Robert Jones

Objectives

During my fairly successful career in catering I developed a genuine passion for IT, from building and repairing systems to designing personal and business web-sites, and I have been doing so for over 5 years. I am constantly expanding my knowledge of various web and graphic design techniques and methods to keep up to date with the ever rapidly expanding world which is IT.

Operating systems

Windows 95/98/2000/XP and Vista

Unix: - Gentoo, Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora, Solaris

Software

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Photoshop CS3, Flash CS3, Illustrator CS3. Rapid CSS 2007. Microsoft Office 1997-2007. Visual Studio 2008, Open Office. Filezilla FTP. AVG and Norton anti-virus. Norton Ghost. Plasq Comic Life. Microsoft VPC. Cubase SX 2. Bluefish. Qt Designer. GIMP. Quanta. Blender 2.0. Skype. Wise FTP

This list is constantly growing and a list of what I would consider essential tools.

Education

Advent Computer Training
Comptia A+ (June 2008)

NVQ Level 1, 2 and 3 Catering and Hospitality (July 2000)

GCSE passes in :-

Maths, English, Science, Rural Studies, Food Studies, French and Art (July 1998)

Additional education and information

Full British driving license
Health and Safety level 2

Interests

In my spare time I like to read books and magazines, surf the internet, listen to music and also play both electric and acoustic guitar. I am currently working on several variations to my personal web site including Flash, Ajax. I also build, modify and fix friends and families computers(telephone customer support), games consoles and anything else I can get my hands on.

Current Experience

Hotel Administrator (February 2008 – Present day)

My main duties are to keep the hotels web site via CMS, internal Intranet and Twitter page up to date with current information and sales opportunities/offers. I also have various graphic design projects to keep up to date with, from special offers flyers, table plans for weddings etc, and posters displaying the various facilities within the hotel. This is an extremely challenging role as every day is never the same, also I am one of the listed Duty Managers within the hotel structure, so handling of customer enquiries and complaints is also a role within my job.