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Curriculum vitae of
Michael Donovan
Last Updated 28 Jan 2003

Address: 

 Maynooth,

Email: 

 job@mikedonovan.org
Co Kildare,
Ireland.

Date of Birth: 

 09 July 1973

Summary: 

 Postgraduate Degree: MSc. in Software Engineering, NUI Maynooth. (2H1), 2yr part time.
Primary Degree:  BSc. Double Honours in Computer science and Physics, 4yr full time.
Work Experience: 7 years software design, development and team leadership.

Work Experience


Jan 1996 - Present
Systems Solutions Software Ltd, 52 Broomhill Road, Tallaght, Co Dublin.

I began working in system solutions as a graduate and have worked my way up to becoming team lead on a major software development contract for the company.


Role: Team Lead (Team Size: 5 People, Duration: 2½ Years)
Project: Multi-tier pharmacy application
Technology: Delphi, Midas and MS SQL Server
Customer: UK Pharmacy Group

  • Liased with customer to specify requirements.
  • Investigated suitable technology.
  • Wrote initial code (architecture) to commence the project.
  • Provided environment to facilitate team input and brainstorming.
  • Demonstrated work in progress to customer.

Role: Senior Programmer. (Team Size: 3 People, Duration: 3 Years)
Project: Practice management system.
Technology: Delphi, Borland Database Engine
Customers: Irish Medical Professionals (GP’s, Dentists and Consultants)

  • Researched and compiled requirements for product.
  • Wrote and maintained design documentation.
  • Developed most of the key modules.
  • Liased with marketing department to write product sales literature.
  • Wrote support documentation for customer services department.

Role: Programmer. (Team size: 1Full-time, 1 Part-time, Duration: 1 Year)
Project: Stock control system.
Technology: Delphi, Pascal, Serial Comms, Kermit Data Transfer Protocol
Customers: Drug wholesale company.

  • Helped compile requirements.
  • Investigated technology required to fulfil requirements.
  • Designed and wrote most of the code for the product.
  • Wrote training material for product.
  • Planned and executed final rollout of the software.
  • Provided on site support to ensure product success.


1993 - 1995
National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co Kildare.Part time tutor helping first and second year computer science students with project work. I was involved inteaching Modula 2, C, SSADM, COBOL and SYBASE SQL to students.

Education

1998 - 2000
MSc. in Software Engineering, NUI Maynooth. (2H1)

This is a part time course done over two years. It is designed to extend the theoretical knowledge gained in a primary degree to cover the more practical aspects of software engineering. The course is accredited by European Software Institute. The latest software engineering techniques are covered in the course, with a lot of emphasis on object oriented technologies such as UML and Design Patterns.


1991 - 1995
BSc. Double Honours in Computer science and Physics, NUI Maynooth.

This is a full time course done over four years. The computer science component consisted of many modules varying from the highly theoretical (e.g. parts of artificial intelligence and complexity theory) to very practical (e.g. C++, Visual Basic, SQL and Software Design)


1986 - 1991
Maria Immaculata Secondary School, Dunmanway, Co Cork.

Hobbies

Jogging, five a side soccer, toastmasters, badminton, gym, cinema, reading, technology


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