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| Brian Burns: CV |
| period | 2001 - |
| employer | Self-employed. |
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System programmer, database designer, web designer and consultant. |
| Was responsible for the conversion, for a large foodstuffs wholesaler, of data from an outmoded HP3000 system to the IBM AS400 system which replaced it. This involved writing programs in PowerHouse QTP to download the database contents, producing Excel files on a PC. These were further manipulated using Visual Basic routines before being uploaded to the AS400 system. | |
| Developed an invoice archival system for a cash-and-carry warehouse, whereby invoices on a HP3000 system were downloaded to a PC and incorporated into a MS Access database with extensive search possibilities and the ability to print copy invoices. The database was distributed to users on CD, replacing an older microfiche-based system. | |
| Produced web sites for several small companies, including a translation agency and a well-known Amsterdam tattoo and piercing studio. | |
| Developed the content management system webphlex, in which multilingual web sites are created and maintained in a MS Access database, from which the output files for the web site are then generated. | |
| systems | HP3000, MPEV & MPEXL, IMAGE, IBM AS400,
Microsoft Office, MS Access and a wide variety of other PC systems. |
| progamming languages | MS Visual Basic, MS SQL, PowerHouse 4GL, HTML, CSS, Javascript. |
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| period | 1988 - 2001 |
| employer | Self-employed, working mainly for a group of wholesale foodstuffs companies in Amsterdam. |
| responsibilities | Working as system developer with a large degree of independence as part of a small DP team. Involved in the complete course of project development from initial consultation with users, through database and system design, programming, implementation and user training, documentation and subsequent system maintenance. |
| systems | HP3000, MPEV & MPEXL, IMAGE, IBM AS400,
Microsoft Office, MS Access and a wide variety of other PC systems. |
| progamming languages | PowerHouse 4GL, Hewlett Packard SPL, MS Visual Basic. |
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| period | 1985 - 1988 |
| employer | Self-employed, working primarily for Data Service Centre Nederland. |
| responsibilities | Systems programmer / database designer. |
| systems | HP3000, IMAGE. |
| progamming languages | Hewlett Packard SPL, COBOL. |
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| period | 1982 - 1984 |
| employer | Database Consultants Europe, Amsterdam. |
| responsibilities | Employed as systems development consultant / programmer. Clients included Shell Nederland and Hewlett Packard in the UK. |
| systems | HP3000, IMAGE, IBM PC's. |
| progamming languages | COBOL, Hewlett Packard SPL, BASIC. |
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| period | 1981 - 1982 |
| employer | Fraser Williams Ltd., London. |
| responsibilities | Programmer. |
| systems | Data General PDP. |
| progamming languages | Business BASIC, COBOL. |
| period | 1978 - 1980 |
| Travelled extensively in and around Europe, lived and worked for periods in Germany, France and Greece, and gained a wide variety of experience outside the field of data processing. |
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| period | 1977 (half year project). |
| employer | Tradax (Cargill), Amsterdam. |
| responsibilities | Programmer. |
| systems | HP3000, IMAGE. |
| progamming languages | COBOL. |
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| period | 1974 - 1977 |
| employer | Hoskyns Systems, London. |
| responsibilities | Programmer. Clients included Shell UK, the Open University, Poclain UK, Poclain Germany. |
| systems | ICL 1900 series, UNIVAC-9000. |
| progamming languages | COBOL, RPG2. |
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| period | 1972 - 1974 |
| employer | Lovell's Shipping and Transport, London. |
| responsibilities | Computer operator and trainee programmer. |
| systems | ICL 1900 series. |
| progamming languages | COBOL. |
| Aside from these strictly professional activities, Brian has for many years been doing translation (English / Dutch) and photographic work in his spare time, and he has recently been putting this experience to good use in the field of web design. |
| Brian's first language is English, but Dutch is definitely his ‘second native language’. He has spent most of the last twenty years working in Dutch-language environments, and has extensive experience with writing user guides and technical documentation in Dutch. He has a reasonable command of German and has worked as programmer in a German-language environment. He has recently been following a number of courses to improve his knowledge of French. |
| For general biographical information on Brian Burns see his profile. |
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