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peter gordon is looking for a Technology job in Nicosia;Limassol;Larnaca, Cyprus.

Candidate Info
Name
peter gordon
Gender
Male
Marital Status:
Married
Children:
No children
Country Of Origin:
UNITED KINGDOM
Last Updated:
03/01/2007
Residence / Contact Details
Address
lapithou 50,aradippou,larnaca TT7100, larnaca, CYPRUS
Professional Experience
Job Title Operations Support Analyst / Manager
Operation Analyst / Manager
Project Manager



Name Peter Gordon



Address Lapithou 50
T.T. 7100
Aradippou
Larnaca
Cyprus


Email PETER.GORDON@HOTMAIL.COM


Telephone +35796529568 (mobile)



Date of birth 18th August 1958



Marital status Married



Languages Spoken - English / Some Greek

















EDUCATION AND TRAINING



1969 - 1974 Parkside High School,
Beeston,
Leeds
UK



Training Courses


ICL System 4 Basic Operations
ICL System 4 Advanced Operations
ICL Virtual Machine Environment
Understanding Data Communications
IBM Mainframe Operations Part 1
IBM Mainframe Operations Part 2
IBM Mainframe Operations Part 3
IBM TSO
IBM JCL
IBM VTAM
DEC Managing Micro VMS
PROTOCOL IBM MVS/XA Operations Techniques
PROTOCOL IBM Advanced Operations
PROTOCOL IBM Problem Determination
IBM NETVIEW Administration and Installation
IBM Introduction to ISPF Dialogue Manager
CULLINET IDMS/R Concepts and Facilities
SYSMASTER Automation
IBM DASD Storage Management
RACF Administration
RACF Auditor
Assertive Management
Project Management
Total Quality Management
Time Management
Leading Through Teamwork
Practical Management
Quality Management Systems
Appraisal and Counselling





CA7 Scheduling and Installation
CA1
OPC / ESA
TWS
CA Jobtrac



EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE



October 2006 - Present


Moved to Cyprus.


April 1999 – September 2006

Working for Zurich Life, Cheltenham as an analyst manager

Duties include the following :-

Ensure all work is completed within agreed budgets and timescales
Customer and business liaison.
Negotiate and agree project budget and timescales.
Manage all department and customer projects.
Manage a team of analysts.
Currently managing and working on a conversion project.
Converting Jobtrac to TWS within agreed timescales and budgets.
Daily application Support of all Life systems.
Scheduling (using Jobtrac and TWS).
Problem resolution (using Netman, Infoman and Remedy).
Customisation of Lotus notes for group use.
DASD rationalisation.
Storage Management.
Staff training.
User Service Level negotiation.
User Technical Support.
Out of hours technical support.










September 1998 - April 1999

Working for GE Capital, Bristol on Y2K project.

Duties include the following :-

Co-ordinating the testing on the Y2K LPAR
Scheduling (using OPC / CONTROL ‘M’)
RACF admin.
Data manager
Problem / change manager.
3rd party software / application testing.
Application Installation




December 1997 - September 1998

Working for Eagle Star as a general Ops Support analyst with job
scheduling, error analysis, problem determination and change
co-ordination.



April 1997 - November 1998

Working for GE CAPITAL as an Ops Support Analyst.

Duties include the following :-

Conversion of an existing financial application to a year 2000
compliant system including OPC scheduling , procedure
changes, JCL enhancements / modifications and system testing.

Daily support of production environments.

Problem determination.










April 1995 - April 1997

Ops Support Analyst for EAGLE STAR, Cheltenham

Duties included the following :-

Daily support of all production / user acceptance / test environments

Analysis of existing systems ready for conversion to OPC / ESA

Converting existing systems using CA7 to OPC / ESA

Scheduling / system testing workloads using CA7 and OPC / ESA

Problem determination

First line user support



December 1994 - April 1995

Operations support analyst for TNT Express.


November 1994

Applied for and accepted voluntary release from B.T.

Formed own company (Phoenix Computing Services Ltd)



January 1994 - November 1994

Implement and manage the B.T. computer rationalisation
program for Oswestry computer centre.


February 1993 - December 1994

Implement and manage the procedure enhancements
required to attain ISO 1001 standards.






March 1988 - February 1993

Operation support analyst, duties included :-

Data manager
System security manager (RACF audit / administration etc)
SLA negotiator
Project manager (implementation of new projects and strategies)
User support
Application support
Operations support manager
Operations manager
CA7 / CA1 scheduler and implementation manager
Disaster recovery manager
Problem / Change manager



March 1988

Promotion from senior operator to British Telecom manager


November 1986 - March 1988

Senior computer operator at B.T. Leeds Computer Centre network
group.

March 1986 - November 1986

Senior computer operator working on PDP11 systems


January 1986 - March 1986

Senior helpdesk operator



March 1983 - December 1985

Senior operator operating ICL 2966 / ICL 2988 super dual systems







April 1981 - March 1983

Senior operator operating ICL 2966 DME systems


April 1979 - April 1981

Senior operator operating ICL System 4 batch and on - line systems


January 1977 - April 1979

Senior operator working on problem resolution and batch scheduling
/ assembly.


December 1976

Promotion to senior operator


September 1976

Joined B.T. as a computer operator


August 1974 - September 1976

Trainee quantity surveyor for Manston Contractors Ltd


Hobbies

I am a keen team squash player / keep fit / participation in most
sports.

