Nigel Smith * 2215 Balboa Road, Austin, TX 78733 * [Send email to request phone number] 36-6288 * [Send email
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SUMMARY
Software analyst/developer experienced in user interface and usability design,
relational database development, application development, and testing and
networking/system administration. Particularly strong background in software
analysis and design with proven ability to deliver dynamic, mission critical
applications for on-time delivery in accordance with high quality standards,
resulting in up to a twelve-fold increase in productivity for the customer. Has
legal permanent US residence.
EXPERIENCE
September 2000 Schlumberger, Inc.
Present Austin, Texas
November 2002 Senior Engineer/Usability Architect
Present Horizon Project
Responsible for ensuring the usability of a $150,000,000 software application
suite enabling approximately 1500 Schlumberger field engineers to carry out the
company’s core business of oil exploration. Working directly with the customer
(field engineer representatives), responsibilities include defining the look,
behavior and visual cues of the user interface (UI). The role also includes
contributing core UI designs (developed in C# and .NET, using Visual Studio) and
patterns, and applying formal usability methodologies to validate UI designs.
Although the project is located in Austin, the hardware used in oil exploration
and the software controlling this hardware are developed elsewhere at
Schlumberger’s worldwide technology centers, so a major component of the job
consists of working with, and occasionally visiting, each of these centers to
resolve usability issues and ensure consistent UI behavior.
September 2000 Lead Software Developer
November 2002 GeoFrame
Developed software in C++ around an Oracle relational database to model and
visualize 3D geological models through the interpretation of seismic and borehole
data. Role incorporated improving mathematical algorithms, developing user
interfaces for visualizing the data, and porting the software, originally
developed for Unix, onto Windows and Linux.
October 1999 RTS Enabling Technology
September 2000 Austin, Texas
October 1999 Lead Software Developer
September 2000
Developed a laboratory information management system written in C++, using
Borland C++ Builder, around an Oracle relational database, a chemical inventory
management system developed in Oracle Forms, and a geographical information
system created with Java and ASP.
June 1999 Consultant
October 1999 Austin, Texas
Contracted by the UK Meteorological Office as a consultant to design and
construct Objective Forecast Software. Responsible for design and coding of
software package used in generating charts for global aviation weather forecasts.
Written in C and developed to be platform independent.
October 1983 Meteorological Office of the United Kingdom
June 1999 Bracknell, UK
October 1998 Lead Software Developer
June 1999 Objective Forecast Project
Responsible for design, analysis and coding of a software package capable of
automatically generating significant weather forecast charts currently drawn by
the meteorologists, significantly enhancing productivity. Written in C and
developed to be platform independent.
August 1996 Lead Software Developer
June 1999 Significant Weather Package
Developed GUI used by forecasters to produce and disseminate charts to provide
world aviation forecasts. Written in C, MOTIF, FORTRAN 90 and GKS (Graphics
Kernel System) for UNIX based workstations, this GUI has significantly increased
the productivity of forecasters, allowing them to create 12 times as many weather
charts than previously possible. The Significant Weather Package, a leading
meteorological drawing package, has also introduced revenue opportunities for the
Meteorological Office having been acquired by the Australian Meteorological
Service. The charts produced using this software are used by all the world’s
major airlines. Responsible for completing Year 2000 compliance of this system.
April 1994 Software Developer
August 1996 FCMS (Finance and Contracts Monitoring System)
Developed Paradox relational database to control and monitor over $50,000,000 in
contracts and invoices for the Meteorological Office. The application was
developed as part of an agency-wide effort to 'privatize' the Meteorological
Office, taking it from a public, government-based entity to an autonomous,
private agency. The application gave the Meteorological Office total control of
budgets, invoicing and contract management. Additional responsibilities included
management and maintenance of a Novell network, supporting the entire system for
over 100 users.
June 1992 Software Developer
April 1994 HORACE
Member of development team for UNIX-based graphical display system, HORACE: a
major IT project for the Meteorological Office purchased by the Thailand
Meteorological Office. Written in C, MOTIF, FORTRAN 77 and GKS for UNIX-based
workstations, the HORACE system was designed to access and display forecast data
immediately to the forecaster's screen. Also worked with third party software
vendors to ensure compatibility with several applications that were critical to
optimal usage.
Jan 1990 Software Developer/System Administrator
April 1992
Developed system to display synoptic, radar and satellite data to all forecast
positions in the UK Central Forecast Office. Written in Turbo Pascal. Also
responsible for software and hardware support for a network of over 2000 PCs at
the Meteorological Office Headquarters.
PRODUCT EXPERIENCE
- UNIX, Linux, DOS, Windows XP
- Microsoft Network Administration, Novell 3.11/3.12, TCP/IP
- C#, C++, Java, C, .NET, OOD, Fortran, Turbo Pascal,
GKS, Perl, XML, ASP, HTML, IBM JCL, ksh, Flash, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop
- Oracle, SQL, Oracle Developer 6.0, Paradox (PAL), FileMaker Pro, Syncfusion,
Crystal Reports
- SSADM (Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology), RUP
- IDE StP, Softbench, Continuus (config. mgmt), QA, McCabe (analysis)
EDUCATION
Received training in RUP, ISO 9001v2000 and Microsoft .NET
Reading College of Technology
Higher National Certificate in Mathematics, Statistics and Computing
Meteorological Office College
Meteorological Physics and Analysis
RECOGNITIONS
Schlumberger, Inc.
Promoted from Software Engineer to Senior Engineer
- Horizon Project
Meteorological Office
Nomination for Chief Executive’s Award for Excellence
- FCMS Application
Nomination for Chief Executive’s Award for Excellence
- Significant Weather Package |
