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Montecarlo simulation

Avionics real time systems

3D Modelling and GUI development

Military real time systems

Stock market forecasting

Project support environment development

Air traffic control systems

System development support and tools

Event based simulation systems

Quality systems evaluation and auditing

Employment

Applications

Method Development and Support

Tool Development and Support

I have spent over 40 years in the computer industry, working on projects involving from one to hundreds of people, costing from a few thousand to over a hundred million pounds and in applications such as military, avionics, air traffic control, stock market forecasting, organisational analysis and diagnosis, simulation, method definition, quality systems and support tools.


Who’s He?

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Developed Srec Assistant, a trials data preparation and analysis tool in C++ for the UK MoD and supported its use by numerous real time projects

Developed the ProSpecs database, protocol simulation, trials data preparation and analysis tool in  Java for use in private research.

Developed ProSim, a protocol simulation, trials data preparation and analysis tool in C++ as a private venture exercise and sold a non-exclusive licence for its use by British Aerospace.

Provided support for use of the PSL/PSA and SDS specification database tools and for use of relational databases in support of specification and design of computer systems.

Developed the Qrule database tool, supporting procedural and non-procedural programming and supported its use on an experimental project to perform organisational diagnosis using Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model  (VSM) and in an integrated project support environment (IPSE).


Specified the CORE method for requirement expression, developed and presented a training seminar and a workshop for the method and supported its use on avionics and military projects

Served on the UK DoI STARTS Committee evaluating methods and tools for requirement specification and on the European EWICS committee on industrial computer systems.

Provided assistance in experiments with use of tools in support of an organisational evaluation and improvement approach based on Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model (VSM).

Provided consultancy support for various customers on selection and use of methods and support tools.

5 years with the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough in Hampshire

5 years with the Ferranti computer system developer at Bracknell in Berkshire

1 year with the EASAMS systems consultancy at Camberley in Surrey

6 years with the SDL consultancy at Frimley and Camberley in Surrey

2 years with the SCICON consultancy in London

23 years running my own consultancy, Systemic Methods Limited, until ceasing commercial work in 2005.