Tim Parks

Experience

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  Ferrotec Ltd

  Nov 1993 - Apr 1999

  Technical Manager

  Heading a Design team of six Hardware/Software Engineers working on a variety of embedded projects; Software Design in C/C++, HTML, on Embedded, UNIX, DOS, Windows platforms and systems; Experience of TCP/IP, PPP protocols; Development of data compression software (Modified Huffman) for facsimile communications; Formal documentation and technical manual writing; Design of Company Web Pages; I project-managed all technical developments, representing the company at meetings both in Ireland and abroad. I Carried out Unix System Administration of Sun Sparc Server 5 running Solaris OS. I was actively involved in Human Resource matters: dealing with recruitment & employee reviews. Show less

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  Trintech Technologies

  Apr 1999 - Dec 2004

  PC Software Team Lead for Retail Products

  Leading a Software Development team of up to five people; this involved Project planning, specification, estimation and development of ePayment Solutions. I spent much of my time developing C++ solutions in Visual C++ and Borland tools, applying UML techniques in the design phase. Acting as Technical Representative for key Payment Products at internal and external meetings; In charge of quarterly performance review of team activities; Liaising with Quality Assurance and Product Marketing on a range of products, supported by my team; Technical writing: preparation of Functional and Design Documents, User and System Administration guides. Show less

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  Cinario

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  Principal Software Engineer

  Cinario is a software company who specialise in developing software for the Commercial Security and Monitoring Industry. The Java based Client/Server software is unique in the industry and brings intelligent computer management and control to Commercial Management installations and integrated Enterprise environmental monitoring systems. My role involved all aspects of the development cycle; initial specification meetings with customer, generating documentation, developing a software solution in Java, VB, C++, or C as required, working closely with our QA team, commissioning software and training end users. Show less

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  Europlex Technologies Ltd

  Jan 2008 - Jul 2014

  Software Development Team Leader
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  Intrusion at Siemens, Security Products

  Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Head of R&D

  Managing and delivering all R&D activities of the global Intrusion portfolio of products and support services which will enable the organisation to achieve it's targeted sales revenue and growth objectives in line with the agreed business/sales strategy and stakeholder needs.

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  Vanderbilt International (IRL) Ltd

  Jun 2015 - May 2020

  Managing Vanderbilt International R&D services to support and advance hardware/software/firmware development in delivery of the Product & Project Road-map. - Test: ensure delivery of fully tested releasable solutions - Automated Test: drive and manage adoption of automated test- Documentation: delivery of all technical documents- Process – o Drive adoption and best practice of Agile Methodology o ISO – identify and resolve any weaknesses in ISO compliance o Continuous Improvement – keep up to date on best practices in all aspects of our processes and methods and instigate desirable process and method improvements at VI- Approvals: manage VI’s interaction with all regulatory and approvals bodies and our processes for obtaining necessary approvals. Show less

  • Head of Engineering Systems & Services

    Aug 2017 - May 2020

  • Head of R&D

    Jun 2015 - Aug 2017
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  Vanderbilt Industries

  May 2020 - Feb 2024

  Agile Projects Manager

  Driving successfully end-to-end delivery of Vanderbilt products to the global market. The primary contributor to the continual improvement of Vanderbilt’s project management processes.Scrum Master & Agile Coach.Proactively coaching and supporting the successful adoption of Scrum across the product management and R&D scrum teams.Scrum master to specific scrum teams delivering value via product solutions.

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  Acre security

  Jan 2024 - now

  Head of R&D Project Management Office