Anthony Johnston

Commercial Insurance web site for RBS Insurance.

www.directlineforbusiness.co.uk

Design and Development of html markup and AJAX interface, business layer and database.

Javascript client application and look and feel developed by Monitor Media.

C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server 2000.

On-line quoting system for Fortis Insurance commercial product lines.
Design and Development of interface, business layer and database.
C# .NET, MS Sql Server.

Development of content management system for data capture, allows skilled business resource to manage the site.

Further upgrade and maintenance of NIG Commercial Quotations web site.
Finalist in The E-Business Award, at the British Insurance Awards 2006.

With recent acquisitions, Software Solutions Partners is the largest supplier of insurance software in the UK.

Integration of two testing management systems, Test Director (Television Centre) and Footprints (Israel).
This allows bugs raised in one system to be visible to the other.

Development of a Windows service to monitor Test Director database for new bugs and read POP e-mail sent from Footprints.
C#, MS SQL Server, POP3 internet mail protocol.

On-line quoting systems, complex data capture and Web Services using C# and ASP.NET.
Connecting via XML Web Services to insurance companies such as Allianz, AXA, Groupama, Norwich Union, Royal & Sun Alliance and Zurich, through the iMarket web portal, in-order to provide quotes to insurance brokers.
C# .NET, Oracle 9i

Upgrade and maintenance of existing quoting system.
Data maintenance and redesign of large data tables (8M+ rows).
ASP, VB6, COBOL, MS SQL Server.

Development of data capture content management system for insurance web sites such as NIG Commercial Quotations. This allowed the maintenance and enhancement tasks to be assigned to the most appropriately skilled staff, e.g. Business Developer, Technical Developer, etc. This has the affect of speeding up development to test cycle, and reducing the cost of maintenance and enhancement.
C#.NET, ASP.NET, MS SQL Server

Hotel booking system for Worldview limited.
Multiple applications and web sites for secure booking online, online room allocation management, content management, fax bookings to hotels, e-mail client confirmations, invoicing and reporting.
londonnights.com and easy-london-hotels.com are an examples of the web sites designed for this project which is under content management.
VB/C# .NET, VB 6 and MySQL.

Casework Programme for IND, HM Home Office
System to manage and update casework for the Immigration and Nationalisation Directorate.
Multi-tier architecture using VB6, Tuxedo and Oracle 8.

Enhancement of database report system (see below).
Upgrade to work in a multi-user environment on Informix, with immediate mode on a users machine or scheduled to a job queue on remote print, fax and e-mail servers. This required a component based approach to allow configuration for different requirements, i.e. servers, clients, administrator clients would all have need of different sets of components.

Design and Development of a database report designer for Word 97.
Used VB5 to create an ActiveX DLL, which could be referenced by VBA in Microsoft Word 97. The DLL logs onto a database through ODBC Direct, exposing data, which can be placed into a word document in any format to create a report.

Design and implementation of .NET distributed web applications/services for various clients including Universal Music and GR London.

More detail can be found at antix.co.uk.

Technical design and management of projects for blue chip clients such as Comet Plc (Kingfisher), Inchcape (Shipping services), using RAD and DSDM methodologies.

MDA is a founding member of the DSDM Consortium.

Tools include Visual Basic 4.0/5.0, SQL Server 6.5, Access 7/8, ADO, DAO, RAS, ODBC Direct, Active messaging (CDO), Exchange/Outlook clients, OLE and VBA (MS Office automation).

Responsible for design and development of media analytical software both retail and in-house using Visual Basic 3.0/4.0 and Access 2.0 Jet Database engine.

Maintenance and enhancements of existing products.

General utilities, such as export to Word and Excel.

System information reports to help with diagnosing issues on client machines remotely.

Designer of Graphical Interface, the look and feel for all software products.

Responsible for design and development of new software products for retail and in-house using Visual Basic 3.0 and Access 2.0 Jet Database engine. IT resource management for Division. Researching new markets such as diagnostic expert systems for the medical profession. Design and production of graphical user interface for new software projects.