Richard Spurr is a British citizen with over 34 years of experience in IT and computing. He held various roles such as analyst/programmer, IT manager, and systems support manager. He has a strong background in networking, infrastructure design, and business applications. Currently seeking new opportunities where he can provide consulting services and leverage his experience. He plans to pursue personal interests such as writing a book on the history of computing in Hull and giving lectures after his planned retirement in 7 years.

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Surname: Spurr Hereditament: Hobbies: Personal Information:
Forename: Richard 3 Langham Rd Genealogy Driving License: Full & clean
Nationality: British Church Lane Photography Disabilities: None
Telephone: 01964 622917 (+ans m/c) Thorngumbald Bridge Language: English
E-Mail: spurr732@btinternet.com HU12 9QJ Inventing Criminal record: None
Education
Schools: Paisley St. Primary, Bricknell Ave. , Sir Leo Schultz
O levels: Chemistry (1), Art (2), Mathematics (3), Physics (3), English (5), Geography (6)
Higher Ed. Hull College of Higher Education - HND Computer Studies (pass)
Further Ed. Riley School (night class) A level Photography (B) , Fine Art (E)
UFA: Hull University: Suicide Awareness, Time Management, Project Management, Team Management
Employment record
From / To: Company: Title: Duties:
1986-2008 Seven Seas Ltd (Marfleet) System Support Analyst/Programmer(RPG II), Phone Management,
Network Install, Asset management, Purchasing
1984-1986 Humberside College of F.E Analyst / Prog. VAX 750 COBOL / Datatrieve
1980-1984 Radius Ltd Programmer ICL 2903 / Texas B200 COBOL / BASIC (Pro)
1979-1981 Hessle Evening Institute Teaching O level Computer Studies
1978-1980 Beverley Borough Council Programmer IBM S/34 RPG II Imprest Payments / House Advances
1976-1978 Associated Fisheries & F Shift Leader NCR Century Operate / batch controls
1974-1976 J.H Fenners (Marfleet) Computer Op. ICL 1903 (GEORGE) Tape / card updates
1973-1974 Humbrol Ltd (Marfleet) Lab. Technician QC raw materials, colour match, research project
1973-1973 ICI Fibres (Harrogate) Lab. Assistant Dyeing/Stentering/ Printing Crimplene
IT and Telephony skill set
Project Management Supervised satellite office build – building/phones/network/electrics
Purchasing Responsible for £100k revenue budget & capital applications
Wiring / Infrastructure Wired Ethernet network of 500 nodes and 300 phones (inc . VOIP)
Networking Designed network using Fibre Layer 3 switches and 1GB backbone
Server Specifications Designed for speed / resilience using Mirrored pairs / RAID 5
Phone System management Apply all moves / changes on Plessey PBX and Siemens Hipath system
Business system migration Conversion from IBM MAPICS to J.D.Edwards on AS/400 B35
Asset management Designed Access database to track all purchases, issues, faults & disposal
Microsoft Products Word, Powerpoint, Excell, Access,
Applications
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Wrote software to convert orders to Tradacomms std for Unichem / AAH
Forecasting Software to calculate line of regression / MAD & graph
Market analysis System to analyse effectiveness of advertising on sales performance
Transfer Order Processing System in Dbase to input / process / analyse reps orders / performance
Warehousing location System Designed to pick/track stock where lot trace is required
Least cost mix System to calculate least cost oil mix but retain min/max vitamin limits
Temperature Mapping System to log / graph temperature in warehouse (GMP spec.)
Effluent flow Install system compliant to Yorkshire Water Authority
Student Records Design Schema / database for students, courses, tutors & qualifications
Travel Claims System for Hull Health authority to calculate payments
House Advances Record monthly payments / interest due etc on mortgages
Payroll Production of payslips, bank giro, coinage analysis, P11 / 35
Standard Business Systems Stock Control, Bills of Material, Production Planning, Purchasing
Accounting systems Accounts Payable/Receivable, Nominal Ledger, costing & Budgeting

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Personal Qualities
With over 34 years in continuous employment and a total of about 7 days sickness I can claim to be a reliable and
conscientious employee with a good breadth of experience in all aspects of how a medium sized company
operates. I use my lateral thinking skills to take an active part in meetings and suggestion schemes. I enjoy
working on my own initiative but have also managed a small team of specialists. Anything I do not understand I
research in my own time and rarely feel the need for formal training.
Personal Development Plan
Over the next few months I plan to use study guides / books to improve my skills in Office 2007 VBA, Visual
Studio, ASP.NET and web design/building using products such as Dreamweaver / Java.
Career Objectives
Despite spending over 30 years in the computer industry I feel I am in no way tied to IT. I have a reasonable
amount of financial security so I can afford to take a job that pays less than £12,000 (although more would be
nice). I would be a valuable resource in most small companies looking for a source of good advice /consultancy
without having to employ expensive contractors / consultants. I estimate I saved my last employer saved over
£300,000 in this capacity.
Retirement Plan
Although retirement is 7 years away I have several projects ‘on the drawing board’ . I would like to write a book
about the history of computing in Hull with material/anecdotes gleaned from companies and individuals. I would
also like to embark on a lecture tour around schools with equipment / visuals about the history of computing.
I have contributed to Better Regulation Executive and may like to take an active part in local government .
Seven Seas Reference (transcript)
Richard Spurr was employed by Seven Seas Ltd from 1st April 1986 to 22nd August 2008.
Richard was initially appointed as an Analyst/Programmer before being promoted to Information Technology
Manager in 1993 and subsequently taking up the post of Systems Support Manager with responsibility for IT
procurement, networking and communications infrastructure and general support of various business
applications.
Richard has developed many original technology solutions to a variety of business problems that have presented
and has never been afraid to think ‘outside of the box’ during his long period of service.
Richard has an exemplary attendance record with only 4 days of sickness in the last 22 years.
Other references: Google: Spurr Thorngumbald or check profile on LinkedIn
I have played Bridge at Hull University for 15 years and know several lecturers , lawyers and teachers who would
be willing to act as character references. Current managers at Seven Seas Ltd are not known to me. Retired
managers are a better source:
1. Finance Director for 18 years:
Mr Raymond Grant, tel. 01482 605302, E-mail rayandjude25.rayadnjude25@karoo.co.uk
2. Computer manager for 21 years:
Mrs Kay Kerwin, e-mail kay@kerwin3.karoo.co.uk
Signed: Richard Spurr
Dated: April 2013