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Andrew Bolster

Andrew Bolster

Technical Consultant at Navigator Blue

United Kingdom

Current
Past
  • Sales Representative at Laser Electrical Ltd
  • Software Engineer at Ericsson
  • Sales Representative at Laser Electrical Ltd
Education
  • Queen's University Belfast
Connections
34 connections
Industry
Computer & Network Security
Websites

Summary

Engineering Student with a history of experience in consumer relations and advertising, Freelancing as a Technical Consultant (Jack of all trades)

Currently focused on the Advertising and Marketing possibilities presented by new-media, and delivering maximal ROI for stakeholders.

Also open to Consultation on:
Network Architecture / Wireless Deployment / NAS / Penetration testing.
Graphic / Web Design
General IT Troubleshooting
Event Planning / Advertising
Social Media Analysis

Specialties:

Programming:
C/C++
Java
Perl
PHP
*nix Shell Script

Networking:
Wired and Wireless Network Architecture
Network Storage Solutions
Tele-working / Remote Maintenance/ Surveillance

Business Skills:
Web/Graphic Design
Social Media Marketing (Twitter/Facebook)
Viral Advertising
Invoicing and Billing Systems

Engineering:
Graduate-Level Electronics and Electrical Systems
Antenna Design
RF Transceiver Design
Software Engineering
Agile and Test Driven Development Practices


Experience

  • Technical Consultant

    Navigator Blue

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    September 2009Present (7 months)

    Applying my expertise and experience in Social Media Marketing, Web Design, Networking, and Electrical Engineering to the Marketing and Advertising.

  • Sales Representative

    Laser Electrical Ltd

    (Retail industry)

    August 2009December 2009 (5 months)

    Sales

  • Software Engineer

    Ericsson

    (Public Company; ERIC; Telecommunications industry)

    July 2008July 2009 (1 year 1 month)

    Working to streamline the product release cycle from a waterfall style development to a more Agile, incremental system. So far in my work i have reduced release testing time from 3 days to half an hour, with fully automated reporting for a Proprietary client application. Currently moving on to server-side performance benchmarking for multi-gigabyte aggregation applications built on MySQL

  • Sales Representative

    Laser Electrical Ltd

    (Retail industry)

    July 2004July 2008 (4 years 1 month)

    Consumer Electronics Sales


Education

  • Queen's University Belfast

    MEng , Electronics & Software Engineering , 20062011 (expected)

    Course Content Available from http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/eeecs/ProspectiveStudents/UndergraduateStudies/pathinfo/?pathCode=HG

    Cliff Notes Version:
    This is a four-year Extended Engineering course. It has been established to provide an adequate supply of well-qualified engineers with an appropriate blend of engineering knowledge and skills in business practice and management.

    Activities and Societies:
    Student Representative On Student-Staff Consultative Committee,
    Film Club,
    Queens Radio Club,
    DragonSlayers ( Computer Games Society ),
    Design Editor for The Gown (Independent Student Newspaper)

Additional Information

Websites:

Interests:

Computer Networking, Stability, and Security, Mobile Device Convergence, Human-Machine Interaction, Computational Robotics, Social Media Marketing and Advertising, Web Design, Machine Learning

Groups:

IET Student Member,

  •    Irish Linux Users Group
  •    Ericsson Former/Current Employees Networking Group (3000+)
  •    Google Android
  •    Ericsson Global
  •    Ericsson Network
  •    WiFi Penetration Testers
  •    The Institution of Engineering and Technology - IET
  •    SC10: SuperComputing 2010 Conference
  •    Ericsson Ireland Network
  •    Mobile Monday Belfast

Honors:

IBM Mainframe Challenge 2007 Stage 2 Runner-up
City & Guilds Licentiateship in Information Technology for Software Engineering work at Ericsson LMI


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