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 .