Chris Rowe

Current

• Application Developer at Atos Origin

Past

• Technical Systems Administrator at AstraZeneca
• Software Engineer at Genial Genetic Solutions
• R&D Engineer at EDS

• Web Developer at Stuff & Nonsense Ltd

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Education

• University of Durham
• University of Bradford

Connections

19 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Chris Rowe’s Summary

Chris Rowe’s Specialties:

Java Development, Web Development, Systems Administration, Process Improvement, Technology Research, Technology Consulting

Chris Rowe’s Experience

• Application Developer

  Atos Origin

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ATO; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

• Technical Systems Administrator

  AstraZeneca

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AZN; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  January 2005 — July 2008 (3 years 7 months)

  Responsible, as technical authority within Sample & Data Management Team, for ongoing maintenance of the LIMS and its interface to the DNA storage facility.
  
  Design, development and maintenance of custom functionality within the system - mixture of Java (J2SE) code, VBScript, Business Objects reports and PL/SQL. Authoring of associated technical documentation.
  
  Second line technical support to users of the system.
  Configuration Manager of source code repository (Borland StarTeam) within team.

• Software Engineer

  Genial Genetic Solutions

  (Computer Software industry)

  July 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 6 months)

  Member of a team of 3-5 developers responsible for development and maintenance of company's software products. Existing versions were developed using MS Access and Visual Basic, their replacements were written in Java and MS SQL Server.
  
  Jointly responsible, with company's Product Specialists, for defining, documenting and prioritising system requirements acording to company's quality system. Included close collaboration with significant customers, primarily within the NHS.
  
  Significant focus on component-based development, particularly with regards to the use of free and open source technology. Notable items used include Eclipse, CVS, Hibernate, JUnit and Ant.
  
  Technical Support lead for existing (MS Access) versions of products, including telephone/email and on-site support.

• R&D Engineer

  EDS

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2000 — June 2003 (3 years )

  Working as part of the Technical Architecture Group, responsible for analysis, evaluation, and prototyping/demonstration of new technology in support of the Employment Service contract.
  
  Technical lead on pilot project to deliver desktop Internet access to 20 Job Centre offices around the UK. Project was considered such a success that pilot was expanded to entire agency.
  
  Member of Software Component Reuse team the saved company $100,000 in development costs in the first year.

• Web Developer

  Stuff & Nonsense Ltd

  (Internet industry)

  June 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 8 months)

  Responsible for implementation of web-based content managment (CMS) and shopping cart systems, on a variety of web sites. Developed using Active Server Pages (ASP) and MS Access, the solutions would be customised to each client's requirements.
  
  Back end development (ASP/MS Access) for a web site commissioned by the Welsh Assembly as part of a national anti-smoking campaign.

Chris Rowe’s Education

• University of Durham

  MA , Management , 2006 — 2009

• University of Bradford

  BEng , Software Engineering , 1997 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Football Team

Additional Information

Chris Rowe’s Groups:

British Computer Society

•    Former and current Atos-Origin employees
•    UK Libertarian Party