Alan Finan

Cora Systems - Software Tester

• 2007 to 2009 – QA Manager responsible for an additional 2 team members who tested the company’s products which were written in ASP.NET and used a MS SQL Server database
• For three months in 2010 was then employed as a product tester until March of that year
• Effectively tested and reported on the company’s products as well as creating and maintaining manual test scripts and automated test suites

Cora Systems - QA Manager - Product Tester

• 2007 to 2009 – QA Manager responsible for an additional 2 team members who tested the company’s products which were written in ASP.NET and used a MS SQL Server database
• For three months in 2010 was then employed as a product tester until March of that year
• Effectively tested and reported on the company’s products as well as creating and maintaining manual test scripts and automated test suites

Irish Stock Exchange - Head of IT

• Head of IT responsible for providing an IT infrastructure and IT Strategy to allow the company roll out computer services to its various businesses
• Set up business continuity and disaster recovery services across various locations and functions
• Programme/Project managed all IT related projects and managed external relationships
• Designed and implemented the Exchanges Networks (Local and International)
• Designed, implemented and coordinated the relocation of the Exchanges Data Centre
• Implemented and project managed the delivery of the Exchanges Website at www.ise.ie
• Managed the implementation of the Exchanges Funds submission and tracking system
• Responsible for a multi million annual budget with additional independent project budgets some of which were individually in excess of 1m
• Led a growing team of operational support and software development staff
• Member of the senior management team reporting to the board of directors
• Devised and delivered the Exchanges 5 year IT Strategy 2000 – 2005

Meridian VAT Processing - IT Operations Manager

• Responsible for the Year 2000 (Y2K) preparation and changeover
• Established Disaster Recovery Plan
• Rsponsible for the IT Operations and Support of both Dublin and UK offices
• Spported over 300 Dublin based Data Entry Personnel and 23 Developers in the UK as well as all European Sales Offices
• pgrading of companies 7 T-Byte RAW Device Oracle Database running on a Sequent DYNIX Server
• igration of network to new parent company network

Oracle Ireland - Product Manager

• Responsible for Product “Oracle Migration WorkBench” Roadmap
• Gathering Market requirements
• Determine business case and feasibility
• Prepare Product Documentation for publication on product website
• Work with Software Developers on prioritising code changes/enhancements
• Preparing Project Plans for product release
• Synchronise Development effort between Ireland, India and the US for Corporate Software Release Schedules

Sybase Ireland - Technical Support Manager

• Responsible for the support of Irish Customers using Sybase Software
• Worked with both customers and Sybase Developers on reported issues until resolution was found
• Managed distribution of Software Updates to Irish Customers
• Provided Training on Sybase RDBMS Administration to Customers when required

Ericsson Ireland - Project Manager

• Responsible for the planning and fit out schedule of a new building at Beech Hill
• Responsible for liaising with building contractors, hardware suppliers and internal Ericsson Management on all plans/issues relating to the schedule
• Responsible for the installation and commissioning of the buildings Network
• Responsible for the provision of UNIX Workstations and phones, etc. to all 300 Ericsson Employees to be located in the building
• Responsible for the installation and commissioning of the first Auspex Network Attached Storage device in Ireland
• Management of internal support resources when scheduling personnel moves to new building

Informix Ireland - European IT Operations Manager

• Responsible for the establishment of the Informix Ireland European Data Centre
• Developed Company Disaster Recovery Plan
• Responsible for the operational support of 300 Software developers at the Dublin facility and over 5,000 European Sales Staff
• Responsible for the support of the Informix Software Manufacturing and Printing Distribution functions in Dublin
• Responsible for the Operational Support of the Lenexa Data Centre in Missouri, USA during US out-of-hours

Oracle Europe - Porting Engineer

• Responsible for the porting Oracle Source Code to the ICL DRS UNIX Servers (3000/6000)
• Trained Oracle Personnel in SQL*Forms debugging techniques
• Trained Oracle Japan Engineers how to install the 64Bit Oracle RDBMS
• Worked as part of the ISO-9000 certification team

Irish Naval Service - Senior Programmer/Database & UNIX Administrator

• Development of the Fisheries Protection Information System
• Installation of Network and Data Centre at the Naval Base Haulbowline Co. Cork
• Development of Disaster Recovery Plan
• Training of additional Development and Support Staff
• Operational management and support of 11 sites, 8 of which were sea going vessels all running Oracle on HP-UX
• Maintenance & monitoring of the Satellite Communications links for data transfer
• Training of User Community in the use of Computer Applications developed by Naval IT Staff
• Analysis and re-development of FPIS application based upon User Feedback
• Administration of all 12 Oracle Database
• Administration of 2 HP 9000/825 and 10 HP 9000/300 Series HP-UX Servers
• Administration of Intel Server Network based on PC/NFS – TCP/IP running MS-DOS
• Maintenance of Terminal Servers for Terminal Access to Database Applications

Bachelor/Degree - , Computing

Institute of Technology, Sligo

Second Level -

Awards

Nominated for BT Internet Award 2005
Nominated for IIA’s Net Visionary Award 2004
Winner of the IIA’s Net Visionary Award 2003
Winner Memorex Telex/Sunday Business Post Excellence in Information Technology Award 1990