CURRICULUM VITAE - STEPHEN DAVID HOGG ELLIOTT

Home address : 27 St James Str Ferndale Johannesburg

Postal address : 27 St James Str Ferndale Johannesburg

Work address : 27 St James Str Ferndale Johannesburg

Telephone number : 078 046 2796 (Cell)

PERSONAL DATA

Surname : ElliottFirst names : Stephen David HoggIdentity number : 650730 5170 084Date of birth : 30 July 1965Sex : MaleMarital status : DivorcedNationality : South AfricanHome language : EnglishOther languages : Afrikaans (speak, read, write, understand)

German (speak, read, understand)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Last school attended : Pinelands High Pinelands, Cape Town (1979 - 1983)

Highest standard passed : Matriculated with a First Class PassSubjects passed : English, Afrikaans, Latin,

Biology, Physical science and Mathematics

Distinctions : Physical science

HIGHER EDUCATION

University attended : University Of Cape TownDegree obtained : B.Sc. (Elec. Eng.)(Electronics)Subjects passed : All required courses (Details in academic

record). Including courses and programming experience in FORTRAN, PASCAL and BASIC. Thesis included hardware design of a digital non intrusive flow meter and associated Z80 assembler programs.

Bursary : Siemens (1984 - 1987)

SKILLS PROFILE

1 – Repair and installation of desktop / laptop software, Microsoft Windows (all versions) and Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, etc). Specializing in both Microsoft and open source applications. Upgrades, re-installs, device drivers, printing, internet, wi-fi and other network problems.2 – Application design, development and programming of office automation and productivity systems. Assist with applications like MS Excel, MS Access, Pastel, etc. Programming languages: Visual Basic, PHP, C++, Java, system scripting (mainframe and Unix), COBOL, PASCAL, FORTRAN, BASIC, Assembler.3 – Web site implementation and maintenance. Repairs, upgrades and modifications to sites using Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla. Webmaster services, e-mail, anti-spam, domain registration, etc. Traffic statistics, anaysis, Google analytics and so forth.4 - E/web-marketing strategies and implementation including search engine optimization (SEO).5 – Operating system and application integration: Linux, Microsoft, Unix and mainframe platforms.6 – Networking: application integration, TCP-IP, LAN and WAN, CISCO, switches, routers, firewalls.7 – SAN: Design, build and maintain SAN systems, Netapp NAS storage, EMC SAN storage (Clariion), Cisco and Brocade switches. Server platforms: Solaris, Microsoft and Linux. Certified EMC IE 08/2008.8 - General contract management, including customer SLA and maintenance, various back-back contracts.9 - Project planning and management of various IMAC projects.10 – Technical report writing, including quotations.11 – IT system performance evaluation and reporting12 – Customer support in Call-desk, SLA, 24 x 7 environment.13 – BS2000 (Siemens) mainframe hardware, software and system administration and networking.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Name of firm : Private contractorAddress of firm : 27 St James Street

Ferndale Randburg

Type of firm : Support of computer systems (Information technology)Present post : Contractor (self-employed) (Oct. 2008 – present)Business website : http://www.xtranet-its.com Main job functions :

Business IT consulting. Consulting on office solutions using Microsoft Windows, MS Office, VB, Linux.Main services offered:Diagnosis and solution of hardware, software and network problems. Support of SOHO networking and Microsoft / Linux servers and desktops.General office automation using Visual Basic and other programming languages and macro tools.Additional services offered:Site evaluation and report on IT infrastructure (servers, network, storage, internet, etc.)Website design and implementation. Search engine optimization (SEO).

Client responsibilities:Jan. 2015 – Oct. 2015 Higher Sources International, Anita Noyes-Smith,

Virgin Astrology websiteReplace functionality of seceretary's (unfixable) MS XP laptop with aging hardware on RedHat. Appointment bookings, client details, client payments, other spreadsheets, e-mail, etc.

Automating and augmenting office appoinment, accounting and other office systems.

Support of MacBook running MacOS Snow Leopard upgrades, applications, network and integration.

Support for iTablet and iPad.

Webmaster for Drupal site www.virginastrology.com

Repairs, patches and upgrades to core and many aditional modules. Aesthetic and functional improvements. Manage user registrations, requests, e-commerce. Anti-spam measures. Re-design of mailing accounts.

