervised undergraduate student assisting with the development.

  • Research Assistant

    University of Oxford (Computing Laboratory)

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

    July 1998 — September 1998 (3 months)

    Redesigned an undergraduate one-week intensive course on state-of-the-art FPGA hardware compilation technologies.

    Managed and taught two undergraduate students the principles of FPGA hardware compilation and Handle–C.

    Functional programming with Objective Caml

  • Programmer

    Park Air Systems (previously Park Air Electronics Ltd)

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

    December 1997 — January 1998 (2 months)

    Developing equipment simulation software using C++ and MFC

  • Programmer

    Park Air Systems (previously Park Air Electronics Ltd)

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

    June 1997 — September 1997 (4 months)

    Developing equipment simulation software using C++ and MFC.

Steve Horsfield’s Education

  • Oxford Brookes University

    BSc , Computing , 2000 — 2002

    Part-time with credit transfer from Oxford University

  • University of Oxford

    MEng , Engineering and Computer Science , 1996 — 1999

    Degree not awarded. Left early on medical grounds.

    Activities and Societies:
    Balliol College

Additional Information

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Steve Horsfield’s Interests:

New technologies, SOA, security, cryptography, law, physics, philosophy, Christianity, dance (ballroom and latin), ice-skating, photography (portrait, macro, skyscape, landscape)

Steve Horsfield’s Groups:

Balliol College ECS 1996-1999 (left on medical grounds), Experts Exchange (http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4284539.html), St Aldate's Church (Oxford), SQL Bits 2, MCP, MCTS

  •    Content Management Professionals
  •    Christian Professionals Worldwide
  •    Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
  •    The Enterprise Architecture Network
  •    Information Security Community
  •    .NET People
  •    .NET Developers
  •    Linked.NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
  •    Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
  •    Business & Decision / Inforte
  •    SQL Server Professionals
  •    Microsoft .Net Developer Partners
  •    Oxford Brookes Alumni
  •    MCTS
  •    Microsoft Partner Network
  •    Senior .NET Developers
  •    C++ Developers Group
  •    Living/working in Brussels
  •    Oxford University Alumni
  •    SOA Symposium
  •    SOA Technology

Steve Horsfield’s Honors:

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist .NET Framework 2.0 Web-based Client Development
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Applications
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist SQL Server 2005
Microsoft MCTS Exam 70-536 Application Development Foundation
Experts Exchange Certified Exchange Email Server Master
Experts Exchange Certified Windows 2003 Server Master
Experts Exchange Certified Programming for ASP.NET Master
Experts Exchange Certified C# Programming Language Master
Experts Exchange Certified Windows 2003 Active Directory Master

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