Personal
I was born on 5th February 1980, in Southport Hospital, and was brought up in a small north western village called Burscough. I attended Burscough St John's C of E primary school, followed by Burscough Priory High School, and then
Winstanley College. Through this time I have gained the following qualifications:
| Date
|
Level
| Subject
| Result
|
|
June 1996 |
G.C.S.E. |
Science Double Award |
A* A* |
|
G.C.S.E. |
Mathematics |
A |
|
|
G.C.S.E. |
Business Studies |
B |
|
|
G.C.S.E. |
Geography |
B |
|
|
G.C.S.E. |
Electronics |
B |
|
|
G.C.S.E. |
English Language |
C |
|
|
G.C.S.E. |
English Literature |
C |
|
|
G.C.S.E. |
German |
C |
|
Sept. 1997 |
RSA L1 |
Computer Literacy & Information Technology |
|
June 1998 |
A'Level |
Computing |
A |
|
|
A'Level |
Mathematics |
B |
|
|
A'Level |
Physics |
C |
|
|
A'Level |
Further Mathematics |
D |
|
|
A'Level |
General Studies |
E |
I then went to Liverpool John Moores University
where I achieved a Class II Devision II BSc (Hons) in Software Engineering
Degree.
This course is briefly outlined at on the
John Moores web site.
My Placement is working in the Computer
Services Department of The University
Of Liverpool. While I worked there I created a web application for accessing
and update some of the department databases.
My first Year results at John Moores are:-
| Date
|
Module Title
| Credit Rating
| Result
|
|
12/1998 |
Software Development Process |
12 |
62% |
|
12/1998 |
Introduction to Functional Programming |
12 |
76% |
|
12/1998 |
Introduction to Computer Programming |
12 |
Good Pass |
|
12/1998 |
Introduction to Computer Systems |
12 |
75% |
|
12/1998 |
Personal Development and I.T. |
12 |
75% |
|
5/1999 |
Abstraction and
Modelling |
12 |
62% |
|
5/1999 |
Computer Programming and Problem Solving |
12 |
76% |
|
5/1999 |
Programming Applications Workshop |
12 |
67% |
|
5/1999 |
Computer Architecture |
12 |
84% |
|
5/1999 |
Systems Modelling |
12 |
64% |
First Year Average 71.2%
My Second Year results are:-
| Date
|
Module Title
| Credit Rating
| Result
|
|
12/1999 |
Object Orientated Systems |
12 |
53% |
|
12/1999 |
Requirements Engineering |
12 |
57% |
|
12/1999 |
Data Structures |
12 |
75% |
|
12/1999 |
Software
Management |
12 |
66% |
|
12/1999 |
Internet
Programming Using Java |
12 |
48% |
|
5/2000 |
Database
Design |
12 |
69% |
|
5/2000 |
Software Engineering Applications Workshop |
12 |
60% |
|
5/2000 |
Abstract Data Types & Formal Specifications |
12 |
40% |
|
5/2000 |
Computer Systems |
12 |
72% |
|
5/2000 |
Systems Software |
12 |
38% |
Second Year Average 57.8%
My Final Year results are:-
| Date
|
Module Title
| Credit Rating
| Result
|
|
12/2001 |
User Interface Design |
12 |
60% |
|
12/2001 |
Design of Algorithms |
12 |
40% |
|
12/2001 |
Computer Networks |
12 |
46% |
|
12/2001 |
Real Time Systems |
12 |
56% |
|
12/2001 |
Software Engineering Development Workshop |
12 |
59% |
|
5/2002 |
Formal Specification & Refinement |
12 |
55% |
|
5/2002 |
Multimedia Networking |
12 |
61% |
|
5/2002 |
Risk Analysis |
12 |
65% |
|
5/2002 |
Project |
24 |
56% |
Final Year Average 56.0%
I am now a Programmer/Analyst for the University of Liverpool's Computer Services department.
Through my time of Working with computers, I have acquired skills in a number
of applications. These include:
Microsoft Windows 3.0 / 3.1 / 95 /98 / 2000 / NT 4.0 / XP
Microsoft DOS
UNIX
LINUX
Microsoft Office 95 / 97 / 2000 / XP
Microsoft Publisher 97 / 2000 / XP
Lotus Smart Suite
Pascal
Borland Delphi 3 / 4 / 5
Visual Basic 5 / 6
C++
Visual C++ 6
Visual InterDev 6.0
Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Javascript
Perl 5
ASP 2 / 3
PHP 3 / 4
Cake Walk
Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 / 5.0 (IIS)
CA Ingres
Oracle
MySQL
Just to name the ones I can think of off the top of my
head.
I am a Deputy Warden at St John The Baptist Church, in Burscough, were I am
also on the Parochial Church Council. I am the Sound Engineer for the
church and also for a local theatrical group called the 'Westenders', for which I am
also on the committee.
I have designed a number of websites. Other than this one there is: My Business Website, The Westenders
website, St
John's Website, and
db Shopfitting's Website, and RoofScape
NW's Website.
I am also a ring master for a webring
for Church of England Churches.
In the past I have acted as a sound engineer for a couple of bands, and I own a mobile disco, which I often do in the area. For
the last couple of years I've supported Wigan
RLFC, which I have finally got round to getting a Season Ticket for.
There
are loads of Phil Marshall's around on the web. To see loads more of us
click here.
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