Mar. 2015 – Apr. 2015, Jul. 2014 – Aug. 2015, Jan. 2013 - Feb. 2015

Builders Timber Market

Ad hoc support of LAN network, wi-fi and ISP routers and connections.

Support of server and workstations (Linux, Windows XP, 7 and 8.1), office applications, installations, upgrades, including Pastel accounting and printing.

Design, develop and implement productivity flow system using MS Access and Visual Basic.

Previous clients:

Health Sense, Wanda Bruce, www.healthsense.co.za

Laptop software support, webmaster services.

Others:

- support of EMC equipment for Department of Labour SAN) and ad hoc mainframe support.- Actom, BenoniRegular mainframe support.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Name of firm : Fujitsu-SiemensAddress of firm : Friesland Ave

Longmeadow Business Park Modderfontein Johannesburg

Type of firm : Sales and support of computer systems (Information technology)

Present post : Senior Systems Engineer (Dec. 1996 – Oct. 2008)Main job functions : Post sales support of IT hardware and software.

All functions are performed within a Call Desk and customer SLA environment.Equipment maintained includes EMC storage and Network Appliance storage. Also Fujitsu-Siemens servers (mainframe BS2000), Unix (Sun Solaris), Microsoft and Linux platforms. I support OS, application and DB issues, also networking and hardware. Configuration, administration and maintenance of EMC and Network Appliance SAN equipment. My most important function is to manage the support of all our customer’s SAN's and NAS's.Visit customer sites, fault-find and correct system malfunctions.Assist customers telephonically with fault-diagnosis and general system operation.Responsible for in-house systems (“test lab” network, firewall and servers, office automation).Also responsible for technical reports, contract management (both customer and back-to-back), spares logistics and quotations.Also pre-sales activities such as configurations and quotations, on-going contract management.

Reason for leaving : Poor work environment, was dismissed.

Name of firm : Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems / SiemensAddress of firm : Siemens House

Janadel Ave. Halfway House Midrand

Type of firm : Sales and support of computer systems (Information technology)

Present post : Systems engineer (July 1990 – December 1996)01/07/94 : Promoted to Product Specialist BS200001/12/96 : Promoted to Senior System Engineer

Main job functions : My team is responsible for supporting and maintainingthe software and hardware on customer computer systems running the BS2000 mainframe operating system.My most important function thus is visiting customer sites, diagnosing and correcting system software malfunctions.I help many customers over the phone when they have queries regarding system operation.Also responsible for the systems administration of the in-house development mainframe and for the administration of the technical document filing system.

01/07/94 : Job functions augmented to include installation and administration of Microsoft PC networking and office automation products within the department. Also second level support and installation of various

UNIX (Sinix) operating systems.05/08/94 : Microsoft Product Specialist certification02/10/95 : Microsoft Systems Engineer certification01/12/96 : Job functions now include management of

software group, BS2000 project and installation planning and configuration, pre-sales and investigation of new products (PC, UNIX, BS2000), diagnosis of general network LAN and WAN faults, Microsoft NT support, and support of client server environments at customer sites and internal systems.

Name of organization : S.A.D.F.Address of organization : C.S.L., PretoriaType of organization : MilitaryPost held : Signals Officer

(August 1988 - April 1990)Main job functions : I completed three months basic training at

Personnel Services School, Voortrekkerhoogte. Thereafter I completed a six month signal officers course (R4 course) at Heidelberg. After that I worked at the C.S.I.R. premises on military radar

projects. This entailed digital hardware design and computer programming in PASCAL and assembly languages.

Reason for leaving : Completion of military service

Name of firm : Siemens Ltd.Address of firm : Siemens Ltd.

Wolmarans Str. cnr Biccard Braamfontein Johannesburg

Type of firm : Electrical and electronic systemsPost held : Junior systems engineer

(February 1988 - July 1988)Main job functions : I enrolled with S.A.C.P.E. (now Engineering

Council of S.A.) and was placed on the GET scheme by the Siemens training department.I wrote several test programs and operator interface programs in COBOL. This was part of the SAPOGRAM project, a SIEMENS mainframe installation. SAPOGRAM is a telegram management system used by TELKOM. Thereafter, my main function under Mr. Lange-Smith was fault-finding and implementation of design improvements with the MTS2000 terminal.

Reason for leaving : National service obligations.

