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My Curriculum Vitae is below for your perusal.

Name:                   John Buchanan

Address:                 7 Marjory Drive, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland PA3 4TB

Date of Birth:           31.08.71

Employment

September 1998 - Present

ABBEY NATIONAL FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT SERVICES

ABBEY NATIONAL HOUSE

GLASGOW

NT ARCHITECTURE CONSULTANT/DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER

"Hands-on" administration of NT Build teams and Resource co-ordinators –

Overseeing of Y2K Readiness with relation to Microsoft Operating Systems and Applications -

Overseeing the structured integration of 1500 (appx) Microsoft NT 4 SP5 Standard Build

Workstations into a production environment - Overseeing the structured migration of 25

application and file servers from OS/2 to NT4 (appx) - Defining a Standard workstation

build and overseeing the delivery via Computer Associates Unicenter TNG Software

Delivery System - Defining the group standard for minimum hardware requirements -

On-going design and integration of the NT architecture into a production environment -

Defining the NT rollout scope, timeframe and future capability - Constructing system

resilience via ADSM mainframe backup, DLT tapes, additional NIC's, UPS, network

switching etc - Delivery of easily-upgradeable workstation build documentation -

Delegating responsibility to team members - Liaison between NT project and differing

business and end-user areas - Managing a tight budget and timeframe - Future-proofing

workstations, servers and applications - Liaison with Internal Technical Services Group -

Managing Licensing Problems - Introducing strict Mandatory User Profiles - Constructing a

Standard Desktop look and feel - Constructing security policies and group access rights -

Liaison with Y2K division - Introducing the issue of workstation re-builds as a cost saving

measure - Implementing the scripted installation of over 100 software applications -

Implementing all workstation build changes through UAT (User Acceptance Testing) -

Implementing Windows NT Terminal Server operating system – Prince Training.

July 1998 - August 1998

CNS LIMITED

WATERLOO HOUSE

LONDON

ROAMING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISOR (UK)

Network Design and Implementation - Future-proofing of operating systems -

Advising clients on hardware, software and testing/production of applications -

Windows NT advisor (client and server) - Advising on security policies and firewalls -

Advising on Y2K compliancy – Migrations from Unix to Windows NT – Migrations from Novell to Windows NT – Full Project Lifecycle.

January 1998 - August 1998

S.J. KENNEDY LIMITED

KENNEDY HOUSE

COATBRIDGE

DEPUTY I.T. MANAGER

Maintaining Workforce NT Client/Server end of 35 users - NT Infrastructure Advisor -

Hardware Advice - Application Installation Advice - PC Telephone Technical Support -

Purchasing and Budgeting for Hardware and Software - Covering for IT Manager -

Network Trouble-shooting - Client Budget Requirements - Building and Maintaining several

separate projects – Maintaining Novell Servers.

November 1997 - December 1997

OWEN M. LE WINTON

72 BERKELEY STREET,

GLASGOW

I.T. MANAGER

Ground-up design of 22 user-node Office Network - Maintaining a Strict Budget -

Custom Server Build - Network Cable Design - Hardware and Software Purchasing -

Microsoft Office training - Infrastructure Documentation.

AUGUST 1997 - NOVEMBER 1997

BOND STREET PUBLISHING INTERNATIONAL LTD

ST. ENOCH SQUARE,

GLASGOW

I.T. TRAINER

Implementation of Sage Sterling - Implementation of Windows 95 -

General Network Maintenance - Windows 95 Training – UNIX Backbone

SEPTEMBER 1995 - AUGUST 1997

LANDCOVE PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTD

BERKELEY STREET,

GLASGOW.

EUROPEAN I.T. MANAGER

Network Design and Maintenance - Support of 34 pan-european user-nodes -

24 hour Support - Printer Maintenance - Training on Windows 95 -

Building an NT Infrastructure from ground-up - Full lifecycle maintenance -

Training on Microsoft Office - Ergonomic Office Design.

SEPTEMBER 1993 - SEPTEMBER 1995

DEZ WALTERS BAND

KILBARCHAN, PAISLEY

DIGITAL STUDIO MANAGER

Digital Studio Design (full Lifecycle) - PC Build from component level -

Midi Design and Implementation - Full lifecycle album projects.

Education

Currently studying towards MCSE – completed by December 1999

CASTLEHEAD HIGH SCHOOL 1982 - 1988

O Grades

English, Physics, Technical Design, Art, Arithmetic, Geography. Computing.

H Grades

English, Art, Geography

Further Education

REID KERR COLLEGE 1989 - 1990

National Certificate Qualifications

Business Studies, Business Administration, Small Business Case Studies.

LANGSIDE COLLEGE 1990 - 1991

National Certificate In Computing

NORTH GLASGOW COLLEGE 1991 - 1992

National Certificate in Business Administration

NORTH GLASGOW COLLEGE 1992 - 1993

Higher National Certificate In Business Administration

ABBEY NATIONAL FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT SERVICES September 1998

Prince Training

Health

Excellent (one half day off in past year)

Interests

Computing in general – ecommerce - Website Design - Reading - Politics - Music - Socialising - Cinema

Application Usage and Particular Strengths

 Hardware Utilisation