Curriculum Vitae

A self-motivated and enterprising 18 year old with good communicational skills and the ability to use initiative to realise personal goals and ambitions. Extremely focused with good co-ordination skills, and a high level of ICT knowledge.

Qualifications/ Skills/ Achievements/ Personal Qualities:

Confident communication skills with both peer groups and adults.
Exceptional attendance records.
Works well in a team and alone.
Represented ICT and Design Technology departments at numerous high school open evenings.
Represented Media Studies at NEW College open evenings.
Prepared slideshows and presentations for open evenings.
Dealing with public (mainly parents) at open evenings.
Can build computers from scratch, as well as maintain and repair them.

Very good knowledge of Mac and Windows operating systems and good knowledge of Linux based operating systems.

Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite.

Excellent knowledge of the Apple iWork Suite.

Broad knowledge of networking, including Domains, Active Directory and Group Policy in Windows Server 2000 and above.
Very good knowledge of Mac OS X based systems, including administration and networking using Mac OS X Server Edition.
Very good knowledge of Unix/Linux based systems such as CentOS and Ubuntu Desktop and Server Edition.

Very good knowledge of Industry-grade graphic design tools - Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.

Keen web designer/developer using WordPress to create online-editable, easy to update websites.

Setup and worked with numerous server systems including Apache Web Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services, Microsoft Exchange, Unison and Zimbra web and email servers. BIND DNS server. Proxy/Content Filtering systems such as OpenDNS, Squid and DansGuardian. Steaming systems including SHOUTcast and Broadwave for live or pre-recorded audio streaming.
Good knowledge of free linux firewall appliances, such as m0n0wall and pfSense
Able to setup and maintain web, dns, email servers for domains.
GazLee.co.uk is running on a self built server, booting CentOS Linux and configured with Apache, MySQL, BIND, ProFTPd and SHOUTcast.
A second self built server (running Ubuntu Server) runs a free, open source, feature rich, multi-domain, Microsoft Exchange alternative, which drives all the communication requirements of GazLee.co.uk, including IMAP/POP/SMTP email, Jabber based chat, CalDAV calendaring, and WebDAV shared web based storage.

Can provide setup and management of Intranet systems, Websites Forums, Wikis, chat spaces and more.

Able to make the best of limited resources, by using free or open-source software solutions.

Sound and Lighting technician, worked on numerous events, shows and discos at The King’s School.

Operated sound, lighting and vision mixing equipment for NEW College, operated audio/visual systems for Comic Relief, Children in Need events at college.

Very good knowledge of audio/visual systems and DMX Lighting.

Interests:

All aspects of ICT
Graphic Design
Electronics
AV
Sound and Lighting
Design Technology

Experience:

Worked for The West Yorkshire Fire Service as part of a Media Studies Project, creating graphics and radical promotional materials for their driving safety campaign which tours schools in the area. [Visit my portfolio...]

The King’s School, IT Technician to the Design Technology Department.

General Duties
Computer repairs
Workstation rebuilding
Network printing installation
Network Management
Working with a mixed Windows network (98, ME, 2000 and XP)
Equipment repairs
Helping students with technical problems

The IT Surgery, IT Technician.

Logo Design [Visit my portfolio...]
Computer repairs
Computer rebuilds
Computer upgrades
Equipment repairs
Troubleshooting
Dealing with the public
Working with Mac, Windows and Linux machines on a regular basis

The King’s School, Video Filming/Editing and Sound System Operation for Intake Days.

Using limited technology creatively to produce a video for The King’s School intake day
Working under pressure
Team work with the editing
Showcasing video same day as it was shot
Operated audio/visual systems for the screening, including digital projectors and PA systems.

NEW College Pontefract, Lighting and Sound.

Setup and operated lighting and sound systems for numerous events, including shows, charity events and college open evenings and induction days.

NEW College Pontefract, NEW College Student Radio (NCSR). [Visit my portfolio...]

Worked with others to setup a recording/broadcast facility within college on a limited budget.
Created a brand by designing a logo based on the college’s colour scheme.
Designed and developed the stations website which it built on WordPress and runs on an Ubuntu Server based LAMP machine.
Setup and maintained the broadcast facility with the help of other members of the technical team.
Operated vision mixing equipment for a special Live show, where cameras and graphics were mixed live to a projector.

Education:

The King’s School, Specialising in Mathematics and Computing
- 10.5 GCSEs Achieved
- Including 8 A* to C grades in:
  - English Literature
  - English Language
  - Mathematics
  - DiDA (ICT)
  - OCR (ICT) (x3)
  - Key Skills in ICT Certificate
  - Science
  - Business Communications
  - Also achieved extra to GCSE studies – A* (Dist) Certificate in Initial Text Processing