Mike Bristow's CV

I'm not looking for another position at the moment, but for the curious my CV in several formats is available in either Microsoft Office or PDF formats. A flavour can be seen below.

Objective

I enjoy the challenges of developing emerging technologies while leading my team to success. My ideal position will enable me to lead the development of interesting new Internet services.

Skills

• Amazon AWS: good grounding in the architecture and successful patterns that provide scalable and available systems.
• TCP/IP: General networking skills on the Internet – firewalls, routing, and diagnostics.
• Internet: detailed knowledge of most Internet protocols including HTTP, SMTP, NNTP, DNS, NTP, and RADIUS.
• Version control systems: I am an expert in both the use, and administration, of CVS, SVN, and Git.
• Build systems: I am familiar with Jenkins/Maven, and with other build tools (e.g. ant, make, etc).
• Programming: I am comfortable with many programming languages including Perl, C, C++, Java, and shell scripting.
• UNIX system administration: expert, particularly Solaris, BSD, and RedHat
• Full, clean, UK driving licence.
• IT enthusiasm: I am still passionate about IT - reading Dr Dobb's is a pleasure, not a chore.
• People Management: leadership, and providing effective feedback to the team.
• ITIL: I am familiar with working within the ITIL framework, and have successfully passed both the Foundation Certificate, and the Intermediate Release, Control & Validation exams.

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Mike Bristow