Chris Basson

Administration and maintenance of large, business critical SQL Server and Analysis Services based trading systems. System design and implementation. Support tool development for the global team. Trouble shooting, performance tuning, consultancy - Defining and enforcing deployment best practice standards

Production support for Microsoft’s business critical CRM system; a large Siebel implementation with over 15000 users worldwide - Administration and maintenance of large (TB) SQL Server databases - Trouble shooting large complex systems - Development of SQL administration scripts, reports and custom maintenance plans - Application deployment

The management of 3rd party off-shore development teams. Server installation and configuration. Defining and enforcing deployment best practice standards for applications. The migration of SQL databases from previous versions (6.5 and 7) to 2000. Administration and maintenance of large SQL databases. Development of SQL administration scripts, reports and custom maintenance plans. Trouble shooting and performance tuning of SQL databases. Deploying and administering: classic ASP and .NET app

Project: Government Gateway (UK Online): A government initiative to standardise document interchanges between government departments and the general public. Administration, maintenance (24/7). Installation and configuration. Customer reports, custom backup strategies, automated system health checking routines.

As an Associate of Systems Union Ltd I provide professional consultancy services to Systems Union customers and SunCentres advising in the deployment of SQL Server 7 / 2000, SunSystems and thin technologies such as Windows Terminal Server / Citrix Metaframe. Project: Ministry of Defense CAPITAL project; Worked on a technology refresh and data migration of a large MoD accounting system covering 20+ UK and overseas sites

As a technical project manager I was responsible for the system specification, design and implementation for the following end to end web hosting systems: www.theAA.com (Automobile Association) www.McDonalds.co.uk www.english-country-cottages.co.uk The management of a technical team and the various technology partners. Client facing. Hands on - physically involved in the design and deployment of the technology. Involved in all areas of the development

Delivery of technology consultancy to Systems Union customers, internal departments and SunCentres across Europe. Development of software tools for in house use. Installation and configuration of SunSystems and associated products. Systems audit and security clamp down of MoD SunSystems sites. Development of custom remote report initiation software for SunSystems

Database Administration. Software analyst and programmer. Development of Systems Union’s CRM system

General IT Technical support working at various times over the period totaling 8 months work.