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Written by Bob H   
Wednesday, 22 August 2007 22:15

I must type a personal statement but here is my basic information, feel free to read more for my full CV.

Employment

2007 – Present                      Humax Electronics Co, Ltd.          Hounslow, Middlesex
Chief Technologist (Regional)

Strategic thinking for future technologies. Operator and retail business support. Liason between commercial and engineering teams. Sales team support for tenders and sales. Pan-European responsibilities and international relationships.

2006 – 2007                      Ravensbourne College          Chislehurst, Kent
Senior Lecturer: Broadcast Technology

Teaching broadcast technology and engineering skills in Higher Education. Unit level management and course committee representation. Authoring of course content and delivery to groups of 10 to 150. Promotional work at events, including Middle Eastern recruitment.

2004 – 2006          BBC Technology Ltd / Siemens          West London
Systems Specialist: Satellites

Overall responsibility for major broadcast teleport. Support for operational staff and senior management. Disaster recovery systems and remote site operational support. Project support and systems design consultancy.

2001 – July 2004                        Telenor UK Ltd.          London
Master Control Engineer

Earth station operation for satellite communications, SNG and DTH-TV. Intelsat calibrated earth station for customer line-up. Infrastructure engineering, faultfinding and installations. New antenna commissioning including Intelsat ESVA testing. Project engineering, systems design, documentation and research.

Occasional         Project Management Consultancy          Dover, Kent
Computer Systems Engineer

Systems and software development on a consultancy basis.

 

Education

2003                        BBC Training & Development          Wood Norton

Digital Satellite Communications

Principles for operation of SNG units and earth stations. Link budgets for transmission parameters. Operational use of SNG terminals (safety, procedure and handling).

1998 – 2001                     Southampton Institute          Hampshire

Batchelor of Science with Honors in Media Technology (2:2)

Engineering for television, radio, film, music and multimedia events. Media production fundamentals for the creation of media content such as television programs and multi-media systems. Electronic and electrical principles, with analogue & digital interfacing, micro-controller systems, signal analysis and use of test equipment. Radio frequency systems, analogue and digital communications. Information technology, multi-media content design, digital imaging, speech processing and intelligent systems design.

June ‘00 & Nov ‘05                                          

First Aid At Work

Health and Safety Executive approved course.

1997 - 1998               Canterbury Adult Education          Kent

Japanese Level 1

Basic language usage and principles. Culture, social etiquette and interaction.

1991 - 1998                     St Edmund’s RC School          Dover, Kent

Secondary Education

                   A-Level Physics (E) and AS-Level Mathematics (E). 12 GCSE Grades (B-D) including: English Language (B), Math (B), Physics (B), Biology (B), Chemistry (B), and French (B). RSA Computer Literacy and Information Technology (all possible modules)

Technical Skills

Engineering for microwave satellite communications. Troubleshooting satellite transmission problems with variety of equipment. Research, commissioning, installation and testing of new systems. Software development for bespoke applications, including hardware interfacing, database design and data analysis. Digital telecommunications and video systems engineering. Signal analysis of n-PSK, 16QAM, PAL video, SDI video and audio. Professional television, film and audio studio engineering. Computer systems engineering including use of all Microsoft operating systems, various Unix implementations and other operating systems. Programming in Visual Basic, VBA, ASP, PHP, Pearl, HTML and knowledge of C/C++, Java, MC69HC05 ASM and Atmel AVR ASM.

Personal Details

Nationality: British
Driving Licence: Full & clean UK car licence (B, B1, f, k & p).

Interests

Home maintenance and improvement.
Photography and collection of Russian/Soviet cameras.
Films, food and drink.