Justin Latter - The PC Doctor

Gold Hill House
Gold Hill
Lower Bourne
Farnham
Surrey GU10 3JH

e: justin@latter.co.uk
t: 01252 722775
m: 07770 750258

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Name: Justin Latter F.R.G.S.
Address: Gold Hill House, Gold Hill, Lower Bourne, Farnham Surrey GUl0 3JJ
Telephone: 01252 722775
Mobile: 07770 750258
e-Mail: justin@latter.co.uk
D.O.B. 12th Dec 1965
Status: Married, 3 children. Full driving licence.
Availability: Immediate

Education: 1974-77 Junior Kings School, Canterbury
1977-79 Yardley Court, Tonbridge
1979-82 Tonbridge School, Tonbridge
1982-84 Farnham Sixth Form College, Farnham

Qualifications: 11 O Levels 2 A Levels
Novell Systems Managers course (Bytes)
Excel Advanced Course (Clifton Reed)
Systems Design & Management (Visisystems)
Open Business School MBA unit 'The Effective Manager'

Employment History

Proprietor of PC Doctor (10/01 -
Self Employed IT support technician. PC Doctor supplies contract and Ad Hoc IT support and maintenance for SME's and private customers. Services include hardware fault diagnosis, repair and maintenance, software installation and training. Operating system installation and fault diagnosis and repair. Network cabling and installation for Win9x, XP and Win2000. Server administration including MS Backoffice and Exchange. Email and Internet setup, Website and graphic design. Virus control, removal and administration of antivirus software.

Managing Director, Company Secretary of Netropolis Ltd. (10/97 - 12/02)
Netropolis provided Internet services covering; consultancy, project design and implementation, site design, scanning, graphics design, domain registration, search engine registration, modem set up and configuration, hub and cabling specification and installation, e-mail and browser software installation. Full engineering experience including fault diagnosis and repair, PC build, network installation and configuration.
Software: Dreamweaver MX, Director 8, Frontpage 2000, Flash, Fireworks, HTML, Javascript, CGI scripts, Perl scripts, some experience of using Microsoft Interdev, Corel 9, Illuminatus, Quark Express 3.3, Photoshop, Umax Binuscan.
Over 35 websites designed in Dreamweaver and FrontPage. www.merritt-harrison.com
www.e-paybureau.com www.strandeurope.com www.bourne-intl.co.uk www.conventiontravel.co.uk www.laca.co.uk www.conceptsgroup.co.uk www.monk-automation.co.uk www.dawsoncarr.co.uk www.sterlingfoodservice.com www.rosemaryosbourne.co.uk www.charlietocompostela.co.uk
Multimedia CD design using Illuminatus, Director (Educational CD-ROM in conjunction with the Education Authority and British Waterways Authority.
Bahrain International Airport (Sept 99) Contract multimedia designer, responsible for producing promotional CD-ROM using Director 7, AVID video editing software, Quicktime & Photoshop.

97-July 99
Centrenet Farnham Ltd
MD & Website designer
Hardware & software setup & installation. PC & network build & supply, LAN setup, hardware maintenance, e-mail & exchange server configuration, website design & hosting, hardware & software support. NT server hardware build, software install & config.
Director, Company Secretary and DTP operator for The Publicity Hound. (10/96 - 10/97)
Platforms/hardware: Pentium 166, linked to a Fiery RIP XJ250, linked to a Xerox Regal colour printer. Software: Corel 4 & 7, Adobe Photoshop, Word 95, Excel 95, Sage Instant Accounts.
Duties: Included template design, colour scanning, printing, maintaining accounts and all related activity.

Employer: Chalvington Publishing (15/10/93-5/7/96) Magazine Publishers of Trade Titles and 3rd party bureau work Position: Systems Manager and DTP operator/trainer
Platforms/hardware: Novell 3.12 server. DOS 6.22 Windows for Workgroups; Personal Netware; NT server running Color Central OPI software linked to an ICG 330i vertical drum scanner; PowerMac 9500's with Appletalk linked via l0Mbit and l00Mbit hubs; Level 2 RIP, Rapitech VR3O & VR36 imagesetters, Powermatic film processor.
Duties
Systems Manager: Responsible for specifying, sourcing, upkeep, upgrades and maintenance of all equipment. Operating and maintenance of bespoke editorial/advertising/circulation system (Clipper 5). Maintaining ABC certification and database integrity. Training all staff in all aspects of IT.
DTP: Page and advert design and layout. Scanning, photo editing, output to RIP, setter and film processor. Systems; PowerMac 9500; Quark 3.3, Photoshop 3, Illustrator, Pagemaker, MacLink, Macwrite pro. PC 486/66; Quark 3.1, Pagemaker 5, Charisma 4, Coreldraw 3/4/5, Ventura 4.1.2, Photostyler, Word 6, Excel 5, Wordstar.

Employer: Clarehill Publishing plc (01/8/92-7/9/93) Database Information Publishers
Position: Systems Manager and DTP operator
Duties: General development management and support of Publishing Systems. Using Ventura 4.1.1 & Ventura Database Publisher to provide style sheets and VDP recipes for publication. setting out systems spec for database system for telesales team (Clipper 5), and managing contract programmers. General maintenance of Novell 3.1 server, workstations and printers.
Management Support; Setting up of admin systems and reporting at board level providing accounts, balance sheets, cash flow forecasts and budget analysis using Excel 4 with support from accounts staff using Sage system.

Employer: Mill Lane Engineering (1/11/91-31/7/92) Renault Dealership
Position: Systems Manager
Duties; Control of IT for accounts, sales, parts and service departments. Development, implementation and training on new systems. Reporting to M.D. on all aspects of IT and accounting integrity. Specialist motor trade management system running on SCO UNIX on IBM PS2/80, Smart database and APL.

Employer: TravelBag (1/4/91-30/10/91)
Australia travel specialists.
Position: Contract deputy accountant
Duties: General, including reconciliations, ledger postings, journal posting.

Employer: David Mattia Group (16/5/88-25/1/91) Motor Dealership Group
Position: Group Systems Manager
Day to day running of Systems 36, cabling and installation, Implementation of PS2/80 AIX motor trade system in 3 new sites. Support for all software and hardware requirements across the group including training and development of accounting report model on System 36 for Renault UK.

Employer: Windowarm Ltd (1/9/87-16/5/88)
Replacement window manufacturer and retailer
Clerical and reporting for accounts department. (Novell 86 LAN)

Employer: Chemical Discoveries Ltd Perth, Australia (3/10/86-1/9/87)
Chemical Product Developers
Position: Fibreglass technical advisor for production of geodesic strand structures

Other employers: F.C. Math Rotorjets Ltd; Fibreglass technician House Of Fraser; Point-of-sale & terminal programmer

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