1. Curriculum Vitae
for
Dr Paul A Daniels PhD BSc FRAS
1st
August 2015
Skills
Current
Platforms Windows 8/7/XP
Applications Microsoft Access (all versions up to 2010), Microsoft Office 2010, 2007, 2003, 2000, 97 and earlier, Microsoft
SQL Server 2008, 2005, 2000, 7 & MSDE, SQL Server Management Studio/Enterprise Manager, MySQL,
Apache, Enterprise Architect, WeBuilder versions 2011-2015, Visual Studio.NET 2010 & 2005 and Visual
Studio 6.
Libraries ADO, SQLDMO, mysqli, OpenGL, Managed DirectX, nVidia CUDA
Languages VB.NET/VBA/VB 6 (100%), C# (90%), T-SQL (90%), HTML/CSS (90%), ASP (70%), PHP (50%), JavaScript
(50%)
Other/Older
Platforms Windows 3.1, 95, 98 & Me, NT4, MS-DOS/PC-DOS and NEXOS LAN
Various DEC VAX & Alphas (VMS), Prime (PRIMOS 22.3), HP 1000-F series (RTE VI), LSI 11/23 (RT11SJ),
ICL 1906 (GEORGE IV), ICL PERQ (PNX (Unix)), FPS 164 & 264 (SJE & APEX64), FPS 5000 series (APEX38),
ICL Quattro (CCP/M), Apple Macintosh
Applications Microsoft Project 2000 & FrontPage 2000.
WordPerfect 5.2 and 6.1 for Windows and WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS, DataEase 4.2
C/C++ 7, Quick C, Prof. BASIC 7 & CodeView, Lattice C, JPI TopSpeed Modula-2 & C++
Research Systems IDL, ARTEMIS 2000
Macintosh: Excel, MacWrite, MacDraw, MacDraft & MicroPlanner Plus
Languages
(Skill %)
C++ (35%), C (35%), FORTRAN (30%), Java/J++ (20%), Pascal (20%), Modula-2 (10%), Perl (10%),
RTL/2 (5%), 80x86 Assembler (5%), Occam 2 (5%), Ada (5%), Other BASICs
FPS Array Processors: FPS APFTN64, FPS CPFORTRAN, FPS APAL 38/64, FPS XPAL
Experience
Swiss Postal Solutions September 2013 to present
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire Contract
In September 2013 Swiss Postal Solutions completed purchase of most divisions of PB Management Services including the
DSC. I worked as a direct contract with SPS and continued development on the Citi Worldlink software. Some re-
configuration was required: in part due to the different infrastructure but also because use of PB’s proprietary Spectrum
address-resolution software had to be dropped due to licensing issues.
Some other small VB.NET projects were also completed in this time.
Pitney Bowes (Document Solutions Centre) November 2012 to August 2013
Leavesden, Hertfordshire Contract
Following release of the payroll tracking software at PB Harlow I moved to the IT development group in Leavesden to
partly support that software and also to work on other development projects. I took over the development of the Citi
Worldlink cheque printing project from a departing employee but the project VB.NET code and SQL Server 2005 database
required significant redesign and was re-implemented as a background service. Later, another person joined me to add
web-based stock management of blank cheque stationery. This extended scope required a move to SQL Server 2008 and
additions to the SQL Server database.
Some other small VB.NET projects were also completed in this time.

2. Pitney Bowes (Document Solutions Centre) August 2011 to October 2012
Harlow, Essex Contract
Pitney Bowes (DSC) provided a payroll printing service. As part of a Quality Initiative they asked for a system that would
track the passage of payslips (also P45s and P60s) through their system from printing to sealing to packing to despatch.
I was responsible for the requirements gathering, design, development, implementation and testing of the system which
uses hand-held barcode scanners reading 2D Data Matrix barcodes added to the payslips as they are printed. I designed
and coded the main application using C# and the workflow data is held in a SQL Server 2005 database that I also
designed and developed.
Security was added to the system to restrict users to their prescribed roles by making non-appropriate forms unavailable.
Custom Crystal Reports and complex Excel workbook reports have been added.
European Trade & Exhibition Services Ltd (ETES) August 2007 to End of March 2008
Staines, Middlesex & October 2008 to present.
Contract
ETES organise several UK & Ireland regional engineering and electronics exhibitions during the year and a smaller number
of craft shows.
I maintain and upgrade the Access and SQL Server corporate databases both of which use SQL queries/views and, in the
case of SQL Server, T-SQL Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functions. Extensive use is made of VBA in the Access
databases for both data manipulation in those databases and also for interaction with the SQL Server databases. I am
also developing new and extending existing Access software tools for generation of data lists and management reports
according to specified criteria. Some management reports are in the form of Excel worksheets and use Excel VBA for the
analysis.
