Resume of Neil Blakey-Milner

CareerJunction is the most successful job board in South Africa, handling more candidates, job adverts, and job applications than any other job board in the country.

Lead the process of changing the company's implementation language from ASP to Python, initially by cross-training existing developers on new business projects.

KnowledgeTree is a leading open source document management system. It was originally developed for the South African Medical Research Council, and was transformed into a product-based business.

Lead the team in the development of the KnowledgeTree document management system, focusing on architecture and the core of the application, and acting as business analyst, pre-sales consultant, and community manager as required.

Future Perfect Corporation is a professional services company providing strategy, marketing and technology skills.

I perform regular administration, support, and development work for Future Perfect Corporation on a variety of technologies.

The Bandwidth Barn is an incubator that provides a friendly Internet-connected environment where entrepreneurs are equipped with the necessary tools to tackle the challenges of starting businesses in the networked environment.

My primary areas of responsibility were administration and support, as well as fulfilling an advisory role on the Barn IT Executive Committee.

Independent Online is one of the largest online properties in South Africa, with roughly a million users a month. It's part of Independent News and Media South Africa, which publishes numerous newspapers in South Africa.

As Lead Developer, my job was to make systems and network decisions to improve service to both external and internal users, as well as lead the developers in the development of the engine used to deliver the web sites.

iTouch is a global wireless application service provider, one of the largest in the world. It had offices and platforms in nine countries at the time I left.

As Systems Developer, I developed systems to provide a platform for iTouch's wireless applications, and my tasks included developing standards for the standard platform, mentoring systems administrators and developers, and managing the group's networking infrastructure.

Building Intelligence provides Internet connectivity for office parks and buildings, aggregating to lower costs for tenants and for themselves.

As Senior Systems Administrator, I was responsible for ISP services for tenant and hosting customers, including network infrastructure.

Sunesi Clinical Systems developed digital diagnostic equipment and healthcare software for health practitioners, and ran supported medical portals for health consumers and practitioners.

As Systems Administrator, I was tasked to provide the platform for Sunesi's applications, and to develop and manage ancilliary systems for its support function.

In my position as Security Officer, I considered the security implications related to the receipt and handling of confidential medical information.