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CURRICULUM
VITAE
Name:
Kevin
Paul Jenkins
Address: Cartref
Gwawr
68
Rehoboth Road
Five
Roads
Llanelli
Dyfed
SA15
5DZ
Telephone: Home
(01269) 860768
Work
(07774) 452577
Mobile
(07774) 452577
Email:
Kevin@svek.co.uk
Date Of Birth: 10/07/58
Marital Status: Married
Education
1967-1975
Llanelli Boys Grammar School
'O' Level
English
Literature
English
Language
Mathematics
Biology
Scripture
1975-1977 Llanelli
Technical College
'O'
Level Accounts
'A'
Level Law
O.N.D. Business Studies
1977-1979
Polytechnic of Wales Pontypridd
H.N.D.
Computer Studies
Main Skills
SQL Server Developer - Stored Procedures, database design, Triggers,
Index / Performance Tuning
SQL Server Database design using ERwin/ERX.
Database monitoring and tuning.
Development of Batch programs in VB4 / VB5 using RDO / DBLIB
ODBCDirect to access SQL Server databases.
Development of COM objects for Microsoft Transaction Server
Development of VB programs to interface to SQL Server via SQLOLE (
Job scheduling etc.)
Development of BCP Load routines for SQL Server together with
control systems to ensure data consistency.
Development of Stored procedures varying from simple select
procedures to fairly complicated match algorithms to compare "PAF"
data to clients own data using SQL cursors etc.
Integration of existing Legacy systems (ICL) with Client Server
systems using TPMS Cobol transactions and Boldon James API.
Extraction of data from Legacy systems for loading onto Client
Server systems including BCP development, automatic load procedures, automatic
Statistics tidies etc.
VB4 Development against Access, SQL Server
Beta Testing - VB4, SQL 6.0, SQL 6.5
Integration of VB with ICL Mainframe using Boldon James API
ICL TPMS and IDMS Maintenance and support including Tuning and
Recovery
Provision of System tasks for time critical batch jobs.
Provision of an SLA recording system
Filestore Design, in particular to consider performance and
resilience aspects, use of utilities to monitor the results of filestore usage
and provide reports on the efficiency of use of the filestore.
Transfer of services to different machines, use of ICL's Export
and Import facility including providing estimates of run times etc.
Other Project Work
Design, Code and Implement a system for a Hotel to enable
automated calculation of tariffs and record names and addresses of guests for
use in Mail-shots.
The system was written in VB3 for Windows 3.11, and produced
confirmation letters to be mailed directly to customers.
The system also provided an analysis of guests arrivals and
departures together with a cash flow report to be used to check against the
till report to ensure that all moneys were collected accurately. This system reduced the possibility of fraud / deception by
ensuring that accurate reports were produced and allowed the hotel to reduce
staffing levels at the reception desk by removing some of the standard typing
and filing requirements for the reception staff.
Provision of an equipment tracking system written in VB4
Professional for windows 95 for a client using an Access database to hold a
list of equipment against sites and employees.
Development of a Car Hire Accounting System written in VB4 for
Windows 95 using an Access Database to deal with all invoice production and
expense analysis and produce VAT Analysis and nominal ledger reports. The
system also produces Cash Flow projections by vehicle on a weekly basis. Reports
were produced using Crystal Reports on temporary Access tables.
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Career History
Current:
SchlumbergerSema
Duration: June 2002 – December 2002
Position: SQL DBA, SQL Developer, Web Developer, Technical
Architect
Environment: IIS 5, Crystal Reports 8, SQL 2000, Windows
2000, VB6, asp, COM+
Responsibilities
Technical design for an asp based Intranet solutions based
on asp, JavaScript, COM+ and SQL 2000.
Development of Physical data model.
Performance tuning of a large asp based database solution
including stored procedure optimization, index tuning and documentation of
maintenance plans.
Mentoring Staff in stored procedure development and index
tuning.
SchlumbergerSema
Duration: August 2001 - May 2002
Position SQL DBA
Environment: SQL 2000, ASP, Windows 2000 Crystal Enterprise 8
Responsibilities
Design a database including import routines for conversion of a DataEase
system to SQL 2000 with an intranet front end. Developing all Stored procedures
for the application and developing asp pages for a generic interface to Crystal
Reports - supplying configurable parameter prompts via an asp front end.
Developing a number of the asp pages for the project.
Performance tuning the database including index tuning. Normalisation of the
database, documenting the new schema
SEMA UK
Duration:
May 2001 –
July
2001
Position:
SQL DBA
Environment:
Access 2000, SQL 2000, Windows 2000.
