Simon McCaughey BEng (Hons)

3 Gortycavan Road, Coleraine, BT51 4LT

simonmcc@ccso.co.uk 028 7032 6302

Date of Birth     23/04/1976

Secondary/Further Education

School

From

To

Course

Subjects and Results

Dalriada Grammar School

1987

1992

GCSE

9 Grades A – C

Dalriada Grammar School

1992

1994

A Level

Mathematics Grade B

-

-

-

A Level

Technology Grade B

-

-

-

A Level

Physics Grade B

University / Higher Education

From

To

Institution

Title of Course

Result

1994

1998

University of Ulster, Jordanstown

B.Eng. Electronic Systems (Hons) with DIS

First Class Honours

Relevant Work Experience

Name of Employer

Job Title

From

To

Nature of work

Nortel Networks, Belfast Lab

Automation Analyst

Aug

1998

Dec

2000

Perl Automation application, 14 weeks testing overnight, Patent applied for.

Nortel Networks, Belfast Lab

Integrity Test Architect

Jan

2001

Apr

2001

Perl advanced hardware/software test platform. Hardware virtualisation.

Nortel Networks, Belfast Lab

Embedded Software Eng

May 2001

Oct 2002

Development of software delivery functionality for embedded platform. C/C++

Nortel Networks, Belfast Lab

Web Programmer

Oct 2002

Mar

2004

J2EE Test management solution designed and developed. Java - Struts & Hibernate

Nortel Networks, Belfast Lab

IT Support

 

Mar 2004

Present

VB.NET Application development. CS for internal test management tool.

Skill Set Summary

Skill

Summary

Java

·       Development of simulator for m6800 processor - assembler, virtual machine and GUI

J2EE/Java

·       Website development using Jakarta Struts application development framework

·       Hibernate object/relational persistence service for Java

JSP

·       JSP development for the struts framework pages

VB .NET

·       Bulk user addition tool designed for Mercury Qualitycenter

·       Password command line linkage written using Mercury Qualitycenter API

XML

·       XML Templating system used on e-commerce site

HTML

·       Hand crafted web development and use of design tools:  FrontPage, Netscape

·       W3C validated HTML and CSS experience, including XML Templating

Perl

·       CGI scripting

·       E-commerce application development (mod_perl, TT, TT2, Petal, FastCGI and Mason (as used by amazon.com)) using the MVC paradigm.

·       E-commerce banking  integration

·       Use of CPAN modules

·       SMS Text message based remote control and monitoring system for on-call agents

·       Software / Hardware test automation using GPIB/RS232/Ethernet hardware control

·       Various “glue” scripts to link incompatible systems

JavaScript

·       Web page enhancement, control and validation

·       Enhancements to custom JavaScript application for updating website content

·       Dynamically generated, page sensitive JavaScript menus

Source

Control

·       Setup and use of CVS for version control

·       Clearcase used with Visual Studio for development

Apache / JBoss

·       Jboss Server deployment and support (Solaris)

    • WAR file development / updates

·       Apache deployment and configuration (Linux)

    • mod_perl
    • mod_ssl
    • mod_rewrite

MySQL

·       MySQL server setup and administration

Shell Scripting

·       Experience in scripting for sh and csh

·       Extensive use of make for project management

Tools and OS’s Used

Development Tools

Operating Systems

Eclipse

Windows 2000

.NET Studio

Windows 2000

Ant builder

MS DOS

vi

Windows, *nix

Other Skills and Qualifications

Sourceforge developer on 3 open source projects

Interests

References            

 

Paul Crossey

NITEC

Doagh Road

Newtownabbey

Belfast

BT36 6XA

Phone 028 9036 3653 – email pjcross@nortel.com

 

Rev. J. A. McCaughan

1st Dunboe Manse

Castlerock

N. Ireland

BT51 4TU

Phone 028 7084 8276 – email revdunboe@aol.com