Albert Lau

Experience

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  Hong Kong Trade Development Council

  Jan 1993 - Dec 1993

  Programmer

  - Peform programming tasks using VAX Basic, Rdb, Foxpro on various systems

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  Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited

  Dec 1993 - May 1994

  Application Programmer

  - Performed programming tasks using VAX Basic and VAX Cobol on various systems

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  Mass Transit Railway Corporation

  May 1994 - Dec 1996

  Analyst Programmer II

  - Design and programming for the redevelopment of the Ticket Office Automation System (TOAS).- Conduct user requirement collection and wrote the functional specification for the redevelopment of TOAS.- Co-ordinate between internal users and external contractors on the integration of the Contactless Smart Card System (CSC) and internal MTRC system and provided advice on technical issues with the integration of CSC and internal MTRC system.- Performed daily support and enhancement for the Automatic Fare Collection Data Analysis System (AFCDAS) and Ticket Office Automation System (TOAS).- Supervise a junior programmer, assigned programming tasks to and monitor the progress of the junior programmer. Show less

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  Hong Kong Police

  Dec 1996 - Jul 1997

  Contract Analyst Programmer

  - Conduct the implementation of the Formation Information Communal System (FICS) to police stations.- Performed 24 hrs on-site and off-site support.

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  Peregrine Investments Holdings Limited

  Aug 1997 - Dec 1997

  Senior Programmer/Analyst

  - Develop programs using VAX COBOL for the Peregrine Brokerage System (PBS). - Develop programs using PowerBuilder 5.0 the Accounting System.

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  Hong Kong Housing Authority

  Feb 1998 - May 1999

  Contract Senior Analyst Programmer

  - Redevelopment of the Payroll module of the Housing Authority Financial Information System using PowerBuilder 5.0.- Conduct meeting with user representatives to gather user requirements, analysed the requirements and produced the design document.

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  IBM Global Services Australia

  Jul 1999 - Aug 2000

  Analyst Programmer

  - Design and develop both Uniface and SQL for the Site Information System (SIS) and SIS NPAMS Interface (SNI).- Producing documents, conducting document & process review for the preparation of Capability Maturity Model (CMM) level 2 certification.

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  Griffith University

  Sept 2000 - Jan 2006

  Senior Software Engineer

  - Implement PeopleSoft Finance, HR & Student Administration System (v7.6).- Develop Griffith University customised Examination module.- Develop Griffith University customised Research Admiinstration System.- Support and enhance Student & Finance modules, including the Letter Generation process, the QTAC process, the Official Transcript process, Student Enrolment, etc.- Produce General & Detail Design and other Test documents.- Conduct unit & system testing on both Unix & NT server.- Co-ordinate & apply patches to the HR & Student Admission & Finance modules.- Worked on the Research Administration project, developing the Ethics module, Centre module and rewriting the Publication module using Peoplesoft version 8.4.- Acting BSS Development Team Lead in September/2004 and September/2005. During those periods, I supervised, assign work and manage the daily operation of the Development Team, hold discussion with Functional Team Lead on work issues and progress.- Co-ordinate with PeopleSoft consultant for development on the Griffith portal using pagelet and modify the logon & password verification through the portal and on the eNABle shut-down project.- Work on the Finance version 8 upgrade project and the HEIMS project (including the DEST Interface for CHESSN allocation).- Work on the Graduation project and the Payment Gateway project. Apart from programming, I also involved in the analyst and design of the systems for the 2 projects.- Provide presentation on the GST Refund Application, Griffith Configuration Panel, the Letter Generation process and the QTAC process to other developers, functional personnel and / or user representative.- Mentor new developers, provide advice on both functional and technical issues and peer review work units done by team members.- Provide update to team members and progress report on projects to management. Show less

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  Suncorp-Metway Limited

  Jan 2006 - Sept 2006

  Analyst Programmer

  - Centre Point (Point of Contact) for the Functional Group for 6 months.- Supporting the day to day running of the PeopleSoft Finance systems.- Perform patching work.- Enhancement of the online component of the system- Work on a project to enhance and further automate the nightly batch process.- Co-ordinating and developing the interface with a Spend Analysis System.

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  Open University

  Oct 2006 - Feb 2007

  PeopleSoft Consultant

  Involved on the CSI Project - PeopleSoft Compus Solution Version 8.9 impletmentation.Key area worked on:- Student Self-Service- Shopping Cart- Payment Gateway

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  Griffith University

  Mar 2010 - Oct 2017

  I am the Team Lead of the PeopleSoft Development Team. I am managing a team of 12 developers, assigning task to developers and co-ordinating with clients.The PeopleSoft Development Team perform Operational Support work including enhancement and other project request from both the Business System Support area and the Project Group. I am currently the Acting Manager of the PeopleSoft Development Team. I am managing a team of 12 developers, assigning task to developers and co-ordinating with clients.The PeopleSoft Development Team perform Operational Support work including enhancement and other project request from both the Business System Support area and the Project Group.

  • Team Leader

    Apr 2015 - Oct 2017

  • Team Lead

    Mar 2008 - Oct 2017

  • Acting Manager

    Mar 2010 - May 2010
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  University of Queensland

  Oct 2017 - May 2022

  Senior Applications Technical Analyst
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  Brisbane Catholic Education

  May 2022 - Jan 2024

  Senior ICT Officer - Digital Solutions - Portfolio, Data and Integration
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  QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

  Jan 2024 - now

  Senior Engineer