This CV is also available in PDF and Microsoft Word format. My phone number and the references have been deliberately omitted for privacy reasons; if you would like these then please contact me. (Last updated end of 2004)

Stephen Horne

Stephen Richard Horne

 

Marital status: Single

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: 8th December 1982

Email: steve@zyloid.com

Phone: Available on request

 

Education

 

 

 

 

 

2001 – 2004

Trinity Hall, Cambridge University

 

BA (Hons) Computer Science (1st class)

 

Dissertation – Decompilation of .NET Bytecode (12,000 words)

Group project – Multi-platform instant messenger

 

Part II:

I

Part IB:

I

Part IA:

II.1

 

 

 

1999 – 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1996 – 1999

 

Harlington Upper School

 

A-Levels:

 

Maths

A

Computing

A

Further Maths

A

General Studies

A

Physics

A

 

 

 

Computing prize for year group

 

GCSEs: 6 at grade A* including Maths and English Literature, 3 As and 1 B

 

Work Experience

 

Aug – Dec ’04

 

 

Malcolm Cowen Limited (undertaken whilst researching career options)

 

Planning and implementation of systems infrastructure upgrade, for 15 desktop and remote users.

 

·         Assisting project planning and budgeting

·         Hardware and software purchasing decisions

·         Working with suppliers of third-party software to improve existing solutions

·         Implementation of VPN system for remote users

·         User and administrator documentation

 

New, fully redundant systems now operational and in use.

 

June – Aug ‘04

June – July ‘03

June – Aug ‘02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adsoft Limited (summer work)

 

Development of web-based version of primary software product. Responsible for key components, including a system for creating financial reports and laying them out in a variety of output formats.

 

·         Working in a small team

·         Java servlet technology using Struts

·         Use of XML and style sheets

·         Database manipulation using SQL

 

Completed reports are now used in the company’s primary software product.

June – Aug ‘01

 

Seagram UK Limited (summer work)

 

Provided systems support to manage secure transfer of sensitive data to new brand owners following sale of this multinational company to multiple new owners.  Required consolidation of customer/brand data and dissemination of brand/customer data; including the manipulation of thousands of files.

 

·         VBA macro programming

·         Liaising with sales people

 

Skillset

 

 

Operating Systems

MS Windows up to and including Server 2003

Linux – Debian, Red Hat

 

Languages

Java, C#, C, C++, Visual Basic, VBA

PHP, ASP .NET

 

Development tools

Visual Studio .NET, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA

CVS

 

Technologies

.NET, XML web services

 

Database systems

Informix, MySQL, MS Access

 

Productivity

MS Office 97, 2000, XP, 2003

LaTeX

 

 

Activities

 

 

 

2003/2004

 

 

 

 

 

1999/2000

Trinity Hall Computer Society Treasurer

 

·         Management of society accounts

·         Negotiation of funding

·         Authorisation of purchases

 

Acronym (Young Enterprise company) Managing Director

 

·         Company of the Year award for the county

·         Best Company Report award for the county

·         Enterprise award for the region

 

Interests

 

 

 

Computer games (Role playing, first person shooters, space sims)

Internet puzzle sites and programming challenges

Science fiction novels (esp. Peter F. Hamilton)

Current affairs

 

F1 motor-racing

 

Referees

 

 

References available on request