I add new features to the ASP-based corporate web-site, design and insert new web content and also design and create
marketing HTML emails; some of these contain forms to return automatically information to ETES' database.
I provide documented advice on steps to be taken to improve the company's IT infrastructure and procedures and liaise
with an external public-relations consultant on ways that the web-site may be developed.
I provide general IT administrative support by, for example, creating database queries to support mail-merge mailings
and have carried out basic administration of their corporate server.
It is fully understood and agreed by ETES that my work for them will default to evenings and weekends on gaining a full-
time contract.
Citigroup Venture Capital International (CVCI) Start of June 2010 to End of July 2010
Central London Contract
I designed and developed a fully flexible Excel-based analysis & reporting application to allow users to 'drilldown' into
tables of data. This required development of a wholly new recursive algorithm making extensive use of complex VBA for
generating the subtotalled data (to supercede the limited outlining facility provided by Microsoft) which was then
automatically grouped, outlined and formatted in a user-configurable fashion to produce the final Excel report.
External data sources could be other Excel workbooks or Access or SQL Server database tables with the data being
retrieved via a user-configurable ODBC connection and SQL string.
The application had a facility for right-clicking on the output report's data items and, depending on the item selected in
the customised Excel pop-up context menu, allowed drilling further down to other sources of related data.
The application required the development of several complex, VBA-driven Excel forms to aid the user in defining the
configuration of the application and made significant use of ActiveX controls.
The development required presentations to the end-user and user documentation was provided.
Guildford Astronomical Society Current
Guildford Voluntary
I have been a member of GAS for several years and am now in my fourth year as the President of the society of 179
members. Prior to this I served on the committee as their webmaster. This has involved the transfer of a website and
domain from one host server to another, the introduction of a bulletin board, members' webmail accounts and setting up
individual logins for members to allow access to information from the GAS website. There is also ongoing maintainence
and development of the website and bulletin board and the creation of online AJAX-based utilites such as a booking form
for the society's observatory and a registration form for allowing invited guests to access the website and make use of the
bulletin board.
Development is for an Apache environment using a combination of XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Perl and MySQL
databases.

3. Dstl July 2004 to April 2007
Porton Down, Wiltshire Contract
I was responsible for the continued design and development of a large CBRN Agent Microsoft Access Database Project
linked to a SQL Server 2000 data source with significant use of VBA and T-SQL.
I also designed and implemented a SQL Server database application using an Access 2003 ADP client and multiple
databases for use in a secure environment.
Also fully responsible for the design and implementation of three other medium-sized Access Database Projects (two
linked to MSDE) and another smaller Access-only database.
I have some recent experience in development of a MySQL database application with a web-based client hosted on
Apache employing PHP server-side scripting and some JavaScript client-side scripting.
National Air Traffic Services Ltd (NATS) March 2004 to July 2004
Swanwick, Hampshire Contract
I supported the upgrade of the large number of Access 2, 95 and 97 databases to Access 2003 across several NATS sites
and designed a utility to scan and analyse Access databases to help anticipate potential upgrade problems.
ODPM/DfT, Internal Audit Service April 2002 to December 2003
Ashdown House, Victoria Street, London Maintenance Contract
I supported a secure, multi-user Access 97 audit tracking database. It augments proprietary SQL Server-based timesheet
software (data structure reverse-engineered) to produce key performance indicators. I designed and created Queries,
Forms, Reports and extensive VBA code.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) November 2001 to September 2002
Eland House, Bressenden Place, London Contract
I worked on an existing secure, multi-user Access 97 application used in the Government Offices around the UK to help
manage the processing of planning casework. Ultimately it became a secure replicated database. Extensive use of
Queries, Forms, Reports and VBA including use of Form and VBA library modules and use of Windows API routines. A
more sophisticated Access 2000 version was developed that included, for example, a configurable reporting system.
Sportisan April 2001 to June 2001
Sherwood Street, London Contract
Sportisan provide a common web service to subscribing cricket clubs. I worked on the initial import of club details and
began the development of an Access 2000 tool to help with the entry of historical information.
Department of the Environment, Transport & Regions (DETR) March 2001 to April 2001
Eland House, Bressenden Place, London Contract
In this full-cycle project I developed a multi-user Access 97 application to track the progress of web-site publishing work
for the Electronic Publishing Unit in the Division of Communication. The application included several Forms, Queries and
several management Reports and made heavy use of VBA including Windows API routines. The user did not want full
Access security and so a bespoke logon based on Windows NT usernames was implemented. Full user and detailed
system documentation and user training provided.
The Public Records Office January 2001 to February 2001
Ruskin Avenue, Kew Contract
I designed and implemented an end-user Access 2000 application to store and analyse information imported from Excel
2000 spreadsheet forms. The Access application directly opened the Excel spreadsheet store and extracted the
information using VBA.
