Resume
Andrew Bolster

Technical Consultant at Navigator Blue
United Kingdom
- Current
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- Young Professionals Member at The IET
- Technical Consultant at Navigator Blue
- Past
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- Sales Representative at Laser Electrical Ltd
- Software Engineer at Ericsson
- Education
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- Queen's University Belfast
- Recommendations
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3 recommendations - Connections
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48
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- Industry
- Computer & Network Security
- Websites
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,
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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 -
CUDA Users Group -
SC10: SuperComputing 2010 Conference -
Ericsson Ireland Network -
Mobile Monday Belfast -
IET Northern Ireland Network -
The Free Software University
Honors:
IBM Mainframe Challenge 2007 Stage 2 Runner-up
City & Guilds Licentiateship in Information Technology for Software Engineering work at Ericsson LMI
PRI Science Communicator Award for "Lignite" Presentation
Salters Festival of Chemistry 1st Prize
Summary
Engineering Student with a history of experience in consumer relations and advertising, Freelancing as a Technical Consultant (Jack of all trades), interested in moving into Financial Services / Clustering.
Currently focused on the Advertising and Marketing possibilities presented by new-media, and delivering maximal ROI for stakeholders.
Also open to Consultation on:
Parallel and Clustered Programming Optimisation
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
Clustering and Parallel Optimisation
Tele-working / Remote Maintenance/ Surveillance
Business Skills:
Web/Graphic Design
Social Media Marketing (Twitter/Facebook)
Invoicing and Billing Systems
Engineering:
Graduate-Level Electronics and Electrical Systems
Software Engineering
Agile and Test Driven Development Practices
Education
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Queen's University Belfast
MEng , Electronics & Software Engineering , 2006 — 2011 (expected)
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)
Experience
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Young Professionals Member
The IET
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
April 2010 — Present (6 months)
I am a member of the IET Young Professionals network in Northern Ireland, currently dealing with event and information management.
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Technical Consultant
Navigator Blue
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Applying my expertise and experience in Social Media Marketing, Web Design, Networking, and Electrical Engineering to the Marketing and Advertising.
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Sales Representative
Laser Electrical Ltd
(Retail industry)
July 2004 — December 2009 (5 years 6 months)
Consumer Electronics Sales
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Software Engineer
Ericsson
(Public Company; ERIC; Telecommunications industry)
July 2008 — July 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





