Robert Moneymaker-Donachie

Freelancing to install Isilon Big Data storage systems to various clients. Also doing network support when and where required. Currently studying to become qualified as a VMWare VCP 5

Planned and provided application packaging in Enteo NetInstall. OS Deployment with PXE. Support tools for application deployment. Developed and implemented a Thinclient architecture for Germany using a VM and Citrix XEN desktop front-end. Technical co-ordinator for iDesktop (Windows 7) rollout for Europe. 3rd Level support for applications and Windows 7 for Europe. Ensure security in the AD for all forests in the Active Directory for Europe. Support MS SQL for End User databases.

Wrote customised CRM (Customer Relationship Management) modules and support the user community in OpenRoad. Support data in Ingres, Gupta SQL, MySQL and PostgresSQL databases. Write reports from databases. Perform year end data analysis to determine under performing stock, best sales periods etc. Develop tools where required in Visual Basic.

Application Packaging via Scripting. Application deployment via AD groups and auto-install. 3rd Level support for application errors.

Company formed to develop inter / intra / extranet solutions. Used vast knowledge of business/ user analysis to develop a solutions for banking institutions in South Africa, Nedcor requested the need for a Strategic Intelligence Centre. Developed a product named COIN, using the intranet and a web browser as a delivery mechanism, with the backends in a self developed MS SQL database (Relational and OLAP) data mining tool. Developed a "War Room" with 5 monitors for displaying the impact of business decisions

Provided contractual IT support to Nedcor/Nedbank and other clients. Supported WebOLAP and IQ/Liveweb products from Information Advantage and IQ software respectively at various client sites. Advised various clients on the correct database design and strategy for data analysis. Assisted in the design of OLAP / ROLAP / MS SQL / Oracle / Informix and Universe databases. Install Globas banking software on UNIX platforms.

Taught 3D animation on SGI Workstations using Alias / Wavefront. Taught 3D design in 3D Studio and Truespace on PC Workstations.

Create an Executive Decision / Information System and a customised boardroom. Implement a Microsoft Mail system. Develop a strategy to connect to the other Transnet Groups mailing systems. Implement disparate mail system solution. Research DCE 3 tier strategy in Boston MIT, USA under Professor John Donovan. Integrate Satellite Video Conferencing in Transnet Boardroom. Assist team in creating a MPP (Massive Parallel Processing) data warehouse, and do the star star schema database design for EDS/EIS

Solved in depth IT problems at various sites Developed strategies including Internal Assessment, External Assessment, Existing System Reviews, Business Operations Reviews, Functional Models of Existing Systems, Logical Systems Design, Process Functional Analysis, The Ideal Model, Gap Analysis Specification and Selection including Process and Activities Analysis,User defined specifications,Develop Request for Proposal documentation, Vendor briefings Technical evaluation of hardware, software.

Develop the End User Computing strategy for FNB. Created the following systems in AS, SQL/DS. 1. Management Information System 2. Decision Support Systems 3. Executive Information Systems. Evaluate various Electronic Mail solutions for the bank. Do PC product evaluations for End Users.

Develop ‘End User Computing’ systems using AS, PROFS and SQL/DS on the 3090 VM Mainframe. Developed the following systems: 1. Project time control. 2. GIS survey system, holding data of the Buffels gold mine seams and tunnels, and analyse data to predict potential gold seams. This was then used to determine the best methods of tunnelling and creation of mine shafts. 3. Develop a salary review system. 4. Control access to the system and data. 5. Present training courses on IBM’s Application System (AS)

Assess Income Tax returns for individuals, companies and trusts. Specialized in Wills and Trusts. (1980- 1983). Trained people to interpret Income Tax and Sales Tax laws. May 1984, became a Full-time programmer in IBM’s Application System (AS) running initially under mainframe VM and then under MVS/TSO. We used the SQL/DS as the database storage system. Developed system for sales tax refunds for diesel sold to farmers and companies. Also trained and qualified to program in COBOL.