Responsibilities
Performance
tuning applications upsized from Access 2 to Access 2000 with SQL Server 2000
backend. Including Installation scripts, backup and recovery schedules. Building
a generic data import routine using VB, DTS to load reference data. Design of a
Client data load system using VB and stored procedures.
Converting
Access Query Definitions based on tables to Query definitions based on SQL views
with VB client side data manipulation functions replaced with User Defined SQL
2000 functions to improve performance, reduce network load and simplify
conversion. Creating T-SQL Stored procedures to replace action queries in
Access.
Planning
and deploying standard backup and maintenance routines using SQLMAINT including
supporting documentation. Replacing Access backend validation (field validation)
with “instead of” triggers to reduce development time on access conversion.
Implementing delete triggers to replace access cascading deletes.
Contracts Continued
National Mutual
Duration:
March 2000 – April 2001
Position:
SQL Consultant, Senior SQL DBA / Team Manager
Environment:
Windows NT 4, SQL Server 6.5, Windows 2000, SQL 7.0, SQL 2000
Responsibilities
Setting
up successful disaster recovery strategy, developing an archival strategy,
standardizing and documenting installations.
Overseeing
database design, investigation of performance issues. Developing guidelines/
standards for use of SQL Server. Developing and deploying a replication strategy
for Mobile users including testing on SQL 7 and 2000. Upgrading systems from SQL
6.5 to SQL 7 and SQL 2000.
Use
of DTS, BCP, provision of data warehouse for Business Objects sourced from
mainframe.
Implementation
of housekeeping routines to maintain indexes, production database schema /
stored procedure upgrades. Migration of existing systems to new servers (compaq)
Development
SQL active-passive cluster based on EMC SAN storage, testing use of SAN BCV’s
for hot standby server on SQL Server 2000.
Duration: Sept 1999
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Position: Technical
Design Authority
Environment: Windows NT
4, SQL Server 6.5, Raft 4
Responsible for leading of developers producing stored procedures
and ensure that Technical standards are adhered to. Provision of Technical
Design documents detailing how the data is to be obtained from the database
including mechanisms for transfer, standards for queries and advising on
optimization techniques.
Responsible for “system processes” via CA Unicentre, job scheduler
including designing 24 * 7 schedule as well as normal / non trade schedules.
Raising of alerts to the customers TNG site, ensuring batch jobs are written to
standards.
Liaison with support for live database problems, performance
analysis
Provision of test scripts for team members and QA of teams work
Interviewing developers for SQL server posts.
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Duration: April
1998 – Sept 1999
Position: SQL
Developer / Team Leader
Environment: Windows NT
4, SQL Server 6.5, Raft 4
This involves loading files from a HP system onto the server via
BCP and then loading the data into the relevant RAFT tables on the server.
Extracts consist of obtaining the data in the required format via stored
procedures and then outputting it to local filestore via BCP for the host
system to retrieve.
Loading "Base" data onto the database for delivery to
the customer, this is performed with a mixture of ISQL Insert scripts for low
volume static data and BCP for High Volume static data.
Writing VB Scripts to compare the contents of multiple servers.
Table design for customer specific requirements e.g. Extract /
Update intermediate tables.
Generation of test data, liaising with Validation teams to
coordinate testing.
Tuning / Tailoring of core stored procedures to meet customer
requirements.
Performance analysis via SQL Trace with Performance Monitoring
Providing population figures for the database sizing / dump
strategy
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Duration: November
1994 - April 1998
Position: Technical
Consultant PC Services
Environment: Windows for
workgroups, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4, SQL server 6, SQL Server 6.5
Duties:
Worked as the SQL DBA on the first phase of the project
specialising in the Design, build, load and tune of an SQL server database
containing name and address data, the data was sourced from the ICL legacy
systems. Development of a batch system on the server to maintain the data
downloaded nightly from the ICL system containing all changes to the legacy
database. The batch system was written in a mixture of DOS and SQL Stored
procedures using enterprise manager to schedule the batch with alerts directed
to support staff via Exchange.
Development and testing of stored procedures including tuning
using query plans and optimising indexes for a production environment against
"full sized" database.
Development of a name and address matching system and development
of prototype code to match the records on the server against PAF files (using
OSPAF). Including various viewers etc. in VB 4, Program later converted to VB5
Integration of Quick Address search engine with the in house
search engine by adding Address Point keys to the records on the SQL Server
version of the legacy database enabling the QASBatch product to be used for
post code recode's etc.
Development of mainframe Cobol programs to be integrated (using
Boldon James Application data interchange for windows) with VB. Development of
VB code to interact with the Cobol programs.
