PARTIAL CURRICULUM VITAE FOR JAMES W.B. PREEDY
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Marital Status : Single
Nationality : British
Age : 26
Date of Birth : 07/12/1981
Place of Birth : Crawley, West Sussex
Currently Based : Port Sunlight, Wirral
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Degree
A Level
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Advanced Mathematics
Others
- City & Guilds 4261 Computers & Computing
- AO Level Advanced Mathematics
GCSE
- Mathematics
- Design & Technology
- French
- Chemistry
- Music
- Physics
- Electronics
- Biology
- English Language
- English Literature
EDUCATION HISTORY
09/03 - 06/06 - University of Nottingham
- Completed a BSc (Hons.) in Computer Science.
- Completed Modules Included …
| Year 04/05 | Year 05/06 |
| Computer Communication & Networks | Advanced Computer Communications |
| Compilers | Developments in Digital Business |
| Concepts of Concurrency | Enterprise Level Computing |
| Commercial & Industrial Systems Design | Formal System Specification |
| Database Systems Full Year | Individual Dissertation |
| Full Year Software Engineering Project | Cryptography |
| Object Oriented Methods | Computer Graphics |
| History of Computers and Computing | Multimedia and Virtual Reality |
| Algorithms and Data Structures | Computer Security |
| The Internet & World Wide Web | |
| User Interface Design |
10/01 - 06/02 - University of York
- MEng in Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems
09/95 - 06/00 - Lancing College, West Sussex
- 3 A Level Passes
- 1 Complete City & Guilds Course in IT
- 10 GCSE Passes + 1 AO Level Pass
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
09/06 - Present, Apple Retail UK, Bentall Centre, Kingston-Upon-Thames
Mac Genius
08/04 - 06/06, Blockbuster Video, Lenton, Nottingham
Duty Manager / Third Key Holder
- Strong member of the sales team involved with promotions & active selling.
- Well versed in providing good customer service whilst still meeting sales targets.
- Was first on the call-out list in case of an emergency in-store.
- Regularly liased between Customer Service Representatives & the Management Team with any issues raised.
- Duties include running shifts, cash & banking, opening and closing the store and running & organising daily briefs.
10/02 - 05/03, Computer World / Time Computers, York
Senior Sales / Technician / Third Key Holder
- Experience gained in the high pressure world of KPI target selling.
- Quickly became the highest performing member of the store’s sales team.
- Learnt to provide excellent customer service whilst keeping store profitability as high as possible.
- Needed to regularly liaise between customers in store, head office and phone support.
- Was also used as in-store technician for the diagnosis, repair and upgrade of customers PC’s.
- Quickly became Third Keyholder, trusted with store keys, opening & closing duties & also banking & cashing up.
07/02 - 09/02, Snell & Wilcox Ltd, Havant
Electronic Design Engineer
- 10 Week Part-time holiday work.
- Continuation of research and development begun in 09/00.
09/00 - 08/01, Snell & Wilcox Ltd, Havant
Electronic Design Engineer
- Full Time work taken in Gap Year.
- Work in the research and developement of high quality video processing technology for the broadcast, production and post-production industries.
- Worked with the ACRON team, dealing with the real-time restoration of video footage.
- R&D involved work into the detections of video shot changes in film.
- My research and algorithms are still used in Snell & Wilcox products to this day.
- Received University Sponsorship.
1999, SEC Software, Harrow-on-the-Hill, London
Software Engineer
- College Organised work experience.
- One week project involving coding in Visual Basic using an Access Database.
- SQL and Jet structures were used to pull data from a backend to then display in the GUI.
03/99 - 12/99, Sweethaven Computers, Woodhatch
Technician / Sales
- Part-time holiday work.
- Sales - advice and recommendations on a choice of peripheral given the customer’s specific needs, requirements and budget.
- Assembly and testing of new PCs.
- Installation of new peripherals and associated software.
- Troubleshooting and general maintenance.
- Over the phone technical support.
12/98 - 01/99, Cygnus Computer Systems, Woodhatch
Technician
- Part-time holiday work.
- Assembly and testing of new PC’s.
- Installation of new peripherals and associated software.
- Troubleshooting and general maintenance.
- Over the phone technical support.
OTHER AWARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS & INTERESTS
- Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
- Young Enterprise Scheme.
- Year in Industry Scheme.
- Completed a Year in Industry Business Management Course at Pershore Business College.
- National Award from the Engineering Employers Federation for Innovation & Contribution to Business.
- St. John’s Ambulance Lifesaver Plus First Aid Course.
- Accomplished pianist and flautist.
- Member of Lancing College’s and York University’s Orchestra and Concert Band.
- National finalist for Eton Fives in 2000.
- Keen golfer & handicap of 19 at the prestigious Hampton Court Palace Golf Club in Surrey.
- Held a UK drivers license with Pass Plus for 8 years.
CONTACTS & REFERENCES
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