Last CV Update:

21/10/10

Download CV



Welcome!

I'm a professional Software Engineer with a strong electronics background. I have experience in many different application domains. You can download my CV at the bottom of this page; for now, here's a short summary of my professional and technical abilities. If you have any questions, then please get in touch by email or other means.



Robert D. Schofield B.Sc. Hons. M.Sc. MIET AIEEE AAPM

Contact address (post):

32, Forest Edge Road,


Wareham, Dorset BH20 7BX


United Kingdom

Telephone:

International: +44 - (0) 798 100 5319

Fax:

n/a

Nationality:

British

Languages:

English, Dutch, limited French and German


  • Technical lead and group/team management.

  • Extensive Industry experience in many areas of modern software technology, full product life-cycle.

  • Software development at high and low level, using object-based analysis and design techniques.

  • Product conceptualisation, requirements determination, use-case specification, full product design.

  • Real time and multi tasking operating system applications; distributed networking applications.

  • Patent holder (Philips, 2000)

  • Queens University of Belfast: M.Sc. Electronics

  • Open University: Human-Computer Interaction

  • Open University: Computer-Based Information Systems

  • Open University: Technology management: an Integrative Approach

  • Open University: Project management

  • University of Leeds: B.Sc. ( Hons. ) Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  • Member, Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET)

  • Member, Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE)

  • Associate, Association of Project Mangement (APM)

  • Extensive Professional and Industrial training

Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2010
Employer: MicroNav, Ltd., Bournemouth, UK.
Work Involvement: Maintenance and development activities for Air Traffic Control training and simulation software.

Feb. 2009 – Sept. 2009
Employer: WDS Global, Poole, UK.
Work Involvement: Technical support for HTC smart phones.

Feb. 2005 – Jul. 2008
Employer:
AKAI Digital Technology, Cambridge, UK.
Work Involvement: Development of advanced audio products for the professional music market.

Sept. 2003 - Jan. 2005
Client:
Full Time Parenting Duties
Work Involvement: I spent a period of time looking after my two sons, Nath and William.

Jan. 2003 - Aug. 2003
Client:
SONICBlue Inc., RIO division, Cambridge, UK.
Work Involvement: Technical support and repair activities for advanced MP3 car audio player. Alpha tester for initial software releases. Customer service and fault diagnosis.

Dec. 2001 - Aug. 2002
Client:
Philips RCS, Leuven, Belgium.
Work Involvement: Direction of GUI design team: cataloguing of "widgets" in GUI designs: harmonisation of component usage. Design and implementation of visual component renderers in Personal Java target environment.

Apr. 2001 - Nov. 2001
Client:
AOT BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Work Involvement: Consultancy on process management, documentation and development procedures. Specification, analysis and design of Position Management Server for financial markets dealing system.

Dec. 2000 - Feb. 2001
Client:
Irdeto Access, Hoofdorp, The Netherlands.
Work Involvement: Consultancy on the design of a Web-server based statistics reporting system. Use-case based specification and analysis of the back-end server architecture.

May. '99 - Nov. 2000
Client:
Philips Business Communications, Hilversum, The Netherlands.
Work Involvement: Consultancy on many aspects of IP networking. Product conceptualisation. Design and implementation of CGI Web-server based access and monitoring application (patent awarded).

Curriculum Vitae (Summary)

(PDF)



Detailed skills listing/Academic record

(PDF)



Detailed employment history

(PDF)





Contact me by Email