Curriculim Vitae

Ian A Norton-Badrul
BEng (hons) Computers & Networks 2005.

Tel: +44 7748766853 - Email: <inorton@ukfsn.org>

Dob: 27^th October 1980.
Location: Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom.

Current Status

I am currently working as a software engineer for the Cambridge based cryptography company, nCipher. My work routinely involves development and debugging on a variety of hardware and platforms including Windows, Linux, Solaris (SPARC & AMD64) and AIX (AS400/iSeries) and work with several programing and macro languages (Mainly C but also Perl, TCL, Java and Python). I also maintain a number of servers and web based applications used by members of the company around the world daily. I'm married and we have a very active 14-month-old, my family and I live in Norwich (Bowthorpe), I own a car and have a full clean UK driving license.

Qualifications

I hold a first class degree (BEng) in Computers and Networks from the University of Essex. My degree was a four year course ending in 2005 and involved software development (Java, TCL and C), Computer and Telecomms networking, Databases (relational and OO), Mathematics and digital electronics. My major group and individual projects included a scalable search engine system (not unlike google) and my final project was a kernel module for linux to enable compression of TCP/IP traffic.

Other Academic and Industry Qualifications

2007 - nCSE (nCipher Certified Systems Engineer)
1998 - A-Level IT, A-Level Physics, AS-Level Mathematics (Pure + Mechanics)
1996 - IT User NVQ Level 2
1996 - 10 GCSEs Including Physics, Chemistry and Biology (A Grade average)

Computing Skills and Experience

Fluent with C (also GDB) and Perl.
9 Years experience with GNU/Linux (7 years with Debian).
Windows and Solaris Administration/Maintainence.
Apache and Linux Administration/Maintainence (HA and DR).
HTML/XML/XHTML and CSS.
CVS and software lifecycles.
2 Years experience with nCipher, Security and Cryptography hardware and software.
Platform Virtualization (Xen, Qemu and Vmware).
GNUMake, LaTeX, Advanced shell scripting, SQL (most variants) and Javascript.
Basic Java, TCL, Python and ARM assembler.

September 2005 until June 2007 - Technical Support Specialist at nCipher.

Involved in support cryptographic hardware and software on multiple platforms and operating systems. I also supported customers with developer kits and was responsible for maintaining the europe support team's test/diagnostics servers, developed the worldwide CRM system from scratch (and integrating it with salesforce). Much of my work in this role involved guiding customers through installation and integrations with common software such as Apache, Microsoft CA, OpenSSL, Weblogic and Websphere.

April 2003 until September 2003 - IT/Disability Consultant - Southend Youth Service.

Worked with young people aged between 12 - 16 promoting use of computers and the Internet and helping those with learning or physical disabilities to best make use of the resources. Additionally performed a disabled access assessment of the computer facilities at three Southend County Council facilities and produced a detailed report with recommendation for computer system and work area changes to better accommodate recent disability discrimination legislation.

May 1999 until June 2001 - Senior Web Developer at Quantum Support Systems.

Managed design, development and testing for bespoke web developments at an IBM Business Partner in Essex. Responsibilities also included network administration for the entire office plus debugging of existing projects. Network admin work involved Windows NT4 (Server + WS), Mandrake and Debian Linux.

Personal Statement

I take great pride in my work and always aim to do my best. I'm very keen to solve or reduce any probelm I encounter and can look back on many projects and feel confident that I have made a positive impact on them all.

Since writing my first computer programs I have always desired to help make technology easier for everyone to use and to develop. Some of my recent experiences developing easier to see windowing configurations for the Gnome Accessibility Project (GAP) have helped me to gain an understanding of many other points of view when it comes to how people work and develop computer technology. One of the things I enjoy the most is helping people understand computers and how to make the best use of them.

At University I had been an active member of the Computer Society and the Institute of Electrical Engineers (Suffolk Branch). I was secretary for the Electronics Society and frequently gave talks and demonstrations on various topics from shell scripting to wireless ethernet. I enjoy all aspects of computing from software development to system management and testing, I have learned a great deal about running computer systems for others through my experiences running Essex University's IRC server (irc.essex.ac.uk) for the last few years and by running several hosted servers aswell as my experiences at work. I take pride in the things that I do and strive for my work to be of high quality and lasting benefit. I Feel that I'm a fairly well rounded individual, these days when I'm not at a computer our young son keeps me on my toes and helps me see the world from a whole new angle.