Personal Information

Date of Birth

22nd March 1978

Nationality

British

Address

Tunbridge Wells, TN1

Mobile Phone

07980 ******

E-mail

Mark ‘at’ robocow.net

Also have Clean UK Driving Licence & can drive up to and including 7.5T vehicles

 

 

 

Academic Background

Writhlington Secondary School, Radstock, Somerset.

GCSE

Grade

A-Level

Grade

Science

AA

Physics

C

English

C

Chemistry

D

Maths

C

Maths

E

Geography

C

German

C

Music

C

Design & Realisation

E

University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey.

BSc Computer Aided Chemistry. This degree involved the use of computers as applied to chemistry, an example might be the search for active compounds for use a pharmaceutical drug. It also conformed to the Royal Society of Chemistry’s specification for a full chemistry degree.

Work Experience

Cence Ltd, Bath, Somerset.

June ’94 until June ’96

Part time, casual work. Involved building personal computers from components and installing appropriate software, such as the Windows family of operating systems.

From this I gained a familiarity of general installation, set-up, and device configuration common to desktop workstations. This also involved software support of Microsoft Windows and Office packages.

Wrafton Laboratories, Barnstaple, N. Devon.

August ’96 until August ’97

Assistant Analyst in a quality control laboratory. This concerned determining the levels of pharmaceutical drugs in, and physical characteristics of various ‘over the counter’ preparations. The analysis was carried out using various instruments, more commonly high performance liquid chromatographs (HPLC) and gas chromatographs (GC) linked to a PC based data interpretation system.

During this time, a more specialist knowledge of the use of PCs in a scientific environment was gained as well as a working knowledge of HPCL and GC analysis techniques. Due to the time constraints of working in a factory, I learned to work to a deadline, manage more than one product analysis at a time and work well as part of a team.

University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey.

March ’98 until May ’98 and September ’98 until January ‘99

Student Computing Support Helper. This involved working in the university’s open access computing department. My responsibilities included helping with students enquiries and any difficulties they had with the supported software installed in the labs. I worked well in the help desk team and gained some experience with dealing with the public. I also learnt when to ask for assistance in answering a complex query.

May ’98 until August ‘98

Working for the chemistry department, as a programmer. I created an application from guidelines provided. The language used was Visual Basic 5.0.

Leatherhead Food Research Association, Leatherhead, Surrey.

July ’99 until August ‘00

Assistant Microbiologist. Although my duties did include assisting with microbiological analysis, the majority of my duties involved working with a laboratory information management system (LIMS). This was a system developed in house that utilised a SQL server. The routine part of the job involved specialised data entry of tests (‘booking in’) and results. The development aspect of the job involved database development, via Microsoft Access. This work was based on ideas that I came up with and developed with approval from my supervisor.

(Resumed Studies)

Evolution London, Stratford, London.

August ’02 until June’04

Working for a small business that produces special events and hires, sells professional lighting and sound equipment. As a small company my responsibilities are many and varied, they include maintaining the in-house server, client PCs and associated network (sole responsibility), maintaining the company website answering phones and answering client queries, specifying and preparing equipment for jobs, and many others required to help keep a company running. I have gained a very rounded view of running a company and the organisation I am part of.

Personal Qualities

I learn fast and adapt well, especially where computers are involved. I am often willing to spend extra time outside that required learning new skills. I am patient and have discovered I like working with people, with both colleagues and the public.

Hobbies

I retain a keen interest in music and ‘hi-fi.’

Additionally, I have run for a union sabbatical position at the University of Surrey, this required organisation for the campaign, public speaking skills and confidence for Hustings (also known as ‘question time’), and meeting and persuading people whilst canvassing. I was also the chair of a photographic society (‘PhotoSoc’) during my second year at university. I was a member of several societies, including Stage Crew and ‘NoWave’ (a music society).