Administrative Assistant at Findhorn College
Inverness, United Kingdom
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- Administrative Assistant at Findhorn College
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- Software Engineer at Findhorn Bay Caravan Park
- Software Design & Engineering at local carshare groups
- Computer training, programming and support at various clients
- Software Engineer at Expressive Software Projects Ltd.
- Software Engineer at HoCo
- Software Design & Engineering at Findhorn Bay Caravan Park
- Software Designer & Engineer at New Findhorn Directions
- Software Engineer at Softease Ltd.
- Software Engineer at Insignia Solutions
- Computer support at Metropolitan Police
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Andy Bettis’s Experience
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Administrative Assistant
Findhorn College
(Higher Education industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
I provide office support for the faculty and administration at Findhorn College. This includes computer systems monitoring, support and maintenance, filing and archiving, handling of phone, email and postal enquiries, applications and bookings, and liaison with affiliated organisations.
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Software Engineer
Findhorn Bay Caravan Park
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
December 2008 — January 2009 (2 months)
A complete rewrite of the booking system I wrote for FBCP in 2002 (see below). Partly in response to upgraded computer equipment this also gave the opportunity to redesign the user interface so it could be used more easily by new and temporary staff.
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Software Design & Engineering
local carshare groups
(Renewables & Environment industry)
October 2008 — November 2008 (2 months)
After extensive consultation with local car sharing groups I designed and wrote an application to provide management and accounting for their systems. The work was done from home with regular visits to the client sites.
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Computer training, programming and support
various clients
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1999 — October 2007 (8 years 6 months)
Since moving to Scotland I have provided computer training, consultancy and support for businesses and individuals in the local area.
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Software Engineer
Expressive Software Projects Ltd.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 11 months)
Designed and implemented a cross-platform update of the ESP music processing engine, both as a replacement for existing code and as a basis for future product development. I worked from home, visiting the company site a few times each year.
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Software Engineer
HoCo
(Utilities industry)
September 2003 — September 2003 (1 month)
Developed a finance program to run alongside the billing system (for New Findhorn Directions, see October 2001) to allow ground rent levels to be projected forward for budgeting purposes.
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Software Design & Engineering
Findhorn Bay Caravan Park
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
March 2002 — August 2002 (6 months)
Designed and implemented a booking system for a local holiday park. For this contract I worked from home, visiting the company site every other day on average.
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Software Designer & Engineer
New Findhorn Directions
(Utilities industry)
October 2001 — February 2002 (5 months)
The complete analysis, design and implementation of a billing system for the Findhorn Foundation community. This was originally for energy supplies only (electricity, LPG, oil,etc.) but was progressively extended to cover water and sewage, ground rent, and local association charges. I worked mainly from home, visiting the company site once a week on average.
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Software Engineer
Softease Ltd.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1998 — August 2001 (3 years 6 months)
I worked on the initial port of 'Textease' from PC/Acorn to the Apple Mac, then continued on general cross-platform development of the program.
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Software Engineer
Insignia Solutions
(Public Company; INSG; Computer Software industry)
June 1994 — February 1998 (3 years 9 months)
I was part of the Apple Mac group working on 'SoftWindows' and 'RealPC', emulation programs allowing Windows programs to run on Macintoshes.
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Computer support
Metropolitan Police
(Government Agency; Law Enforcement industry)
October 1992 — November 1993 (1 year 2 months)
I provided telephone and on-site support for Apple Macs being used by the Met. in South-West London.
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