Greek Mythology












Key Skills


IBM Mainframe
MVS
OS/390
TSO
ISPF
ENDEVOR
LIBRARIAN
JCL
RACF
CA1
CA7
OPC / ESA
TWS
JOBTRAC
NETVIEW
IDCAMS
VSAM
FAVOR
IMS
DB2
INFOMAN
NETMAN
REMEDY
CCSOLVE
JCLPREP
BETA44
BETA91 / BETA92
LOTUS NOTES
WINDOWS 95 / 98 / NT / ME /2000 / XP

CURRICULUM VITAE






Job Title Operations Support Analyst / Manager
Operation Analyst / Manager
Project Manager



Name Peter Gordon



Address Lapithou 50
T.T. 7100
Aradippou
Larnaca
Cyprus


Email PETER.GORDON@HOTMAIL.COM


Telephone +35796529568 (mobile)



Date of birth 18th August 1958



Marital status Married



Languages Spoken - English / Some Greek

















EDUCATION AND TRAINING



1969 - 1974 Parkside High School,
Beeston,
Leeds
UK



Training Courses


ICL System 4 Basic Operations
ICL System 4 Advanced Operations
ICL Virtual Machine Environment
Understanding Data Communications
IBM Mainframe Operations Part 1
IBM Mainframe Operations Part 2
IBM Mainframe Operations Part 3
IBM TSO
IBM JCL
IBM VTAM
DEC Managing Micro VMS
PROTOCOL IBM MVS/XA Operations Techniques
PROTOCOL IBM Advanced Operations
PROTOCOL IBM Problem Determination
IBM NETVIEW Administration and Installation
IBM Introduction to ISPF Dialogue Manager
CULLINET IDMS/R Concepts and Facilities
SYSMASTER Automation
IBM DASD Storage Management
RACF Administration
RACF Auditor
Assertive Management
Project Management
Total Quality Management
Time Management
Leading Through Teamwork
Practical Management
Quality Management Systems
Appraisal and Counselling





CA7 Scheduling and Installation
CA1
OPC / ESA
TWS
CA Jobtrac



EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE



October 2006 - Present


Moved to Cyprus.


April 1999 – September 2006

Working for Zurich Life, Cheltenham as an analyst manager

Duties include the following :-

Ensure all work is completed within agreed budgets and timescales
Customer and business liaison.
Negotiate and agree project budget and timescales.
Manage all department and customer projects.
Manage a team of analysts.
Currently managing and working on a conversion project.
Converting Jobtrac to TWS within agreed timescales and budgets.
Daily application Support of all Life systems.
Scheduling (using Jobtrac and TWS).
Problem resolution (using Netman, Infoman and Remedy).
Customisation of Lotus notes for group use.
DASD rationalisation.
Storage Management.
Staff training.
User Service Level negotiation.
User Technical Support.
Out of hours technical support.










September 1998 - April 1999

Working for GE Capital, Bristol on Y2K project.

Duties include the following :-

Co-ordinating the testing on the Y2K LPAR
Scheduling (using OPC / CONTROL ‘M’)
RACF admin.
Data manager
Problem / change manager.
3rd party software / application testing.
Application Installation




December 1997 - September 1998

Working for Eagle Star as a general Ops Support analyst with job
scheduling, error analysis, problem determination and change
co-ordination.



April 1997 - November 1998

Working for GE CAPITAL as an Ops Support Analyst.

Duties include the following :-

Conversion of an existing financial application to a year 2000
compliant system including OPC scheduling , procedure
changes, JCL enhancements / modifications and system testing.

Daily support of production environments.

Problem determination.










April 1995 - April 1997

Ops Support Analyst for EAGLE STAR, Cheltenham

Duties included the following :-

Daily support of all production / user acceptance / test environments

Analysis of existing systems ready for conversion to OPC / ESA

Converting existing systems using CA7 to OPC / ESA

Scheduling / system testing workloads using CA7 and OPC / ESA

Problem determination

First line user support



December 1994 - April 1995

Operations support analyst for TNT Express.


November 1994

Applied for and accepted voluntary release from B.T.

Formed own company (Phoenix Computing Services Ltd)



January 1994 - November 1994

Implement and manage the B.T. computer rationalisation
program for Oswestry computer centre.


February 1993 - December 1994

Implement and manage the procedure enhancements
required to attain ISO 1001 standards.






March 1988 - February 1993

Operation support analyst, duties included :-

Data manager
System security manager (RACF audit / administration etc)
SLA negotiator
Project manager (implementation of new projects and strategies)
User support
Application support
Operations support manager
Operations manager
CA7 / CA1 scheduler and implementation manager
Disaster recovery manager
Problem / Change manager



March 1988

Promotion from senior operator to British Telecom manager


November 1986 - March 1988

Senior computer operator at B.T. Leeds Computer Centre network
group.

March 1986 - November 1986

Senior computer operator working on PDP11 systems


January 1986 - March 1986

Senior helpdesk operator



March 1983 - December 1985

Senior operator operating ICL 2966 / ICL 2988 super dual systems







April 1981 - March 1983

Senior operator operating ICL 2966 DME systems


April 1979 - April 1981

Senior operator operating ICL System 4 batch and on - line systems


January 1977 - April 1979

Senior operator working on problem resolution and batch scheduling
/ assembly.


December 1976

Promotion to senior operator


September 1976

Joined B.T. as a computer operator


August 1974 - September 1976

Trainee quantity surveyor for Manston Contractors Ltd


Hobbies

I am a keen team squash player / keep fit / participation in most
sports.

Greek Mythology












Key Skills


IBM Mainframe
MVS
OS/390
TSO
ISPF
ENDEVOR
LIBRARIAN
JCL
RACF
CA1
CA7
OPC / ESA
TWS
JOBTRAC
NETVIEW
IDCAMS
VSAM
FAVOR
IMS
DB2
INFOMAN
NETMAN
REMEDY
CCSOLVE
JCLPREP
BETA44
BETA91 / BETA92
LOTUS NOTES
WINDOWS 95 / 98 / NT / ME /2000 / XP