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Resume

I began working in the industry in 1985 and since 1996 have specialised in the design and implementation of Software Change and Configuration Management systems.  Today in 2025 this area of IT is still in its infancy, with change becoming more complex, including non-human changes by coding bots, change management is still very much a cutting edge and challenging field to work in.

Change Management software I have worked with include: ClearCase, CM Synergy (ie: Continuus), Visual SourceSafe, PVCS, PVCS Dimensions, eChangeMan, CVS - Concurrent Versions System, CVSNT, CVS Suite, TeamSystem, Perforce, SVN, MVN and Git.

Through that experience I have found that very little of the value in Change Management (or source code control) is in the software - most of it comes from the processes that the orgnisation implements, and some from the knowledgebase that the software systems (yes that is plural) can develop and maintain.

Architectures that I have worked on include: Windows and MS-DOS, HPUX, Solaris, VMS and OpenVMS, OS/400, Tru64 Unix, Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, SuSE Linux (Enterprise Editions) and macOS.

I have mostly worked on implementing CM for software development projects using Uniface 4GL or .NET.  Other projects also have included C/C++, Python, Perl, Java, Documentation, HTML, PowerBuilder, Toad, SQL Navigator etc.  I also have experience with implementing CM for non-traditional objects like Oracle Databases (table definitions, stored procedures, triggers etc.) and SAS statistical software reports (similar to SPSS).

I am currently the Product Director for CVS Suite, CVSNT and UD6/Uniface Version Control at March Hare Software. My focus in that position is to ensure that these software tools that March Hare develop allow a range of different processes to be implemented and therefore maximise the opportunity for success of the customers.

I took a sabbatical from the industry from 1991 while I produced and assistant directed or directed theatre in the Sydney fringe including The Oracle, Desire, Pick Ups and Lost.  Since returning to the computer industry my hobbies include taking my 9 year old to <insert after school activity here> and building and launching rockets.

My home is in Sydney's Northern Beaches and I split my time at work between the Sydney, Neuss (near Dusseldorf) and New York offices of March Hare.  I tend to prefer to set business meetings in the nearest cafe that serves a good espresso.  If you are trying to contact me it is best to do so through e-mail or the Neuss Germany office.


Skills

Skill Level Experience
git Good Knowledge 6 Mo - 2 yr
Subversion Good Knowledge 2 yr - 5 yr
Squid Good Knowledge 6 Mo - 2 yr
OpenSSL Good Knowledge 2 yr - 5 yr
Software Licensing Good Knowledge 5 yr - 10 yr
C# Good Knowledge 2 yr - 5 yr
SQL Good Knowledge > 10 years
C++ Master > 10 years
TCP/IP Master 5 yr - 10 yr
WAN Master 5 yr - 10 yr
HTML Master Apprentice 5 yr - 10 yr
CVS Expert > 10 years
XML Expert > 10 years

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