James Cronin: Curriculum Vitae

Name:

James Paul Cronin

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Contact details:

College (term time)

Address and 'phone number available on application.
Please email James@unfortu.net

Home (vacations)

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Please email James@unfortu.net

Email: James@unfortu.net
Web: http://www.gbnet.net/~jpc/

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Skills and experience:

I am an experienced programmer and system administrator with a good knowledge of C, C++, PERL, HTML, Java, Pascal, BASIC, Visual BASIC on the following platforms: Windows, MSDOS, RISC OS and various flavours of Unix. I have a good working knowledge and experience of Unix system administration and the fundamentals and practicalities of multi-platform integration and networking.

I have a strong ability for learning new skills quickly and am able to pass on my skills by training others. I have the capability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

My organisational skills are well attested through my various activities at University, school and elsewhere.

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Employment:

July 1996 - September 1996 (vacation)

Hostmaster and Systems Developer - Easynet Group plc.

Working as part of a small team responsible for all operational and systems development issues in a major European Internet Service Provider. I was responsible for all issues concerning the DNS and IP allocation. This involved liason with naming authorities, including the InterNIC and Nominet UK, whose creation I participated in as a member of their steering committee, internet authorities, such as the RIPE, with whom I successfully negotiated a significant increase in Easynet's allocation window, larger corporate customers, smaller home customers, potential customers and staff.
In addition to my prescribed job, I took the opportunity to involve myself with many other projects going on in the company at the same time including Easynet's successful LINX application and issues relating to Easynet's recently established branch in France. This enabled me to further widen my skills base and increase my experience.
At the end of my employment, I provided full documentation and training to my successors.

Summer 1993 - January 1996 (vacations)

Systems Programmer and Integrator - Systems Integration Section, Information Systems Division, University College London.

Working mainly on large scale distributed AIX UNIX systems and managed PCs. I was responsible for designing and implementing solutions and quickly solving and detecting problems both proactively and reactively in test and production systems. I also developed scripts and strategies to detect security breaches, which enabled the organisation to identify and prohibit several incidents of misuse.

Summer 1992

Systems Programmer - Finance and Systems Control Department, London Borough of Lewisham.

A work experience placement that gave me experience of large scale computer and data processing operations in mission critical systems.

Self employment

Accurate

Accurate is a computer software company, wholly owned and run by me, which donates all its profits to Muscular Dystrophy Research.

Private training, consultancy and contract work

I have written and conducted training courses for a number of institutions both on an individual and group level, have done consultancy both on-site and remotely, and performed contract work in my spare time.

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Education:

Degree

1994 - present: Magdalen College, University of Oxford
Studying for an MPhys degree in Physics a year early

4 A Levels

Colfe's School, London SE12 8AW.
Maths (A), Further Maths (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (A).

10 GCSEs

Maths (A), English (A), English Literature (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (A), Biology (A), German (A), French (A), Geography (A), History (A), Spoken English (1), Extension Mathematics (Pass).

Other qualifications including courses attended

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) - Spoken English Grade 2 Honours
Bromley Technology College - Course of evening classes in C++ Programming (1993)

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Achievements, awards and positions of responsibility:

University

President of Magdalen College JCR (Student Union);
Manager of the College wine shop with a turnover of £45,000;
Secretary, Treasurer and Co-Chair of a University society - the largest society of its kind in the UK;
Chairman of the Lars Day Memorial Fund Committee - A committee aiming to raise £150,000 to endow a scholarship;
Elected Chair of the Oxford University Student Union Council;
Best marks in College in end of 1st year Preliminary Examinations;
Awarded the Frere Benefaction for 1996;
Awarded a Worshipful Company of Leathersellers Exhibition;
Initiated, set-up, designed and produced the Magdalen College World Wide Web pages.

School

Senior Prefect;
Various academic prizes including those for Best A Level results and best GCSEs;
Scholarship holder;
Senior Library Assistant;
Class Attachment;
Established, edited and produced the Sixth Form newspaper;
Set up and ran the Computing Society;
Member of the Astronomy Society, Choral Society, Maths and Physics Society, Christian Union, Literary and Philosophical Society, Debating society and Amnestey International group;
Production and stage manager of plays and concerts.

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General:

I am British, in good health, am a non-smoker and have a full, clean driving licence.

Date of birth:

2 January 1977

Marital status:

Single

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©1996 James Cronin <James@unfortu.net>. This page was last modified on 14th March 1997.