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Professional Summary
Rik has more than 20 years software development experience and considered a specialist in the leadership, design and development of large scale distributed systems. This experience is backed by a mastery of practical development techniques and technologies.

Availability
Rik is back in New Zealand and is working on a new and exciting project within Mobile Banking for M-Com.

Specialist Knowledge

Industries:

Banking, Finance, Telecommunications, E-Commerce

Technologies:

COM+ (Including COM / DCOM / ASP / MTS / MSMQ ), Multithreading, Windows NT/2000, Smartcards

Languages / APIs:

C++, STL, ATL, MFC, RogueWave, Visual Basic, WIN32.

Databases:

Sybase, Oracle, SQL Server, Access, Paradox


Other Technical Skills

Advanced:

HTML, XML, ADO, MAPI, IIS, ISAPI, TCPIP, Stingray Objective Toolkit, Intertrust API

Proficient:

Unix, Linux, Perl, Java, JavaScript, Apache, Tomcat (JSP / Servlets)

Tools / Methodologies:

UML, Booch, Design Patterns, Rational Rose

Software Packages:

Microsoft Office, Visio, Lotus Notes

Mainframe Technologies:

MVS, CICS, COBOL, DB2, QMF


A selection of Rik's previous clients


Deutsche Bank

Role:

Technical Architect

Business Area:

Banking (Compliance)

Technical Area:

Java, Servlets, Apache, Tomcat, DB2, ASP, IIS, Windows 2000, Unix (Solaris)


Aurema (Sydney, Australia)

Role:

Technical Architect

Business Area:

Resource Management

Technical Area:

Visual C++ (v6), Windows 2000, Unix (Solaris), Linux, COM, ATL, MMC, WMI


Magex / National Westminster Bank

Role:

Senior Software Engineer

Business Area:

E-Commerce

Technical Area:

Visual C++ (v6), Intertrust API, COM, ATL, MFC, RogueWave, SQL Server, WIN32, Windows NT 4.0


Smartcards International

Role:

Senior Software Engineer

Business Area:

Smartcards (Multos / Mondex / JavaCard ) / E-Commerce

Technical Area:

Visual C++ (v6), COM, ATL, Visual Basic, MTS, ADO, ASP, IIS, ISO7816, MFC, RogueWave, SQL Server, WIN32, Windows NT 4.0


Real Time Financial Management (RTFM)

Role:

Senior Software Engineer

Business Area:

Banking (Repo Trading Systems)

Technical Area:

Visual C++ (v6), COM, MFC, RogueWave, Stingray Objective Studio, Oracle, Orbix, OrbixTalk, WIN32, Windows NT 4.0


Citibank

Role:

Senior Software Engineer

Business Area:

Banking (Security Settlements)

Technical Area:

Visual C++ (v4/5), COM, SQL Server 6.5, Windows NT 4.0, WIN32