James Gosling

Current

• Technical Consultant at Salford Software

Past

• Novell Contractor / Consultant at University of Nottingham
• Network Manager at Trinity School
• PC Support Specialist at The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Ltd

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James Gosling’s Summary

Master Certified Novell Engineer, implementing and supporting Novell products for over 14 years. Cross platform skills.

James Gosling’s Specialties:

IT consultant specializing in the design, implementation and support of Novell products. Currently focused primarily on Novell Identity Manager. Extensive experience with eDirectory, ZENworks, NetWare, GroupWise and BorderManager.

James Gosling’s Experience

• Technical Consultant

  Salford Software

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Learning the dark arts of Novell Identity Manager.

• Novell Contractor / Consultant

  University of Nottingham

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  April 2008 — September 2008 (6 months)

  A large and successful University with multiple campuses across the City of Nottingham and overseas in Malaysia and China. The University employs approx. 6,000 staff and their network serves approx. 40,000 users. Providing expertise for a number of projects involving Novell technologies including eDirectory, Open Enterprise Server, Storage Manager, NetStorage, CIFS and the migration of services from the legacy Netware platform to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and OES Linux.

• Network Manager

  Trinity School

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

  1999 — March 2008 (9 years )

  A very large school, consisting of specialist language centre, leisure centre, and secondary school, all based on a city centre campus. 8 buildings, approx 1800 students and 200 staff. Leading a team responsible for all aspects of the ICT infrastructure.

• PC Support Specialist

  The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Ltd

  (Retail industry)

  1993 — 1999 (6 years )

  Specialist retailer with over 280 outlets throughout the UK, trades under a variety of store names, offering a wide range of clothing, accessories and gifts. Also owns a number of leisure sites and tourist attractions. Headed PC Support team, providing technical support for desktop computers at their headquarters. Installed, configured, maintained and supported Novell and Microsoft servers. Responsibilities included network support, software licensing and staff training.

Additional Information

James Gosling’s Interests:

Novell products, Identity Manager, eDirectory, Zenworks, Groupwise, BorderManager, Netware, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Novell OES Linux, Novell Storage Manager, Linux Migration.

James Gosling’s Groups:

British Computer Society,
Network Professional Association

•    Identity Management Specialists Group
•    Identity & Access Management
•    League of IAM Architects/Consultants
•    Novell Partners
•    Youthenticate Identity Services 2.0
•    BCS Chartered IT Professional
•    SUSE Linux Users Group
•    Novell MCNE Club
•    Identity Management in the NHS

James Gosling’s Honors:

Master Certified Novell Engineer (Master CNE)
Chartered IT Professional (BCS CITP)
Certified Network Professional (CNP)
ISEB Certificate in Service Management (ITIL)
PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner
CompTIA IT Project+ Certified Professional
CompTIA Linux+ Certified Professional

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