Investigation and development of code comparing ODBC Direct, DBLIB
using ODBC API and DB-Library routines, resulting in the initial release of the
development going live using ODBC API with a later rewrite to use DBLIB when
the 32 bit VBSQL.OCX was released with SQL 6.5
Worked on the Design team for the second phase of the project
which included the evaluation of alternative methods of developing the code
e.g. Use of MTS to co-ordinate transactions allowing much easier use of DCOM,
Evaluation of RDO and the impact of pool manager lead to the second phase of
the product (multi-utility front-end) being developed using RDO with a 3-tier
architecture for resilience. This was partly lead by the facilities available
in MTS and partly due to the ease of use of RDO compared with DBLIB together
with Microsoft's policy change towards RDO and ADO.
Work on a conversion project from dbase to SQL server for third
party client, this involved taking a single user dbase system and specifying a
system to work as per Microsoft standards as a true client server application
using VC++ for OLE objects with a VB presentation layer running on various
RDBMS platforms (specifically ACCESS for introductory system single / multi
user low volume), SQL server for high volume systems and ORACLE 7 for clients
with this as their preferred RDBMS platform
Trials / Evaluations of SQL server / RDMS designer tools notably
Erwin/ERX and S-Designor. General Server support including Raising of
bugs/investigation with Microsoft Premier support to deal with problems with
index builds, corruptions of TEMPDB etc., administration of accounts on
development (SQL) server. Evaluation of MS Visual Database Tools.
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Contracts Continued
Duration: November 1993 -November 1994
Position: System
Designer
Environment: Multi
Platform ICL
Duties:
Provision of Filestore Maps for the Estate on an Application
basis, co-ordination of all filestore across the estate(except development
machines) using Lotus 1-2-3 for documentation builds. Designing the Filestore
Layout for all services and ensuring that the Base Support teams were given
comprehensive instructions to ensure that all layouts could be built to
specification.
Monitoring the Filestore usage of the services.
Provision of Technical Manuals to detail the Build and any
upgrades to any services, this involved determing the layout of all users in
the service, detailing the database design - number of areas, whether simplex
or duplex and size of each area.
Converting the Departmental Central Index Name and Address file to
SIF format for a Fraud Initiative, this involved extracting 10Gb of data,
merging the data using a COBOL program, sorting the data and then converting
the results file to CAFS legible for inspection via HSDM (High Speed Data
Matching)
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Welsh Water Authority
Duration: March 1993-September 1993
Position: Technical Consultant (Migration Project)
Environment: L80 4
nodes and SX 530-20
Duties:
Prepare and perform a migration exercise to move the existing
computer equipment to a new site. The exercise was performed over a series of
weekends with minimal down time for users.
Provide a plan to ensure that the migration was implemented
smoothly. The project consisted of commissioning a RCS unit to support the
development node at the new site, the development node was then upgraded to an
SX 595-30 and the actual work moved. This was performed via Export / Import of
all users to the new system, the moves were coordinated to enable sufficient
equipment to be moved in the same timescales utilising a string of hired
FDS5000's to cover the short fall in equipment.
The Helmsman system was also revised during the exercise to link
all work by application type in order to identify the components required for
the migration of each individual component system.
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Duration: November 1992 - March 1993
Position: Technical Consultant (Helmsman / Vigilant)
Environment: SX and L80
Duties:
Implement an environment control system using Ultracomps
Vigilant/VEMU PC based system.
Amendments to Helmsman system
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Welsh Water Authority
Duration: March 1989 -
October 1992
Position: Systems Programmer
Environment: 4 Node Level 80
Duties:
Implementation of Mantis applications into TPMS Service
Sceptre Monitoring
TPMS / IDMS Support
Conversion from Mantis to Cobol
Development of SYSTEM TASKS
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P-E Conversion for Somerset County Council
Duration: September 1988 - March 1989
Position: TPMS
Consultant
Environment: ICL 3960
Duties:
Conversion of TPS system to TPMS
TPMS Support
SCL Programming, Cobol Programming
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Duration: October 1987- September 1988
Position: Superstructure
Support
Environment: ICL Dual
3980 (Maintained by Milk Marketing Board)
ICL 3960 maintained by Dairy Crest
Duties:
TPMS / IDMS Support
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Dental Estimates Board, Eastbourne
Duration: June 1987 -
September 1987
Position:TP Consultant
Duties:
TPMS Support
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Permanent Employment 1986-1987
British Gas (Wales) Plc
Helmont House
Cardiff
Positions
Software Programmer
Systems Programmer
Senior Systems Programmer
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Environment: ICL 2966 (Dual)
Duties:
First Line Support of all Superstructure products including
evaluation of new products.
TPMS Support
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1977-1986
Dyfed County Council.
Trainee programmer
Programmer
ICL 1904s
ICL 2960
ICL 2957 (VME)
Duties:
Comms maintenance
George 3 support
VME support
Payroll applications programmer
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