Programmer
Ireland
- Current
-
- Programmer at Fintrax Teo
- Past
-
- Programmer at Cara Data Processing Ltd
- Programmer at Quantum Despatch Limited
- User Group Leader/Co-Founder at Clipper User Group of Ireland
- Programmer at The Big Red Book Company Limited
- Programmer at Irish Pharmacy Union
- Programmer at Eagle Star
- Programmer at Shield Life Assurance Company
- Programmer at Youth Employment Agency.
- Programmer at Lexicom Limited.
- Computer Support at HEClissman
- Programmer at Royal Irish Academy
- Education
-
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Sandymount High School
- Scoil Assaim Senior Boys National School, Raheny
- Saint Damiens National School, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
- Recommended
-
1 person has recommended Gerard - Connections
-
145
connections
- Industry
- Program Development
- Websites
Gerard Keating’s Summary
Clipper/xBase Developer for the past 20 years.
Gerard Keating’s Specialties:
Clipper, xBase, C#, EMV, APACS
Gerard Keating’s Experience
-
Programmer
Fintrax Teo
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
November 1999 — Present (10 years 2 months)
-
Programmer
Cara Data Processing Ltd
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1999 — May 1999 (5 months)
CARA had a range of Products developed in Clipper. I was contracted to upgrade the range to Y2K compliance and also to implement Budget 1999/2000 changes
-
Programmer
Quantum Despatch Limited
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1998 — December 1998 (1 year )
Quantum Despatch has developed a software package in Clipper for the “Same Day" Courier Industry, and is the market leader in it’s chosen niche. My Duties with Quantum Despatch are two folds, to provide an excellent level of support for the company’s customers, and also to be a senior programmer in the further development/enhancement of the company's software products.
Supporting Quantum Despatch’s customers involved supporting the application suite under a range of platforms, including Novel and Windows NT and also migrating our applications from Novel to Windows NT Server. Workstations used included those operating under MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT. I was also responsible for Quantum’s Y2K and Euro-Conversion development. -
User Group Leader/Co-Founder
Clipper User Group of Ireland
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1994 — December 1998 (4 years 9 months)
-
Programmer
The Big Red Book Company Limited
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 4 months)
The Big Red Book Company has developed a bookkeeping package in Clipper for small businesses. My Duties were to develop/enhance the product, and to provide support for the users of the product. I was also responsible for developing a Euro-conversion policy and Y2K validation. The application was support under a range of platforms, including MS-DOS, Window 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT.
-
Programmer
Irish Pharmacy Union
(Pharmaceuticals industry)
April 1994 — December 1996 (2 years 9 months)
Programmer and Computer Maintaince.
-
Programmer
Eagle Star
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Insurance industry)
January 1988 — April 1994 (6 years 4 months)
While with Eagle Star, I developed several systems in CA-Clipper for use by Insurance brokers and for in-house use. I programmed mostly in Clipper, with some work in Basic. My position with Eagle Star also involves providing computer support to insurance brokers, this involved installing and servicing equipment and providing hardware and software support.
-
Programmer
Shield Life Assurance Company
(Insurance industry)
January 1988 — 1990 (2 years )
While with Shield Life, I developed several systems in CA-Clipper for use by Insurance brokers and for in-house use. I programmed mostly in Clipper, with some work in Basic. My position with Life also involves providing computer support to insurance brokers, this involved installing and servicing equipment and providing hardware and software support.
-
Programmer
Youth Employment Agency.
(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Government Administration industry)
September 1987 — December 1987 (4 months)
The Agency computerised several of it internal administration functions using dbase III Plus and Lotus Symphony.
-
Programmer
Lexicom Limited.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 1986 — September 1987 (11 months)
The company, which specialised in providing custom written software, developed several packages including a major system for use by Doctors in General Practice. These packages were written with Clipper, a dbase III plus compiler.
-
Computer Support
HEClissman
(Computer Hardware industry)
March 1986 — August 1986 (6 months)
The Company distributed IBM compatible PC's and I provided Maintenance and technical support to dealers, in addition to dispatching equipment to dealers.
-
Programmer
Royal Irish Academy
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Government Administration industry)
March 1985 — March 1986 (1 year 1 month)
The Academy are using computers to assist them in the compilation of a new dictionary of Irish and have a suite of programs written in Basic to aid them in the compilation of the dictionary. My job was to maintain the existing software and to write new programs as the need arose.
Gerard Keating’s Education
-
Trinity College, Dublin
1982 — 1985
-
Sandymount High School
1977 — 1981
-
Scoil Assaim Senior Boys National School, Raheny
1975 — 1977
-
Saint Damiens National School, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
1967 — 1975
Additional Information
Gerard Keating’s Websites:
Gerard Keating’s Interests:
Clipper.
Gerard Keating’s Groups:
Galway MTUG, ST:DCU, Wolf 359, Irish Linux Users Group, Clipper User Group of Ireland
-
Renewable Energy Business Network/Clean Economy Network Foundation -
Smart Cards and RFID -
RFID Professionals -
Paddytech -
Irish Linux Users Group -
<<< Friends of Ireland >>> -
Smart Cards Group -
.NET Developers -
Database Experts -
Payment Systems Network -
Electronic Trading Group -
Card Payments Industry Expert Group -
Payments Strategy -
BASE24 & BASE24EPS COMMUNITY -
Credit Card Professionals -
Payment Card Industry Network -
Trinity College Dublin - Alumni and Friends -
e-Banking (EMEA) - Online banking -
Tweeple -
OpenCoffee Ireland -
International Card & Payment Professionals -
Payments & Cards Network -
Tweeters -
VisaMaster -
Payments Experts -
PCI-DSS -
Contactless payments -
MasterCard Network -
Sustainable Energy Development -
SEPA ePayment Group -
IT Ireland -
Card payment IT & business -
Money Transfer Networks
-
SEPA Single Euro Payments Area (incl. PSD) -
Clipper Developers Alumni -
Payment Solutions and Value Added Services -
Irish Business Developer Network -
"G1 Android" by Google-HTC Users -
Payments Professionals -
Fans of Digsby -
Irish Payments Experts -
EUC and Spreadsheet Risk Solutions -
Alt.Net Ireland -
Global Remittance Network -
Card Services -
Bizcamp Ireland -
Corporate Treasury And Risk Europe -
We Accept vCards -
Microsoft Ireland Connect -
Galway City Business Network
Gerard Keating’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
