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Christopher Stuart Macvie
curriculum vitae
CONTACT DETAILS
Address: 7/5 Dock Street, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6HU
Tel: 0131 555 0771 or 07968 123833
E-mail: web@chrismacvie.co.uk
Website: www.chrismacvie.co.uk
Nationality: British Date of Birth: 6th April 1974
Marital Status: Single Driving License: Full UK License & own car
PERSONAL PROFILE
“I am an enthusiastic, commercially astute and highly creative individual with an instinctive eye for design. I have comprehensive knowledge and experience across a number of disciplines including; consultancy, project management, application design & development, technical helpdesk support, networking, installations and financial systems. I possess strong technical, analytical and problem solving skills and I am used to working to the highest standards of excellence in a pressurised working environment. I am now looking to further my career in new ITC environment.”
WORK EXPERIENCE
Nov 2003 – Present: SystemWise, Edinburgh
- Design, development, testing and marketing of bespoke software systems.
- Demonstration, implementation, training and support of software systems.
- Responsible for company marketing materials, identities and guidelines.
- Website design, development and maintenance.
- Desktop deployment projects.
- Installation and configuration of Windows Servers across multiple environments.
- Remote network, hardware and application user support to around 40 client offices.
June 2003 – Nov 2003: Freelance Web Design.
- Consultancy, website design, development and maintenance.
Sept 2001 – June 2003: Edinburgh University Computing Services – User Support
- Part-time position as supervisor following success in full time position in previous year
- Providing first line computer support for students and staff.
- Maintaining open-access computing labs. General fault finding and reporting.
Sept 2000 – Sept 2001: Edinburgh University Computing Services – User Support
- Work Placement Year. Full time position as Lab Supervisor within the Operations Team.
- Giving operational support to all centrally managed computing services. Providing first line of computer support for students and staff. Investigating and reporting hardware and network faults.
- Responsible for general supervision and running of open-access computing labs.
- Also worked with the Micro Facilities Team on a specific programme of software testing and implementation of new lab hardware for the following academic year.
Nov 1996 – Present day: LL Macvie & Co, Duns, Berwickshire. – General Administration.
- Currently working on part-time basis for agricultural business (1 weekend each month).
- Responsible for all general administration work within the business.
- Business accounting, invoicing, VAT returns, stock database records.
- Research into new areas of business development, products and services and for handling business correspondence in relation to the initiation and implementation of new contracts and ventures.
Nov 1995 – Nov 1996: Gap year backpacking around Australia & American
- Travel funded by various part-time employments on the way. Work was extremely varied and ranged from manual work such as fruit picking to a supervisory position at a stone quarry, in addition to the usual bar and restaurant work in the cities.
EDUCATION
1998 – 2003 Napier University, Edinburgh
BEng (Hons) Multimedia Systems 2:1
- Dissertation: “Investigation into Using Adaptable Interactive Multimedia Learning Applications for Induction and Training Purposes”.
1992 – 1994 Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
HND Building Surveying
1985 – 1992 Longridge Towers School, Berwick-upon-Tweed
- 2 at A/S Level, 3 at Higher Level and 8 GCSE's.
SKILLS PROFILE
Operating Systems In-depth knowledge of Windows 2000, NT4, XP, SBS2000, SBS2003, Unix/Linux, Novell Netware.
Languages UNIX, COBOL, FoxPro, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, ASP, PHP, CGI.
Networking Experience of design, cabling, protocols and configuration.
Application Software MS Office, Macromedia Studio, Photoshop, Illustrator, SPSS
Business Skills Experienced in Accounting and Database Systems.
Web Development Experienced in design, development and maintenance.
Additional Skills Analytical abilities, research skills, imagination and creativity, flexibility and adaptability, communication skills, excellent team working and problem solving skills. PC home user, experienced in all aspects of upgrading and maintenance.
INTERESTS AND ACHIEVMENTS
At School: School Prefect & House Captain 1990 - 1992
Swimming Team Captain 1989 - 1992
In Sports: Runner up Scottish Schoolboy Motocross Champion. Motocross Club Champion & chosen to represent Scotland on 3 occasions
Travelling: Gap year backpacking around Australia and America 1995-96
Budgeted and planned the trip single-handed. As well as developing my independence and responsibility, the year provided me with a broad range of experiences and valuable skills from communication and initiative to the ability to adapt to new situations and deal with new challenges.
Other Interests: I participate in a variety of sports, particularly motocross, snowboarding, swimming and squash. I am also interested in motor sports, which I try to follow as much as possible. When relaxing I enjoy the company of friends.
REFEREES
Excellent references available on request
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