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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