ROLAND CLEAVER
ADVANCE WITH VISION
 
"A GOOD PORTFOLIO OF SKILLS, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ... FLEXIBLE APPROACH ... A GOOD COMMUNICATOR"
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Roland John Graeme CLEAVER 	Born 2 Feb 1960	Divorced 	
98 Salem Road, ABERTAWE, SA6 8NN, UK	
Mobile Tel: 07926 195161	E-mail: r c l e a v e r [at] g m a i l [dot] c o m	
 
User Support & Training with tact and empathy.	Client & quality focus	Application Development & Repackaging 	
Out front communication and presentation skills 	Creates resourceful and inventive solutions	Manufacturing & commercial experience 	
 
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Dec 00 Trinity University College, Carmarthen - Network Systems Engineer (New Scale 5, pt26)
Lead responsibility for Education Faculty network: RM CC3 Win XP, 2k/2k3 Server Active Directory. MSI Repackaging with Wise; IDS. Team rôle for campus network: XP Client, NetWare, GroupWise, Identity Manager. Zen. IOS, security, H323, MPEG, VMware Virtual Infrastructure virtualization
Sep 98 University of Glamorgan - Media Support Assistant 
Trained staff and students in TV and audio production: Beta & S linear, Avid, Optima, SADiE; Mixtreme; Cubase; Logic. Edited award-winning MA film. Recorded and edited internal productions. H/W & S/W maintenance. Renewal of 96-98 contract.

Jun 98 Space Technology Systems - Materials Control Manager 
Brought in by group MD to rationalise motor division legacy stock control; schedule production; review purchasing and logistics; train local staff.
Oct 96 University of Glamorgan - Senior Tech. Officer (Media) 
See above.
Apr 96 Home Carer 
Looking after seriously ill son
Nov 95 West Glam. C.C. Education Dept. - I.T. Support. 
P/T PAYE at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Ystalyfera alongside self-employment. Recruited by personal recommendation. Sorted out problems with AUN network; Administered Netware 3.12 / Win 3.11 network, installing new hardware, diagnosing OS add-in and driver problems to achieve stability; instructed and coached pupils. Continued ad-hoc for County of Neath & Port Talbot until '97.
May 93 Self -employed Computer Graphic Operator Programmer. 
Clients including Techniquest; BBC Cymru/Wales; Agenda TV, mainly gained by word of mouth. Have operated on many live studio & outside broadcasts: Paintbox; Matador; Aston, (incl. Motif); Chyron; Slide/Artfile; Manuscript; rostrum etc. Some 3D and model making. Designed and implemented interactive graphic applications using structured BASIC; C; ARM assembler; multimedia scripting; HTML; hardware. This includes a number of computer-based learning exhibits to be found at Techniquest, London Science Museum, Oakwood etc. Desktop and LAN support of RISC OS; MacOS. Mail admin. Internet strategy. Pre-press illustration and process to final film. Trading largely suspended APR 96 due to son's illness
Mar 92 Siannel Pedwar Cymru (S4C) - Contract Graphic Designer
Recruited by existing client to continue weather visualisation operation and programming, plus presentation graphics on Quantel Paintbox. Contract extended until Nov 1992.
Jan 89 Stylus Television - Real-time Computer Animator
Recruited by personal recommendation to design, programme, install and operate graphic systems for quiz shows, live OBs, weather forecasts, post-production. Led weather team. My clients included Ffilmiau Elidir, S4C, BBC Wales, HTV West, BBC West, Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting on-site in Tripoli. Trained clients, students in operation of Paintbox; Encore; Aston; A72. Compositing with Harry+HUD. Supported 3D and admin. staff computing on MSDOS;RISC OS; Symbolics Genera. Acorn registered software developer. Stylus closed by Trilion Group parent March 1992. Transferred to S4C to complete contracts.
APR 88 USSP Ltd. T/A Centaur Systems - Trainee Systems Engineer
Installed & maintained PCs, minis, servers, workstations on site and at base; Syst. support; XNS Net. mgt.. As support programmer and tech author, compiled manual for automated news agency 'copy' filing system. Front-end R&D for one of the first modern freetext search engines. Langs.: C, Mesa, BASIC. Environments incl. MSDOS, D/OS, UNIX V3, MINIX, XDE/Viewpoint. UNISYS, Xerox VAR. USSP closed insolvent Nov 1988.
Sep 85 Ansells Cambrian Brewery - F/T & P/T Senior Bar Person
Alongside degree course. Frequently "held the fort", cashed-up & banked takings. Ran cellar, stock; trained staff; supervised house maintenance. Left for skills development with Centaur.
May 80 Self-employed 
Public address hire with a number of residencies and close relationship with client acts, largely on hold once I went to college 1983
Jan 80 Cardiff Broadcasting Co. Ltd. - Station Engineer ILR2
Designed, built custom equipment; organised technical stores; cabled-up the equipment to central jackfield; performed commissioning, routine and "fire-brigade" tech. operations and maintenance, including OBs, programme switching, playout and logging. Trained and supervised programme staff. Redundant at end of startup, May 1980.
Oct 78 British Broadcasting Corporation - Trainee Broadcasting Engineer OP2
Successfully completed A & B courses at Woodnorton Hall; various on-station courses and attachments. Experience ranged from stripline UHF base & field maint. to MV power generation and switching. Responsible for monitoring transmission quality, coordinating maintenance. Left for more creative role with CBC.
EDUCATION from age 12:
Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Bucks (1971-1978) 
10 'O' Levels; 'A' level Physics (D). 
'Distinction' in Certificate of Oral English.
Polytechnic of Wales (University of Glamorgan). (mature student 1983-1987) 
B.A. in Communication Studies, a multidisciplinary course encompassing media theory and practical assignments; Semiotics and other cultural theory; socio-linguistics; and social-psychology.
University of Wales College Swansea. (1993) 
WLPAN intensive Welsh language course
Research Machines (2000 – 2002)
RM Connect Network Management Pt1 & Pt2; Moving Forward with RM CC3
UKERNA (2004) 
Several Network Security Courses; MS2279 Win2k3 AD Infrastructure.

