Just Blue, the site for Ascidian info
Just Blue, the site for Ascidian info

Curriculum Vitae of Tim Parker-Nance

Education

Period Institution Degree Graduation
1989 - 1990 University of Port Elizabeth M.Sc. (Computer Science) 1991
1988 University of Port Elizabeth B.Sc. Honours Cum Laude (Computer Science) 1989
1985 - 1987 University of Port Elizabeth B.Sc. Cum Laude (Computer Science, Mathematics) 1988
1978 - 1982 Grey High School Full matriculation exemption 1982

Prizes and achievements

Date  
1985 University of Port Elizabeth Alumni Merit Award
1988 University of Port Elizabeth Academic Colours

Bursaries and scholarships

Date  
1985 Standard Bank University Scholarship
1986 - 1987 Pilkington Shatterprufe Bursary
1988 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Scholarship
1989 Foundation for Research Development (FRD) Scholarship
1989-1990 Volkswagen Research Scholarship
None of these carried any work commitments

Papers and publications

  • Parker-Nance, T. C. and Warren, P. R. (1989) Human-Computer Interactions: What Determines Computer Acceptance. Fourth Annual Conference for M. Sc. and Ph. D. Students in Computer Science.
  • Warren, P. R. and Parker-Nance T. C. (1989) Human-Computer Interactions: What Determines Computer Acceptance. SACLA 1989 Conference Proceedings.
  • Warren, P. R. and Parker-Nance, T. C. (1989). The Human-Computer Interface: A Strategic Issue for the 90s. Proceedings of the Conference of the South African Institute for Management Scientists.
  • Parker-Nance, T. C. (1990) Human-Computer Interactions Research at Volkswagen S. A. Proceedings of the Fifth National Masters and Ph. D. Computer Science Conference Students Conference.
  • Parker-Nance, T. C. (1991) Human-Computer Interactions. Masters Dissertation, University of Port Elizabeth.
  • Parker-Nance S. and Parker-Nance T. (2001). Using technology to simplify the process of Ascidian identification. Zoological Society of Southern Africa Symposium 2001. A Southern African Odyssey.

Skills

  • SOA distributed systems on Microsoft .Net platform
  • OO analysis and design
  • Experienced in whole SDLC
  • Experienced in project management
  • Experienced in managing operating systems (Windows, Linux)
  • Experienced in designing and managing RDBMs (SQL Server, SQL Compact)
  • Experienced in systems integration
  • Problem solving and analytical thinking
  • Keeping abreast with new technologies
Skill Level Years
Visual Studio, Extensibility, Components Advanced, Competent, Competent 5+
C#, Delphi Advanced, Advanced 5+
ASP.Net web forms, MVC Advanced, Intermediate 5+
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Silverlight, XAML Intermediate, Novice, Novice 2
Windows Forms Competent 5+
User Experience (UX) Competent 5+
Expression Web, Design, Blend Intermediate, Novice , Novice <1
HTML, CSS, XML Advanced, Competent, Competent 5+
SQL Server, SQL Compact, SQL Azure Competent, Competent, Novice 5+, 3, <1
ADO.Net Advanced 5+
Entity Framework Competent 3
LINQ Competent 3
Web services (ASMX, SOAP) Competent 5+
Windows Commination Foundation (WCF) Competent 3
WCF Data Services Novice <1
WCF RIA Services Novice <1
Windows Workflow (WF) Novice 1
Windows Server App Fabric Novice <1
Windows Azure Novice <1
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Competent 5+
OO Advanced 5+
SDLC Competent 5+
UML Competent 5+
Agile (SCRUM) Intermediate 2
Test Driven Development (TDD), Code contracts Novice, Novice <1,<1
Team Foundation Server Novice <1
Visual SourceSafe Advanced 5+
Subversion Competent 2
DNS Advanced 5+
Radius Advanced 5+
Web servers (IIS, Apache) Competent, Novice 5+, 2
Mail Servers Advanced 5+
Active Directory Competent 5+

Employment history

Date Employer Position
1999 - present Just Blue Software Development Head

Development of web and desktop based biodiversity and taxonomic information systems and databases.

These service oriented biodiversity and taxonomic information systems use the full .Net stack, especially ADO.Net, Entity Framework, WCF, WCF Data Services, WCF RIA Services, Silverlight, ASP.Net MVC and WPF.

Some recent projects:

Addo Elephant Manager: An application that can be used to capture the knowledge on the elephants at the Addo Elephant National Park and can identify the elephants based on a set of observed character states.

Coral Reef Research Foundation (CRRF) Collection Manager: Provided the CRRF with a database to manage all their worldwide collections.

Molenaars River Invertebrates: Provide an online data management system to record information on all the samples collected, record species composition and diversity, and the export of data in the preferred analytical formats.

Quadrat Analyser: A useful tool to obtain biodiversity data from photos of quadrats.

TAMIRA: The Tunicate and Marine Invertebrate Research Assistant. Designed to centralize all the information taxonomists need for tunicate taxonomy and identification. It can, however, be used for any marine invertebrate taxonomy.
 
1992 - 2011 Orion Software Chief Software Architect

Architect of distributed software systems based on the Microsoft .Net Framework. Wide experience in the software development life cycle (SDLC). Extensive knowledge, experience and expertise with the .Net stack; from the data layer using SQL Server, SQL Compact and SQL Azure, ADO.Net, Entity Framework (EF) and Language Integrated Query (Linq), to the Services layer using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Workflow Foundation (WF), WCF Data Services and WCF RIA Services, to the Presentation layer using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Silverlight, ASP.Net web forms and ASP.Net MVC.

Some recent projects:

New Dimension Accounting Series: Delphi, COM, ActiveX, ADO, SQL

ISP Management System: CRM, integration with servers (DNS, IIS, IAS, AD, WMI, ADSI) Delphi, C# Web services (ASMX, WCF, WF, WCF Data Services, WCF RIA Services), SQL, ADO.Net, Entity Framework, Linq

Dakota mail server: Delphi, SQL

Project Manager: Delphi, SQL

Office Management System: C#, ASP.Net

Instant Dynamic DNS: Delphi

Components, forms, database, reporting: Delphi, C#

Design of networks (BGP), system integrations (DNS, Web servers, Mail servers, Radius servers, Firewalls), management systems, server software (Mail severs), payment gateways, debit order integration with banks
 
1989 Port Elizabeth Technikon Part-time lecturer Computer Science
1st year computer literacy