TRAINING SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED

1993 Introduction to PC’s and DOS1993 Overview of OSI and Packet Networks1993 BS2000 Mainframe administration courses (6), in German1993 MS Excel (Basic)1993 UNIX User Skills1993 LAN Manager User1993 UNIX System Administrator1993 Object Oriented Design1993 C++ Programming1993 ComfoDesk Electronic Desk Organizer1993 RM400 RM600 H/W & System Admin1994 MS Mail and Schedule1994 LAN Manager Administration1994 Supporting Windows 3.1 / MS DOS 6.21994 SNI-PRS IPDS Advanced1994 Supporting Microsoft Windows NT1994 Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51995 Inter-networking Microsoft TCP/IP on Microsoft Windows NT 3.51995 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

certification achieved Oct 2, 19951996 MS Windows 95

1996 Internet User’s Course1997 FADE Problem Solving Methodology1996 MS Excel – Advanced1999 SAP R/3 Getting Started course2000 MS Windows 2000 Upgrade2001 ISO 9001 :2000 Awareness Course2002 Access 2000 Level 1 & 22004 SA 118 Fundamentals of Solaris2004 Data ONTAP System Administration2005 Project Management2005 EMC Proven Professional SE Accreditation Clariion Specialist2006 Red Hat RH131 - Red Hat Linux System Administration and

RH253 - RHL Networking and Security Admin, required for RHCE certification

2006 Data ONTAP System Administrative Fundamentals2006 NetBackup for Unix2007 Flexframe for Oracle training (Siemens, Munich)2007 EMC Clariion Host Integration & Management with Snap- and

MirrorView and SAN Copy2007 EMC Proven Professional EMCPA Clariion Solutions2008 EMC Proven Professional EMCIE Implementation Engineer

Clariion Solutions Specialist2010 - 2012 Various web-based training programs including web site

hosting, wordpress and web marketing.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

1 – SAPOGRAM Mainframe Cluster MigrationThe South African national central Telegram handling system. The SAOPGRAM system receives telegrams from other computers and operators all over the country. It performs input and output queuing, store and forward, logging and backup.

Customer : TelkomLocation : BraamfonteinObjective of project : Migration of old Siemens BS2000 mainframe,

including all hardware, OS, networking and application software to latest Y2K compatible BS2000 platform. Migration of all proprietary network interfaces to open systems standard (TCP/IP). Implement 3 applications running on a cluster of 3 servers.

Date : 1998Main technologies : BS2000/OSD V3, COBOL, C++, TCP/IP, Hiplex XAF

(Highly available application environment for BS2000)

2 – Uunet EMC Clariion Storage – POC & InstallationCustomer : UUNet JohannesburgLocation : SandtonObjective of project : Demo configuration and installation of EMC Clariion and

Cisco MDS SAN.Date : 2003

Main technologies : EMC Clariion and Cisco MDS SAN

3 – Alstom – Mainframe migration, Visual Basic solutionCustomer : AlstomLocation : JohannesburgDate : 2004Objective of project :

Migration of old Siemens BS2000 mainframe to newer platform.Design, program and implement a dumb terminal (MT9750) screen-scrape solution using VB for printing reports.

Main technologies : BS2000 V9.5 on C40, BS2000 V10 on VM2000/OSD V2 on H90/S110, Visual Basic, Microsoft Office

4 – Department of Labour server platform – Manage and implement all phases of storage project.

The Department of Labour is the South African government department responsible for all labour matters in the country. Their central applications and databases are mostly run on Fujitsu-Siemens servers running Solaris V10. Storage is Network Appliance and EMC Clariion.

Customer : Department of LabourLocation : Church Street, PretoriaObjective of projects :

- Installation of NAS. Installation and configuring of FAS960 cluster for production use.- Installation of SAN (2 x EMC Clariions, 6 x Brocade switches). Full planning, installation and configuring of storage and network for production use.

Date : 2005Main technologies : Fujitsu-Siemens Primepower, Sun Solaris, Oracle,

Network Appliance, EMC Clariion, EMC Brocade

5 – Munich Re-insurance, Mainframe migration – Latest platform for ADABAS/NATURAL application / database.Customer : Munich Re-insuranceLocation : JohannesburgObjective of project : Migration of Siemens BS2000 mainframe to newer

platform. Install identical server software at Disaster Recovery site.Date : 2007Main technologies : BS2000 OSD V2 on C80, BS2000 OSD V7 on SX100