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Updated

April 2004

Andrew Murphy

Summary

Web/Unix Developer with Perl/DBI, CGI, HTML, SQL, Apache, Unix and Linux

• Perl 5, Unix (Sun Solaris, Linux), CGI generated HTML web pages.
• Web server administration (Apache).
• Web interfaces to SQL (Oracle, Informix, Mysql) and free text databases.
• Manipulating complex datafeeds using Perl
• Unix Engineer (system administration, sendmail, scripting with Perl, FTP, POP3, HTTP, SMTP, NFS, NIS)

Nationality

British

Age

38

Employment

Cablechip Solutions (Consultancy)

2002-04

• Small scale development: HTML, websites, search engine optimisation, consulting, complex data manipulation, PC support
• Skills: Perl, CGI, HTML, Linux, MySQL

Silicon.com (Contract)

2001

• Inserting data from incoming email into a database (Perl/DBI, POP3, Informix)
• A web interface for sending bulk mailshots (Perl, Apache, Sendmail)
• Mailshot statistics and error monitoring
• An intranet to set-up and monitor marketing campaigns and site usage
• Creating real-time SGML/XML datafeeds from an Informix database
• Sun/Solaris system administration
• Skills: Perl, Informix, Solaris, POP3, Sendmail, Apache, SMTP, SGML

LastMinute.com (Contract)

2000

• A web based system to extract purchases from an Informix database, generate multicurrency data, and create a feed for a PC based Accounting package
• Various datafeeds (weather, late package holidays)
• WAP and Avantgo/PDA interfaces
• Skills: Perl, SQL, WAP, WML, Avantgo, Solaris

Virgin Mobile (Contract)

1999

• Developed e-commerce website in a very tight timescale.
• Skills: Perl, Mysql, SQL to web interfaces.

Derwent (Contract)

1997-99

• Designed web interface to a large (70GB) database of patent data using Solaris, Apache, Perl and BRS/Search (now OpenText LiveLink).
• The application included complex search interfaces, user administration and 100MB weekly data updates.
• Skills: Perl, Apache, Sun Solaris, BRS/Search, Oracle 8, Webmaster.

The Guardian (Contract)

1997

• CGI applications and webmaster for award winning Election’97 website.
• Automated web page production for newspaper stories.
• Skills: Webmaster, Oracle, Perl, CGI, and Linux.

LRG Net Media (Contract)

1996

• Developed art and property websites (HTML generated from an SQL database) for a small media company
• Skills: Webmaster, Perl, SQL, and Linux.

BT

1991-96

• Developer for BT Corporate Relation’s flagship WWW based intranet.
• Rapid Application Development (RAD) Intranet projects.
• Design and development of WWW Intranet applications including an internal employee "daily news" application that was rolled out to the whole company.
• Skills: Solaris, Unix Sys. Admin., Webmaster (Unix), Perl, CGI, Oracle, C, RAD.

Education

Degree, University of Manchester

• BSc Computing and Information Systems, 2:1

A-Levels

• Mathematics

(A with distinction)

• Physics

(A with merit)

• Further Maths.

(A)

• Chemistry

(B)

• General Studies

(A)

Training

Ongoing Self-training

• Keeping up to date with Apache webservers, HTML, Oracle and Mysql, Perl, Linux, Solaris and Unix System Administration.

Training Courses

• Sun

Solaris Unix System Administration.

Solaris Advanced System Administration.

• Oracle

Introduction to Oracle 7 and SQL.

• BT

C, Visual Basic, Business Skills.

• Dataware

BRS/Search and NetAnswer.

Interests

• Running: from 10K to half marathons

• Travel: between contracts, I travel. Most recently to the north of Holland, but also to Gower, the National Parks in Utah, Moscow for Christmas, Thailand’s beaches and Andalucia for tapas.

• Hiking and Long Distance Walks: I've just done the "Coast to Coast", and am planning for the "Tour of Mount Blanc".