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 Curriculum Vitae
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| Name |
Robert David Taylor |
| Age |
38 yrs. 14-03-67 |
| Address |
Reiterstrasse 17 |
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3013 Berne |
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Switzerland |
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Tel: +41 (0)31 3337636 |
| Email |
rtaylor@netcarve.com |
| Nationality |
British |
| Civil Status |
Single |
| Occupation |
Founder/Director of
netcarve Technologies GmbH, Senior GIS, Oracle and Internet
consultants |
| Work Permit |
Ausländerausweis C |
| Education |
University of York -
Dept. of Computer Science |
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University of
Staffordshire - Dept. of Geography |
| Language Skills |
English (fluent), German
& French (fluent speaking, basic writing) |
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| Qualifications |
Masters 1988-89 MSc
Computer Science (York) 1989 - thesis in
Geographical Information Systems |
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Degree with
honours 1985-88 BA (hons) Geography
(Staffs) 2.1 Upper Second 1988 |
| Key Computing Skills |
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- Relational
Databases – >10 years experience of
working with ORACLE RDBMS, database design,
implementing and tuning. DBA experience, data warehousing development.
- Systems Design
- ER & Object Oriented modeling, including
Erwin Case tool and OMT.
- Programming Skills
– Java, JavaScript, Tcl/Tk, C, C++, csh,
Fortran, Pascal, CGI, Perl
- RAD tools -
Symantec Café & J++, Visual Tcl, Visual
Basic, Visual C++, MapBasic
- Operating Systems
– Unix (Solaris) over 5 years experience, NT
4.0, W95, VMS
- Web Skills
– webpage creation, HTML, FrontPage,
JavaScript, ActiveX, business mapping web servers
using MapInfo tools, Micrografix webtricity
(graphics for the web).
- Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) – Top
SpatialWare consultants in Europe. MapInfo
Professional MapBasic, MapXtreme. Intergraph
FRAMME and microstation.
- Decision Support
Systems (DSS) – distributor &
consultants of Clementine Data Mining tool.
Knowledge discovery and general DSS and
expertise.
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| Availability
Available
to work immediately, contract or part-time. As a company,
netcarve Technologies has the resources to manage and
complete projects working from our office in Bern
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| Career History |
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| 1997-98 |
Organization |
netcarve Technologies GmbH, Bern |
| Role |
Founder & Principal Software
consultant |
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| Employment
Details |
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- Designed and created
a C and object-oriented Tcl/Tk implementation of
a data extractor for a complex Geographic
database (ORACLE 7) for Novasys SA.
- Software Consultancy
for Unisys Switzerland, ORACLE and MapInfo
technology. Ran advanced SpatialWare GIS training
courses (ORACLE 7) for ADDE, Paris and EPFL,
Lausanne.
- Design &
implementation of the netcarve Technologies
website using HTML & JavaScript.
- Currently
implementing an Internet solution for decision
support systems, integrating a data mining
solution (Clementine) and MapInfo (MapXtreme)
software. Implementation involves Java, HTML,
ORACLE, ODBC, Visual Basic and Hahtsite (Internet
development system).
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| 1993 - 1997 |
Organization |
Unisys (Switzerland) AG, Bern
& Lausanne (1993 - 1997) |
| Role |
Principal Software Consultant
– specialist in Geographic Systems |
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| Employment
Details |
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- Responsible for the
technical introduction of new technology and
pre/post-sales support.
- Implementation of
clients requirements using ORACLE, visual basic
and Tcl/Tk.
- Created mapping web
demonstrations using HTML, FrontPage, and a
MapInfo web server.
- Training of team
members in ORACLE and the latest GIS & web
technology.
- ORACLE database and
MapInfo consultancy and project implementation
for large clients; Geneva, Vaud and Neuchatel
cadastral offices, and Electricity de Neuchatel
(ENSA). Designed a complex database for utilities
using the IDEF1X model.
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| 1992 |
Organization |
Unisys Europe Africa Division,
London |
| Role |
Senior GIS Consultant/Developer
at the European Center of GIS |
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| Employment
Details |
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- Design and
implementation of ORACLE based geographic
information system applications for the Telecom
and utility industry, electricity and water.
- GIS Project
implementation in the UK, Switzerland, Italy,
Denmark and Germany
- Unisys GIS Product
& Technology direction, ORACLE, Unix, C.
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| 1990-92 |
Organization |
Intergraph (UK.) Ltd., Swindon,
UK. |
| Role |
Software Eng. – specialist
in Geographic Databases |
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| Employment
Details |
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- Pre/post-sales
development and support of FRAMME GIS for large
UK utility companies, UNIX and Oracle based
- Implementation of
interprocess communications interfaces between
geographic databases and external electricity
calculation libraries (OCEPS) using Fortran and
C.
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