Systems Architect at Infacta
Ireland
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Derek McDermott’s Experience
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Systems Architect
Infacta
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
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Software Engineer
Infacta
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
August 2002 — October 2007 (5 years 3 months)
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Senior Software Engineer
SoftCo
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
April 1998 — April 2002 (4 years 1 month)
Employed on a wide variety of projects:-
"Presto"
Lead Developer on a virtual reality Internet interface on DVD for eCom Ltd, a subsidiary of Softco.
"Eircom eDiary System"
Technical architect, on Eircom internet timesheet system.
"Softco Unity"
Team lead for Softco Unity, comprising a comprehensive integration and development tool set.
"Softco eBA"
Technical Architect for Softco eBA, a single integrated architecture for managing both electronic and paper based transactions. Designed and implemented the Process Manager at the core of SoftCo eBA. Based on Windows DNA, Process Manager is an XML message oriented enterprise-scalable transactional application framework, featuring 24x7 operation, active clustering, automatic fail-over, parallel processing, workflow reporting and auditing facilities and supporting extensible processes via COM interfaces.
"Collection Manager"
Designed and implemented the Collection Manager to handle receipt of documents and perform workflow process association for the introduction of documents into the eBA System.
"Distribution Manager"
Designed the Distribution Manager process, which transforms and dispatches documents from the eBA System over an extensible set of transport mechanisms, such as Email, Fax and Message Queue.
"Printorigin"
Team Lead involved in designing order processing processes for Printorigin, an eBusiness venture specialising in the Printing Services Industry.
"BuzzGolf"
Team Lead responsible for implementing BuzzGolf, an online Golf Portal, utilising the SoftCo eBusiness architecture.
"Ellko EMS"
Team Lead involved in designing and implementing distributed asynchronous processes running under SoftCo eBA handling approval workflows, order consolidation, and Order Processing.
"SoftCo Outlook Client"
Key designer responsible for Softco's Outlook client enabling email and document integration with Softco Enterprise Archive via a web-based client running under Microsoft Outlook. -
Software Engineer
Skylark Associates Ltd
(Computer Software industry)
July 1996 — April 1998 (1 year 10 months)
Resumed full-time employment with Skylark Associates after final college year, where I was responsible for the production of Multi-Media, Educational and Internet Titles, including the hugely successful "CD-ROM Guide to British and European Birds" series (runner up to Redshit 3 in the BAFTA multi-media awards 1998), the SSPider Internet Game Engine, MouseMates and the Genie Catalogue System.
Technologies: VB4, VB5, HTML, Javascript, Access, Codebase, Wise. -
Multi-Media Programmer
Skylark Associates Ltd
(Computer Software industry)
June 1994 — September 1995 (1 year 4 months)
Placement year with multi-media development company, extensively involved in developing a number of DVD-Rom Software titles including CountDown, A World Alive, For All Mankind, MAUS, Machbeth, Gould on Evolution and Frame-It.
Technologies: VB, C++, DA0, Access/Jet.
Awarded Diploma in Industrial Studies by University of Ulster.
Derek McDermott’s Education
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University of Ulster
BSc Hons. Applied Computing , Computing , 1993 — 1996
Awarded 1st Class Honours.
1993 Awarded McCrea-Leabody prize 1st Place, Magee College.
1993 Awarded PerfectSeal prize 1st Place University of Ulster.- Activities and Societies:
- Hill Walking Club, City of Derry Chess Club.
Additional Information
Derek McDermott’s Groups:
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International Association of Software Architects -
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs -
.NET Developers -
Mobile Content -
University of Ulster Alumni
Derek McDermott’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- getting back in touch
