In a world in which there is virtually no aspect of commercial life that is unaffected by information technology it is not often that you encounter individuals with both a "hands-on" understanding of IT but also a sound appreciation of commercial issues.  Furthermore, it is probably true to say that businesses that are not harnessing information technology to their advantage, whether as part of their internal systems, their interface with clients/customers or through their web-presence, are going to be losing out to their competitors.

I consider that my training and experience make me well placed to bridge this divide.

Communication

Good written and verbal communication skills and comfortable with dealing with board-level executives.  Also experienced in both telephone and face-to-face interview techniques.

Business Management

Full set of analytical and implementation tools covering all aspects of business from cash-flow forecasting to debt collection.

Applications

I would describe myself as a power-user of all MS Office products and have a good working knowledge of the following applications:

• Adobe Acrobat
• Apache
• Codewright
• Framemaker
• HomeSite
• InstallShield
• Lotus Notes
• MS Front Page 2000
• MS Project
• MS Publisher
• MS Visual Source Safe
• Oracle
• RoboHelp
• SQL Server
• Text Pad
• Vi
• Weblogic
• Xmetal

Programming

Whilst not a "dyed-in-the-wool" programmer I have a good appreciation of and can read and write code in the following languages:

• Visual Basic

• VBA

• Java

• JavaScript

• Perl

• C++

• ASP

• JSP

• HTML

• XML

Operating systems

• MSDOS

• Windows

• Unix