Department of the Environment, Transport & Regions (DETR) November 2000 to January 2001
Ashdown House, Victoria Street, London Contract
I designed and developed a secure, multi-department, multi-user Access 97 application for the MACC2 project which
registers publicly declared 'green' commitments by companies and others and then monitors their progress towards their
declared targets. This application developed as a secure, replicated application making use of Access Form, Report, VBA
libraries and Windows API routines.
Deutsche Bank September 2000 to November 2000
Appold Street, London Contract
I developed a small Access 97 database application as part of a team working on the NYSE Listing Project. Database
documented where required. The principal output from the database was a multi-sheet Excel spreadsheet with an
index/summary sheet.
DERA, CDA December 1998 to December 1999
Farnborough, Hampshire, & April 2000 to August 2000
Portsdown West, Hampshire and Contract
Winfrith Technology Centre, Dorset
I was solely responsible for the design and development of a secure, replicated, front-end/back-end and multi-user
Access 97 management tool for DERA (CDA) that allows staff to enter estimates of their future likely commitment to

4. various projects. I provided the application with both a detailed and context-sensitive Help file and comprehensive user
and system documentation.
EuroLAN Research Ltd July 1998 to present
Ascot, Berkshire Contract
I provide support to EuroLAN's secure, run-time Access 2000 database distributed quarterly on CD-ROM to subscribers. I
converted the database from Access 2 to Access 97 and, recently, to Access 2000.
Ericsson OMC Ltd June 1998 to June 1999
Basingstoke, Hampshire Contract
Working closely with the Technical Manager I developed a secure prototype Access 97 staff appraisal evaluation tool. This
application made use of several Forms to capture input, Queries, management Reports and extensive VBA to perform
bespoke staff appraisal scoring. Following a successful trial of this prototype I converted the tool to a final, secure and
robust application.
The National Grid Company plc January 1997 to August 1998
Wokingham, Berkshire Contract
I was part of the GOAL project team developing software to cost-optimise the scheduling of generators. The project used
DEC Alphas and FORTRAN. I was also responsible for the development of a secure Access 2 database tool and provided
user training and user and system documentation.
Aquaflow March 1997 to present
North Ascot, Berkshire Consultancy
I provide PC consultancy services to Aquaflow and have developed an Access 95 contact database with automated mail-
merge links to Word for the production of mailshot letters.
Texaco August 1996 to December 1996
Docklands, London Contract
I was responsible for creating an Access 2 module to validate some of Texaco's gas billing records. The work relied
heavily on the use of VBA and used ODBC connections to a separately maintained back-end Oracle database.
Berkeley Credit April 1996 to December 1998
Croydon, Surrey Consultancy
I was involved in the development of an Access 95 database application to provide a tool to match the most appropriate
loan to an applicant's personal circumstances.
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals December 1995 to August 1996
Staines, Middlesex Contract
I worked on an Electronic Territory Management System (ETMS). The system made extensive use of Access 2, SQL, VBA
and complex Access reports using dynamically created SQL queries.
Whitbread plc, ISG July 1995 to November 1995
Luton, Bedfordshire Contract
I worked on several projects including: a demonstration Access 2 application to simulate the tele-sales order-capture
process, an Access 2 mailing labels application (distributed using the Access Development Toolkit), a proposal for a
conference-room management application to be written in Access, investigation and recommendations on both alternative
credit-card authorisation systems and alternative remotely distributed sales-management systems.
Glaxo Wellcome Group Research April 1995 to July 1995
Ware, Hertfordshire Contract
I developed software in VAX C to merge the Glaxo and Wellcome email directories following their merger.
Newman & Spurr Limited September 1994 to October 1994
Camberley Contract
I developed an Excel 5 Visual Basic application to process automatically pre-formatted source files into a series of
worksheets showing the data in a combined tabular and user-configurable graphical form.
Exchange Clearing House (ECHO) May 1994 to January 1995
London Contract
I was involved in two Access 2 projects for (a) determination of the volatility of Foreign Exchange and Money Market rates
for use in exposure and risk assessment and (b) a system to administer the cases where payments have not been made
on-time or where a customer has defaulted.

5. Marconi Speech and Information Systems February 1994 to April 1994
Portsmouth Contract
I was involved with an embedded application that converts digital reports of weather and other airport runway conditions
into high-quality spoken words for broadcast to approaching or departing aircraft.
Glaxo Group Research Limited February 1992 to January 1994
Greenford, Middlesex Contract
I helped maintain, develop and provide training and additional documentation for the principal in-house clinical trials
database system (PRIME & FORTRAN) during it's final year. I also developed an Access 1 (later 1.1) database application
to handle the barcode-based tracking of blood and urine samples from medical study volunteers.
