Hello. I'm Simon O'Riordan.I'm a professional software engineer, a patented innovator.
I get a big kick out of making things work. With three engineering degrees, one a First Class Honours Bachelor's degree, the other two Post-Graduate, the unifying theme is software, although in different fields; since 1991 and in particular for the past fifteen years, I have used software to solve interesting and commercially important problems.
Recently I'd been working for a small software house near Southampton, a situation I was relishing, using technologies which I had previously had less access to commercially, such as ATL and XML, and of course .NET, STL, and MFC, FTP, LDAP, Sockets and Cryptography.
Also most enjoyably, I was able to acquire additional commercial experience in C++ and C#, including the Mono .NET system for Linux development.
I was working on a variety of projects with potential Blue-Chip clients; however, due to the recession and not a little tough luck, we dispersed. However, with the current thriving market in IT, it did not take long to find new work, and I am now working for a major British engineering company with global subsidiaries.
Here I have been enjoying a variety of challenging work, from VB6/C# migrations through to operating system manipulations and the use of additional IDE systems such as Codeblocks. I'm hoping that this, permanent position does indeed reward me with an extended period of stability, although I am liable to be sent to client sites in various locations worldwide for extended periods.
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