Wanted: looking for work in php /web development

STEPHEN PORTHOUSE

Curriculum Vitae

Address:         1/81-83 Chandos Street, Ashfield

Phone:             (02) 8281 6463 (w) or 0403 776 668 (mobile)

Email:             port.13@hotmail.com.au or stephen.porthouse@virginbroadband.com.au

Summary:

Since August of this year I have been retraining in Web development through a series of short courses run by Dynamic Web Training in North Sydney. The courses covered web design and development using HTML, Dreamweaver, CSS, Flash, PHP and MySQL. Following the completion of the course I have been working on developing a new footy tipping web site for some friends who wanted more functionality than the web site they currently use. This has been a very useful exercise as I have had to work through many of the issues involved with web development - particularly the interactivity involved with a dynamic site. Although the site is not completed, the essential ingredients of: registration; logging in and out; setting up a new comp; joining a comp; displaying a home page; selecting and displaying a round number; have all been done.

The site has been developed on a xampp platform using a combination of xhtml, javascript, CSS and PHP using both the Dreamweaver and Komodo editors. Some of the development concepts I have used include: using include files; interposing xtml and php; building functions; building and executing SQL queries; linking and embedding files; using iframes; using $_POST and $_GET and other superglobal arrays; designing pages using regular functions of floats, divs, margins and negative margins; forms and form objects. You can view the site here: http://www.ozporthole.id.au/footytipping/index.php .

Otherwise I have had over 10 years experience studying and working in the IT area. I have a Diploma and Advanced Certificate, with primary involvement with Access and Visual Basic. Although the position I have now is an administrative one with the Workers Compensation Commission, I have been able to retain my IT skills through a number of temporary appointments in the IT area of the organisation as a System Administrator and Project Officer.

I have been involved with the development of a new case management system (Comcase) with the Commission and was recently in the position of Project Officer for the development of a new online application system (e-screens) for the Commission. I have also developed a number of enhancements for the Dispute Management area including developing VBA applications in Excel and Access.

My previous programming experience included working at Financial Services Provider - Perpetual Trustees; a small software house Parrimark Technology who supplied an event management system used throughout the hospitality industry; and the Ozemail internet service provider.

All of the information in this CV can be viewed online at http://www.ozporthole.id.au/newcvpage/index.php .

Technical skills and training

Recent training at Dynamic Web Training. I have included details of the topics covered in my recent training for further info and because it is more topical than my previous work in the IT area.

• Introduction to HTML
• Dreamweaver CS4: Website development:

                        Introduction to the Dreamweaver interface

                        Adding content, images and interactive elements

                        Using CSS

                        Using libraries, templates and forms

                        Testing, uploading and maintaining a website

• Fast Track to Flash CS4:

                        Creating and importing Graphic Assets

                        Timeline animation

                        Introduction to Actionscript

                        Using movieclips, sound and video

                        Publishing Flash movies

• Introduction to PHP and MySQL

                        Writing PHP scripts

                        Using includes, interactive forms and files

                        Creating dynamic content

                        Getting started with MySQL

                        Managing content

                        Using encryption

• Advanced CSS

                        Text and image styling

                        Navigation

                        Tabular and form data

                        Positioning and layout

Other IT training and knowledge:

• Visual Basic; VBA (Access, Excel, Word); Structured Query Language

• Report development: Access Reports; Crystal Reports; Active Reports
• Databases: Microsoft Access; Oracle
• Development concepts: COM; ODBC; client/server systems; distributed systems

Previous Qualifications

Advanced Certificate in Programming Technology - Computer Power Training Institute (1998)

Diploma of Business Programming - CPTI (1996)

Bachelor of Arts UNSW 1990 - Majoring in History

Higher School Certificate 1985 - Sydney Boys' High School - 392

            - AB Piddington Prize for English (1985)
Employment History

Workers Compensation Commission

Dispute Management Officer (2003 - present)

Since 2003, I have been working for the NSW Government Workers Compensation Commission (WCC) as a Dispute Management Officer.My activities include:

• Managing a caseload of disputes brought before the WCC
• Interpreting and implementing legislation, policies, procedures and rules of the WCC
• Interpreting and implementing Workers Compensation legislation
• Organising medical appointments, teleconferences, conciliation/arbitration hearings
• Producing and issuing notices for these hearings to all parties
• Liaising with legal representatives, insurers, employers, workers and Service Providers
• Organising briefs for medical appointments and arbitrators
• Issuing Official documents and determinations in matters
• Issuing Summonses, Orders, Directions and Directions to Produce Documents (subpoenas)

Workers Compensation Commission

System Administration and Project Officer - Various (2003 - present)

In my time at the WCC I have had the opportunity to deputise in the IT area on a number of occasions - as a System Administrator and as a Project Officer.

