Jimmy Johnstone

Experience

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  Rolls Royce Nuclear

  Feb 1974 - Feb 1977

  Electronics Engineer

  As an electronics maintenance engineer, the role covered many aspects of electronics and computer-specific areas. Computer technology was fairly young, you still had to paper-tape the bootstrap for instance. Analogue computing was used for reactor simulations and valves were still in vogue. Several digital computers were introduced and my involvement was, for instance, ensuring that the interfaces for the various sensors were consistent plus making sure that the more complex device interfaces were 100%. Show less

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  Office International

  Feb 1977 - Feb 1984

  Systems Analyst/Programmer

  Having spent some time with the computer hardware supplier which was part of Office International I became interested in Software. The director asked me if I could "computerize" (remember computers were effectively a completely new ball game) the several branches of Office International. Having seen the mess other companies had made, I gambled that I could and said yes. I had contacted on several occasions the company Digital Equipment and had by now an in-depth knowledge of the hardware (PDP11 etc.) which I had also used at Rolls Royce.In 5 years there was a complete suite of programs ie. Sales, Purchase, Nominal, Management Reporting, Rentals, Stock etc. and in the process I had cracked real-time and what was later to be called transaction rollback. Show less

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  Digital Equipment Corporation

  Feb 1984 - Sept 1985

  Analyst / Programmer

  Full life-cycle, analysis and programming on proprietary PCs and software. Principle languages RISC assembler, Basic+2. Principle O/s RT11, RSX (all flavors). Permanent member of staff at Kings Road.

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  Johnston CSI (Computer Systems International) Ltd.

  Sept 1985 - Sept 1993

  Director / Freelance Consultant

  Operating as a freelance consultant, roles performed were as follows:Sept. 1995 - June 1986 Istel (Jaguar) Birmingham RT11 / Pascal Real Time programming.June 1986 - Sept. 1989 Digital Equipment Corp., Brussels, Pascal Analysis and programming, principally on VAX (Virtual Address Extension) architecture.Sept. 1989 - Sept. 1993 Digital Equipment Corp., Newbury and Reading, languages C / Pascal / assembler on PDP, VAX and ALPHA, Senior analyst / mentor / implementor. Main specialisations O/s internals, relational databases and communications software. Show less

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  Global Crossing UK (formerly Racal Telecom)

  Sept 1998 - Mar 2001

  Senior Software Engineer

  Tasks involved re-engineering and analysis of communication monitoring networks (Gov.) and general programming and analysis.VMS, NT, MS C/VC++, Java, AWT, MS VJ++, MS Visual Studio 6, HTML, ASP, JScript, VBScript, Access, IIS4, MS VB, JDBC, ODBC, ATL, COM, DCOM, Data & Business Objects, SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0, SQL

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  MMT Computing

  Mar 2001 - Jun 2001

  Senior Analyst / Programmer

  Principally an analyst programmer, technical content was as follows:MS NT, DEC VMS, UNIX(AIX), C, MS VC++, Oracle 8i / AQ, PRO C, TAPI, MFC, ATL, COM, DCOM The contract was terminated prematurely due to external funding being withdrawn unexpectedly. The original contract was for an upgrade to the PayPal server network.

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  Stagecoach Swindon, Notts and Derby & Trent Barton based in Derby

  Jun 2001 - Mar 2017

  Bus Driver

  A bus driver does what a bus driver does. It is not the perfect occupation but it keeps the wolf from the door, so to speak(type)...a little explanation...First, Am I too old to be considered for a technical job I could be good at ?, The problem is I've been out of the business for a while. More grey hair..up to the age of 49 I worked both in the UK and in Europe as an IT contractor. I earned the right to be called a professional (analysis, tech. consultancy), in that I worked for what I received. Having based my major technical base on a company in the US by the name of Digital Equipment I was disappointed that it was disposed of and cherry picked by HP. My CV was effectively blown to bits.9/11 also played a part. At the time I was working in Germany at the Bourse. Contracts were severed with the Chicago Board of Exchange. I came back to the UK and “other” people had filled the “slots” (love Blair and Brown, remember fast track visas?). But I still have a fully functional brain, and believe me it can be very frustrating knowing what could be possible...So I had to go into survival mode. I started as a bus driver, tried driving instructing (I was actually very good until it came to acting for the examiner) and remained a bus driver, albeit given time out to concentrate on my project. What I have been able to do is to understand people for what they are. But I continued with analysis...If you are familiar with my tweeting (@withthechange), you will know that I've recently been able to get my project independently evaluated. I've renamed it to reflect exactly what it does. It is actually a torque magnifier. A single retrofit device has been seen to increase the output of a single phase of a car alternator by over 100% ; I'm now working on the other two phases. Show less

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  Deutsche Boerse

  Jun 2001 - Dec 2001

  Deutsche Borse

  Freelance Professional principally employed in software quality control and code management. The technical content covered C, C++, Cobol, NT, DEC VMS, DEC ALPHA, DEC CMS, DCL, JavaScript. This was work which supported the Frankfurt exchange's Equity Clearing System.After 9/11, for some reason connected with the fact that DB was associated with the Chicago Board of Exchange, many contracts were terminated, including mine.

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  J3xE Ltd.

  Jan 2017 - now

  Director

  Applying analytical, electrical and mechanical skills developing technology intended to improve electrical power generation efficiency. Specifically, a means of incorporating magnetic energy to either reduce the magnitude of external energy required to be supplied to a prime mover or increase the yield of any existing electrical power source. Enhancement of a purpose built and demonstrable prototype test rig now at TRL4 continuing...