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* Lead Data Transfer consultant on the Directline Insurance migration account providing procedural and technical guidance on the whole life cycle from gathering requirements through to warranty support and “lessons learnt” sessions. * Installation and configuration of Connect:Direct software on a variety of platforms including mainframes, various Unix and Windows systems. * Creating, testing and maintaining data transfers between Connect:Direct nodes on a variety of platforms. * Configuration of Secure+ * Certificate management using OpenSSL * Trained and mentored off-shore resources. * Installation and configuration of FileAgent

* Member of the team supporting the company's online sales and service system (TRACS). * Rewrote the backup and restore procedures greatly simplifying the process.

A variety of positions and roles were covered during my time with NPI including... Production Batch Support Technical support for the Year 2000 project including setting up and maintaining a discreet IBM test mainframe mirroring the production system. This involved looking after various scheduling packages, CA-View/Deliver, RACF (with Consul front-end) and others. RACF administrator for the production environment using both native RACF and the Consul front-end package. During this time Rexx was used to automate the most common activities carried out - new joiners, leavers and movers. General Windows administration.

* My primary role at Mercury Communications was spent as a Technical Operations Analyst looking after the telephone billing systems. Key achievement during this time include... * Key member of the operations team for the project making major changes to the billing system when telephone numbering formats changed. * Major contributor to the project setting up a bill archive and retrieval system that reduced the amount of time required to reprint a bill from weeks to less than an hour. * Time spent in the role of acting team leader.

* The section at London Transport's Computer Department became an independent Computer Operations bureau that was then absorbed into the Cap Gemini group. * Within the Computer Operations area my roles included... * Trainee Operator (1 year) * Computer Operator (3 years) * Senior Operator / Acting shift leader (2 years) * Trainee Operations Analyst (1 year) * Operations Analyst (2 years) * Key achievements during my time here include... * Acting shift leader managing a team of 16 operators and trainees with a very wide range of skills and experience. * Managing a team of 6 for the Bus Engineering Management System * Managing the operations side of the Accounts and General Ledger systems.

Connect:Direct SME on a variety of platforms Connect:Direct consultant on the IT Infrastructure Security project auditing the file transfer builds to identify possible security challenges.

* Providing Connect:Direct consultancy for the International Mainframe Migration project. * Documenting the installation and configuration of off-host platforms to enable Knowledge Transfer and transfer of responsibility to another insurance provider.

Our vision is to make Lloyds Banking Group the best bank for customers. As the UK's largest retail and commercial bank, we have a footprint that touches nearly every community and household in the UK. That gives us a big responsibility to support the UK economy, and to put customers at the heart of everything we do. To achieve this, we also need to be the best bank for our colleagues and our communities – and we have a clear strategy in place to make this a reality. We are building on our many strengths: iconic brands, strong heritages and great people. To unlock the great potential in our business, we are becoming more efficient, more transparent, and more responsive to customers. Already the UK's largest community investor, we are giving even more back and have made a number of commitments to help Britain prosper. Above all, we are putting customers first.

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