Matthew Lancaster - Curriculum Vitae - Vocation

MATTHEW LANCASTER.

D.O.B: 20 November 1968

PERSONAL PROFILE
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I am a keen electronics and computing enthusiast with experience 
of providing technical support to users in a large company. I have 
hardware, software and network administration skills.

I have a full current driving licence.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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2000 – 2003 YMCA, Hove £60 a week
Computer Technician, Volunteer
Upgrading and installing hardware and software; 
Help customers and advise manager about 
upgrades and pricing of computers.

1998 – 2003 Limited Editions, Kemptown
Office Supervisor, Volunteer
Hardware and software Maintenance; Invoicing 
Letters; Screen printing;
Woodwork and training others to use the 
                      computer skills I know.

1995 – 1997  Ray Lancaster (Painters and Decorators)
Painter and Decorator, Property Developer
Occasional Work for my father’s business 
                      as demand arose

1991 – 1994 Fine Reproductions, Portslade
Furniture Assembler and finisher
Sanding, preparation and spraying of reproduction furniture:
Deliveries to customers

1991 - 1991  Northbrook College, Worthing, salary £10,000 yearly
Computer Technician
General Support; network administration; 
Software installation;
Maintenance of peripheral equipment

1986 – 1990 Ewbank Preece Group Ltd, Hove, final salary £10,000                               yearly
The Company is a World Team of Engineering Consultants
Communications and Hardware Technician
Starting as a trainee, I was promoted to 
Systems And Hardware Technician and finally to 
Communications and Hardware Technician.
I monitored the use of communications and 
                      computer systems;
Arranged back-ups, installed software
                      Maintained peripherals
Managed the local network; installed hardware;
Ran error checks; provided help desk facilities to all users.

1984 – 1985 Tesco Superstore, Portslade
Part-time Shelf Filler

EDUCATION and QUALIFICATIONS
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2000 – Aug Sussex Careers Services
Personal Development
Study Skills (1 Credit Level 2)

2000 – May Sussex Careers Services 
Personal Development
Assertiveness and Conflict Management (1 Credit Level 2)
Time Management and Communication 
                     Skills (1 Credit Level 2)

1998 – Dec  Brighton College of Technology
Computer Science A-Level Failed

1990 - Mar  University Of Brighton Computer Science Failed

1988 – Dec British Safety Council
Qualified First Aider Certificate
Valid For three years

1986 – 1988   Brighton Information Technology Centre
Introductory City and Guilds 726
Information Technology (Level 1)
Office Skills and Procedures
Computer Operations and Applications
Computer Programming and Software
Electronics and Hardware
Graphical, Written and Oral Technical Communications
Health and Safety
City and Guild 726
Information Technology (Level 2)

1984 – 1985   Brighton College of Technology
Computer Science BBC Micros Evening Study Course
                      Extra Study While Still at School

1980 – 1985 Portslade Community College
CSE Science Grade 2
CSE Maths Grade 4

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS
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Operating Systems ZX81, Dragon, BBC Micro, Microsoft Dos 6.22, 
Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, Windows 7, 
                               Windows 10, Android

Software Office XP, Office 2003, Excel 2003, Outlook 2003,                                   FrontPage 2003, Publisher 2003, Norton 360

Hardware Hard Disks, DVD Drives, PDA’s, Tablet’s, 
USB, Networking and Routers 

Programming Visual Basic 6 Windows and VB Dos, Basic’s 
of C++, HTML Java script PHP, Perl
                        6502 Assembly and 80x86
Windows API’s in VB6, Outlook Office 2003, Excel 2003, 
                        Internet Communications in Visual Basic,
                        Web Programming,
Visual Studio 6

Media   Skilled Audio Editing WAV MP3 WMA,
Video, Jpeg Handling

Projects            Caller ID Programming 12 Years From 1995

Programming     Web Work 
File Handling 
Clipboard Programming 
Speech Programming
Encryption 
Blue Tooth
Outlook Office
Keyboard Loggers
File Strings Manipulation
CRC32 – File Dupe Removal 
Event Date Programming
Sunrise Maths -- Moon Maths -- Season Calc,  
Big On Word Play 
                          Especially Double Words and Acronyms
Internal File Blogging
Extensive Excel Programming Projects
Drive Removal Detection
Web Work Favourite Links Page -- 
                          Double Word HTML Pages
Favourite Link programming To HTML
Jpeg Work Own Viewers
A Lot Work Music Play Lists -- MP3 Tag Editing, 
Meticulous about backups 
File Launchers .EXE .TXT Instead of Windows Desktop 
Read Shortcut and Links internal Info – 
                          Create Shortcuts 
Find System Folders
Volume Mixer Settings 
Screen Scrapers Include -
- BBC Weather
- Friends Reunited
- Dance Music Mp3’s Site 
- BangingTunes.com 
- What is your IP 
VPN Dial Up Connection Control
Run-As Program with Windows Login user Password 
I Can Enumerate the processes 
Find Window, Convert Process to Hwnd and EXE, Find Parent 
URL Logger – Reads the address bar from Internet Explorer Or  
Read info Of any Box or Button On Any Form -- ExFindWindow
WinRar Auto Archiving – WinZip PKZip 
Registry Keys Programming
Computer Usage Idle and Active Programming Logging 
File System Object 
ListView 
Enumerate System Info – CPU Usage etc.
TimeLine Logging Data Graphs
Bezier curve’s

Familiar With   WinDowse – Nero – WinRar
                        Vice Versa Backups -  FileMon - Process Monitor
Process Explorer - Tweak UI - Tweak XP – Qlaunch - 
                        Feed Demon RSS Feeds, Good Sync
                        EasyThumbs - Easy MPG Lite - Easy Audio Converter                             Word Net 2.1
                        WinAmp  - WinHTTrack – TrueCrypt – TreeSize -                                     NotePad2 - Notepad+ - Norton 360 - Irfanview
                        TextView - MP3 Direct Cut,  Net Monitor - Jpeg Cruncher
                        FileZilla - FileZilla Server – IceView - Cool Edit 2000

Familiar With WEB Gmail ,GCalendar, Gdoc, GPhoto’s, 
GBlogger, GBookMark, Google Earth, 
                                Planet Source Code, 
Windows Live OneDrive, DropBox, OutLook EMail, 
                                BT and Yahoo EMail, RoboForm

Want to Learn
Programming Visual Basic Express 2008, Better at PHP, 
Pearl, FTP Server, SQL Programming, 
                                Access Database 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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I have been using electronic components many years
I was trained by a ‘Tae Kwon Do’ Master for a year including travel to 
Spain Barcelona as part of it.
I have installed and fabricated a time monitor program to 
specification for a bridge tournament using two microcomputers and eight monitors at the Brighton Center
I started programming assembly language up to event driven interrupts level with the BBC Micro 6502 Processor and have practiced the basics of it on the PC.
I have programmed smart caller ID program in VB6 including 
converting a caller id unit electronically into a computer caller id RS232
unit to use with it

HOBBIES and INTERESTS
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I like Working on cars; reading; writing; computing;  
graphical and astronomical mathematics; electronics; music; 
occasional socialising; walking.

Find My LinkedIn Profile Here
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewlancaster2

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