I have a Doctorate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Canterbury University, New Zealand, specialising in Digital Signal Processing in the area of Speech Recognition, and Speech Feature Analysis.

I have over 10 years experience in the electronics industry with over 8 years as a design consultant working on a broad range of software products including; PDA (.NET Compact Framework), Web applications (ASP.NET/ASP) , Microsoft Window applications, database applications, embedded software (DSP, C. C++), communications, and DSP (Texas Instrument) work.

These projects have incorporated design, management, development, and testing.

My software projects include client-server work using C#/VB.NET, Visual C++, Access, SQL, and Sybase Databases (using ADO, DAO, RDO, and ODBC), Visual Basic, as well as associated installation software procedures.I have a good knowledge of SQL.

I have recently been writing PDA software for the WinCE environment.

I have extensive experience in Web programming for internet and intranet application, including ASP and ISAPI, for IIS. I have written Web software in VBScript, C++, and javascript. The web designs have all been active designs linking to a Database (Access, SQL, SYBASE).

I have worked extensively on communications software including Tait protocol communications software, PC serial/parallel communications, Internet communications (SMTP/FTP/TCP/IP, POP).

My embedded software experience includes file systems, database management, Texas Instrument DSP coding for telephone and fax machines using TMS chipsets, DSP coding for embedded speech recognition system.

I am a Microsoft Certified Product Specialist with Microsoft Visual C++.