            System Administrator duties:

• Support for existing Internet and Extranet users
• Organising new users to be added to the environment - with login/logout functions; SOE, and email functionality organised
• Support and maintenance of the IT environment - all windows applications(especially Excel), email functionality and in-house case management applications
• Hardware support and troubleshooting
• On-line and phone support

            Project Officer roles:

• Helping to design specifications for the recently developed Comcase case management system
• Testing of Comcase and liaising with the developers on issues of errors, useability and system design
• Involvement in the deployment of Comcase and early training and support for internal users and service providers
• Involvement in the testing and design of reports generated by the Comcase system
• Testing of the WCC's online application system e-screens
• Development of documentation for the system including training manuals and online help
• Liaising with the developers on issues of errors, useability and system design
• Development of enhancements for the Dispute Management area in Excel using a combination of VBA and Access

Perpetual Trustees

Analyst Programmer, Private Clients (2000-2002)

At Perpetual Trustees, I was supporting a number of in-house systems used by a number of areas in the organisation. My duties included:

• Developing new functionality for Visual Basic and Access applications
• Maintaining and providing support for a number of distributed applications
• Testing new versions of applications while replicating a distributed environment
• Experience working with SQL and Oracle including Stored Procedures
• Compiling and installing new versions of applications
• Maintaining Historical records using Sourcesafe

Parrimark Technology

Assistant Analyst Programmer (1999-2000)

At Parrimark Technology I was part of a team producing an application used in the Hospitality industry called Events Perfect. My duties included:

• Development of new functionality for the application
• Maintenance and bug fixing for the application
• Performing testing and installing upgrades for new and existing clients
• Maintaining existing reports using Active Reports and the Access Report writer
• Liaising with clients on the development of reports for the application

Ozemail

Assistant Analyst Programmer (1998-1999)

At Ozemail, I ran the monthly billing process for business clients while a new system was being developed. This process included:

• Retrieving and preparing the internet transactions from Unix logs to be processed
• Monitoring the process over the billing run which took some 12 to 15 hours to complete
• Performing maintenance and bug fixed to the system in Access and Visual Basic
• Testing end billing data with original logs in conjunction with the Accounts area prior to issuing

NSW Department of Housing (1990-1998)

Client Service Officer

At the NSW Department of Housing, I worked in the positions of Applications Officer and Client Service Officer. These roles involved many issues relating to Public Housing in NSW. The skills I learned in this difficult work environment have held me in good stead in future years. These activities included:

• Counter and telephone service directly to the public
• Interviewing clients for specific types of housing assistance offered by the Department
• Assessing applications for emergency housing, rehousing and financial assistance
• Managing a portolio of properties - incorporating all the functions of property management as well as the more involved personal management of public housing tenants
• Dealing with a very diverse range of clients including non-English speaking; elderly; indigenous and psychologically/physically disabled clients; and dealing with representatives such as social workers, Refuges and interpreters
• Liaising with many expert and technical staff and outside organisations including: Government organisations (Police, Immigration, Social Security/Centreline, Local Councils); Politicians; medical experts; Technical Officers and Engineers; and maintenance building contractors

References/Further Info

Other interests

My other interests outside of work are primarily sporting:

Lifetime involvement with soccer; indoor/outdoor/coaching

Lifetime involvement with golf

Regular involvement with cricket

Regular squash player

Love a good puzzle - especially cryptic crosswords and sudoku

References

Annette Farrell

Workers Compensation Commission

Deputy Registrar

8281 6489

Joanne Treacy

Manager, Strategy Governance and Planning

Office of Fair Trading (ex WCC)

9895 0216