University of Glamorgan (2008) 
VMware Virtual Infrastructure administration.

SOCIAL INTERESTS: 
•	I participated in food; book and housing cooperatives for a number of years, becoming development officer of the housing association, managing the renovation of derelict properties to provide low cost accommodation for young people. 
•	I have been a leading member of several hospital broadcasting stations, presenting shows and in some cases constructing studios. 
•	I have played in a several bands, including Living Legends (UK); Some Weird Sin; The Megaton Men; NC4, produced and organised the manufacture and marketing of LPs and singles. 
•	I can work reasonably competently through the medium of the Welsh language, and am actively seeking to brush up my French and German and acquire some basic Japanese. 
•	I used to participate in photographic and radio clubs (as GW8KSL), but haven't got the time or space at present. 
•	I have held a full driving licence since 1981, and had my own transport last time I looked. Unpaid taxi driver and goat heard to a generation of Swansea kids.
•	I enjoy sub-aqua as and when other commitments permit, currently never
•	I do a bit of DIY as and when wife; kids and life insurance permit.
BROADCAST EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:
Program Title	Type	Client	Role	
Y Tywydd	weather	S4C pres. dept.	visualisation (Paintbox)	
Sgwario	game show	Ffilmiau Elidir	game visuals (Prisma)	
Star Quality	game show	Phi TV / HTV West	game visuals (Prisma)	
Y Sioe Fawr	live O.B.	BBC Cymru/Wales 	caps; stings (Prisma)	
Llangollen Eisteddfod	live O.B.	BBC Cymru/Wales 	caps; stings (Prisma)	
Nat. Eisteddfodau	live O.B.	BBC Cymru/Wales 	Prisma; Motif; Aston	
The Marathon Birds	nat. hist.	BBC Bristol	Visualisation (Prisma)	
Children in Need	telethon	BBC Cymru/Wales 	caps; stings (Prisma)	
Rasus	racing	MAP / Now Motion	pre-press; Paintbox	
Dim Ond Celf	live O.B.	BBC Cymru/Wales 	captioning (Motif)	
Jacpot	game show	Adloniant Agenda	game visuals (Amiga)	
Heno	live mag.	Teledu Agenda	Matador; Chyron; Artfile	
Heno	live mag.	Teledu Agenda	Quiz segment producer	
Gwyl Cerdd Dant	live O.B.	Adloniant Agenda	caption (Manuscript)	
May Day	Short Film.	Nigel Orrilard	Offline & sync	

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