| Résumé : | Alison Coaffee MBCS |
| Title : | Ms |
| First Name(s) : | Alison |
| Initials : | A.C. |
| Surname : | Coaffee |
| Qualifications : | BSc(Hons) Mathematical, Stats & Computer Studies and Psyc |
| Company Name : | Andromeda Ltd |
| Address : | 14 AdelinaYard Adelina Grove London E1 3BX United Kingdom |
| Phone : | +44 (0)207 791 1073 ; Mobile +44(0)7785 361 648 |
| Fax : | +44 (0)207 791 1073 |
| E-mail : | alison@coaffee.com |
| Web Address : | http://www.coaffee.com/alison/ |
| Year Started Consultancy : | 1991 |
| Year Started in IT : | 1980 |
| Application Fields : | Relational Database Management:- Sybase, SQL, database administration, database
design, specification, development. Project Management ; Performing and tuning consultancy ; Year 2000 (Y2K) ; Sales systems ; Management Information Systems ; Technical support, training and documentation, standards definitions. Some background in MAS-M General Ledger, Inventory, Accounts and Membership systems. |
| Industrial Fields : | Software houses and distributorships, Manufacturing, Telecomms, Television, QuaNGOs, Transport, Financial services and institutions, Banking and insurance, Human resources and training. |
| Details : | Primarily a Sybase technical consultant, DBA (database administrator) and
project manager. KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Project management, consultancy, database administration, performance and tuning, team and department management, logical database design, physical database design, application development, technical support, user support, technical documentation, end user documentation, requirements analysis, requirements specification, functional specification, training, standard and customised course development. RDBMS (Relational Database Management Systems): Sybase (all versions since 1987). Background work experience in SQL Server (1987 - 1991), Oracle (1981 - 1982), System 1032 (1984 - 1987), Uniface (1987 - 1992). Programming languages : current skills in SQL, Transact-SQL, C, some PERL. Background work experience in BASIC (1980 - 1984). Hardware and Operating Systems : Digital VAX / VMS and Open VMS (1980 onwards), UNIX (1987 onwards) (e.g. Solaris, SunOS, AIX, HP/UX, DG, Pyramid, Sequent, Digital, NCR), MS/Windows, Windows/NT. Experienced and proficient in using utilities, editors etc. in VMS, UNIX and Windows (most Microsoft products including PowerPoint, MS/Project, Excel, Word). Freelance since 1991 performing consultancy, education and project management for software houses and distributors, manufacturers, service organisations, financial sector (asset management and banking), insurance, telecomms and television, all in a variety of areas. |
| Financial Interests : | No vested interest, financial or otherwise, in any product / service recommended. |
| Geographic Limitations : | UK & Worldwide |