National Small-bore Rifle Association January 1991 to April 1991
Bisley Camp, Bisley, Surrey Contract
I returned to the NSRA (see below) to re-implement the database applications for DataEase 4.0 on standalone PS/2s as
multi-user DataEase 4.2 applications on a NEXOS LAN with PS/2s as workstations.
British Aerospace August 1990 to December 1990
Plymouth Contract
I modified the High-level Software Requirement Specification and wrote module-level Software Requirement
Specifications for the Swingfire Missile Automatic Tracker Improvement Programme. The project employed custom ASICs,
Transputers, Occam and Image Processing.
National Small-bore Rifle Association June 1990 to August 1990
Bisley Camp, Bisley, Surrey Contract
I developed a DataEase 4.0 application to collate and print League tables after each round of shooting, investigated
approaches to automated target scoring (eg. barcodes), proposed a scheme for barcoding of their shop outlet and
reorganised their memberships database.
Space Technology Systems May 1990 to June 1990
Alton, Hampshire Contract
I worked on a PC Modula-2 application (transcribed from HP-BASIC) to received, analyse and archive MetOcean data (ie.
Wave heights, Wind Speeds and Directions etc.). This software also had to be capable of retrieving archived data and
graphically presenting the information both on-screen and on a colour printer.
Optimis Limited February 1990 to May 1990
Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire Contract
I worked on a Microsoft Professional BASIC 7 application to extract the parameters of failure curves from an oil company's
North Sea Platform failure and maintenance information. These parameters were then analysed by Optimis' MainOpt
package which applied failure/maintenance costs and performed cost optimisation.
SD-SCICON September 1989 to January 1990
Fleet, Hampshire Contract
I worked on some of the system control software for the Control Room Operating System (CROS) of the Eastern
Electricity Board. This software was mostly written in VAX Pascal. Following the implementation of this part of the project
I designed part of a graphics-based database management utility.
IGG Systems Limited November 1988 to July 1989
Portsmouth Contract
IGG manufactured large matrix display signs. Acting software team leader. Involved in two major contracts one in the UK
(an advertising application with datatext broadcast) another with a company in the US (large racetrack tote-board
application). Involved in direct customer contact in both UK and US. Represented IGG in the US on 4 occasions;
unaccompanied on two visits. Some programming in the C language but mostly in IGG's proprietary multitasking,
graphics-oriented Elite BASIC. Large quantity of documentation completed.
ICL Defence Systems September 1986 to October 1988
Winnersh Permanent
Development Consultant. Developed an image processing application using Lattice C for an IBM PC with a PC-Vision
framestore. Programmed the DAP array processor's Fast I/O interface to a video display board. Prepared 'Technology
Survey' report and Talisman surface-ship anti-torpedo defence system feasibility study report. Risk assessment and
project planning during proposal phase of SIPS MkII (for the RN Hydrographic dept). Project planning for the proposal
and study phases of PINDAR.

6. Floating Point Systems (UK) Limited November 1984 to August 1986
Bracknell Permanent
Technical Support Analyst in both pre- and post-sales support roles. FPS manufactured array processors for compute-
intensive applications. Application experience includes Seismic/Signal/Image Processing, Simulation, Real-time analysis,
Oil Reservoir simulation, Structure analysis, Graphics etc. VAX 11/780 system manager for over 8 months.
UWIST October 1982 to October 1984
Cardiff Permanent
Research Associate in the Machine Vision lab. Investigated industrial applications of image processing. Involved in a
project with AERE Harwell. Taught image processing and Pascal at MSc level.
Max-Planck Institut für Physik und Astrophysik October 1981 to September 1982
Munich Postdoctoral Student
Post-doctoral research writing image processing software for the X-ray astronomy satellites EXOSAT and ROSAT.
Education
Centre Period Qualification
Dartmouth High School,
Birmingham.
September 1968 to July 1974. 4 A-levels, 8 O-levels, 1 CSE and Test in English
Wadham College,
Oxford University.
October 1974 to June 1975. 1st
Public Examination (Pass)
Queen Mary College,
London University.
October 1975 to June 1978. BSc (Hons) Astrophysics (2I
)
Sheffield University,
Sheffield.
October 1978 to September 1981. PhD, "Particle accretion and the size distribution and
evolution of cometary nuclei".
Personal
Nationality British
Status Divorced (October 1991). 2 sons, Adam & Gareth, now aged 31 & 32 respectively.
Married (May 1996) to Patricia (Trish)
Born 22nd
September 1955
Address Copthorne, 37 Bramble Bank, Frimley Green, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 6PN
Telephone +44 (0)1276 684218 (Home) & +44 (0)7802 324697 (Mobile)
eMail paul@qsoft.ltd.uk
Web Site www.qsoft.ltd.uk