PETER MESSENGER
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Arcadia Vale, NSW 228*-**-**** 3060 (H)
Australian Citizen Email: abqirt@r.postjobfree.com
CAPABILITY STATEMENT
Proven Information Technology professional with over fifteen years experience in wide range of areas including manufacturing, defence, logistics and health. Ability to analyse problems, develop solutions in the latest technologies as well as work with a wide range of people with varying skill levels and backgrounds. Good communication and people skills as well as very strong technical and organisational skills.
QUALIFICATION
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering – First Class Honours (Adelaide, SA, 1993)
CAREER SUMMARY
Triple Point Technology Aug 2009 - Present
Senior Silverlight Developer
Onesteel Sep 2004 – Jul 2009
Senior DOT NET Developer
Pro bono Work: PhysiotherapyExercises.com Jan 2002 - Present
Website developer for Sydney Hospitals
CSC: Computer Sciences Corporation May 2000 – Aug 2004
Team Leader/Programmer
BHP Jan 1993 – May 2000
Information Systems Coordinator Oct 1998 – May 2000
Mill Feed Coordinator Jul 1995 – Oct 1998
Process Engineer Jan 1993 – July 1995
TECHNICAL SKILLS
High levels of experience in the following skill areas:
Skill (number is years of use)
Years
ASP.NET (majority 3.5) + Webservices
Javascript, AJAX, CSS
C# (majority websites and mobile devices)
Silverlight
Sql Server (2000, 2005, 2008)
Reporting Services
Digital Dashboards
XNA (Xbox 360, Zune)
Android, Iphone
Other databases (Oracle, Ingris, MySql, MS Access, RDB)
Other technologies – PHP and ASP
Triple Point Technology
Triple Point Technology (QMASTOR) is a leading technology company providing specialist software and services to the global mining, port, power generation and bulk commodity industries.
Senior Silverlight Developer Aug 2009 – Present 1 year, 9 months +
Responsibilities: Lead Silverlight developer designing and developing system (using MVVM, Prism and a customised entity framework).
Achievements: Developed the Silverlight front end for the mines to access information from the Newcastle Port Computer System.Implemented system to great success, proved technology so all future development will be Silverlight. Company will move away from WPF/Winforms.
ONESTEEL
Onesteel is a fully integrated, global manufacturer and distributer of steel and finished steel products, with revenue in excess of $6 billion Australian dollars.
Senior DOT NET Developer Sep 2004 – Jul 2009 4 years, 10 months
Responsibilities: Develop and manage reporting systems (C#, Ajax, ASP.NET 3.5, Sql Server 2005).Upgrade and replace old systems.Provide new interfaces to legacy systems.
Achievements: Designed and developed project management system used as standard for all Information Technology projects within Onesteel.Designed and developed training recording system that rapidly became the national standard and ensured that Onesteel met Workcover and self-insurance requirements.Designed and developed scorecard/dashboard system for despatch performance, production and orders control interfacing with SAP and legacy production systems.Developed web based mines reporting and management system that enabled travelling sales representatives access to all required information.Developed graphical user interface to legacy laboratory and machine data capture systems to enable improved reporting and analysis.Developed wide range of other systems including Safety, Drug Testing, and materials management.
VOLUNTARY ( PRO BONO ) WORK : PhysiotherapyExercises.com
System Developer Jan 2002 – Present 9 years
Developed and manage charity website in conjunction with Sydney Hospitals. The website currently contains over 600 physiotherapy exercises appropriate for people with spinal cord injuries and other neurological conditions.
Responsibilities: Develop and manage system (C#, Ajax, ASP.NET 3.5, Sql Server 2005).Coordinate with team of physiotherapists around the country.Provide technical support and advice on what can be done.
Achievements:Development of initial website.Won the NSW Health Minister’s Baxter Award for innovation in 2005.Redevelopment using ASP NET and AJAX, enabling more functionality for users.Recognition within the worldwide physiotherapy community.Due to high demand, website has been translated professionally into Norwegian, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Russian.
CSC : COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION
CSC is a leading global consulting, systems integration and outsourcing company. They provide a wide range of business and IT consulting to many large businesses throughout Australia.
Team Leader/Programmer May 2000 – August 2004 4 years, 3 months
Responsibilities: Handover to support of key MS Access customer developed systems to CSC.Manage small team of developers.Develop and maintain range of applications for Port Kembla Steelworks.Seconded to work in Sydney on a critical defence project.
Achievements:Successfully transitioned Safety, Training and Tracking systems into support.Worked in small team, developing weapons systems interface and control for Navy helicopter.Developed automatic code generation process that saved several months of programming time and allowed the system to be developed within timeframe requirements.
BHP
BHP is a global mining and resources company. I worked at their Steelworks in Whyalla, South Australia.
Information Systems Coordinator Oct 1998 – May 2000 1 year, 7 months
Responsibilities:Commission Billet Caster Computer Systems.Develop logistics, models and details of transport and processing of product across plant and to Newcastle.Develop best practice running schedules for all sections of the plant to maximise utilisation and production.Develop scope and detail for the re-negotiation of contract for product transport, handling and storage.
Achievements:Commissioned IT component of new plant on time and under budget.Developed scope and details for re-negotiation of materials handling contract and achieved cost savings of more than 10%.Developed models to determine best practices for running the new plant.Developed transportation processes to minimise handling and enable rail transport to carry 40% more product.
Mill Feed Coordinator Jul 1995 – Oct 1998 3 years, 3 months
Responsibilities:Management of logistics and inventory.Coordinate transportation of product within plant.Management and development of IT systems.
Achievements:Introduced effective tracking system, trained operators and organised contractors. Assisted in organisation of sale of excess product. Resulted in massive decrease in inventory (150,000 tonnes to 40,000 tonnes) and massive decrease in lost/scrap product (20,000 tonnes down to 100 tonnes).
REFERENCES
Please contact me before contacting referees.
Lisa Harvey Chief Physiotherapist for PhysiotherapyExercises.com
Rehabilitation Studies Unit
Northern Clinical School,
Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney
PO Box 6, Ryde, 1680
Ph. 61-2-98099099
Fx. 61-2-98099037
Email : abqirt@r.postjobfree.com
Rob Brereton IS Manager - Whyalla Steelworks
Port Augusta Road
Whyalla SA, 5600
Ph. 61-8-86404363
Mobile : 61-4-18899374
Email : abqirt@r.postjobfree.com
Graham Hills Human Resources Manager - Wire Mills and Sales & Marketing
Ingall Street
Newcastle NSW, 2304
Ph. 61-2-49355512
Mobile : 61-4-19242008
Email : abqirt@r.postjobfree.com
OTHER INTERESTS
Manage website on a pro bono basis for Sydney hospitals. The site is primarily for the use of physiotherapists responsible for prescribing therapeutic exercises. It may also be of interest to other health professionals including occupational therapists as well as people with neurological conditions.
http://www.physiotherapyexercises.com
Uses ASP NET, Sql Server back end, C#, AJAX, XML, Web Services and javascript.
Versions that run on Iphone, Windows Phone 7 and Silverlight desktop have been developed. Also currently developing XNA, version for PC/XBOX. Examples can be seen here:
http://www.petermessenger.com