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John
Ashmele is a business systems analyst, experienced and qualified in the formal
analysis and design methodology SSADM. His key business skills are analysis,
design and integration, in particular process and data modelling. His
technical experience, interpersonal skills and broad business awareness are
underpinned by an ongoing commitment to professional development.
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John has
undertaken many assignments for utility (energy, gas, electricity) and blue chip
companies, as well as for government departments and the public sector. Recent
assignments include analysis of requirements, process and data modelling,
logical system specification, implementation, service delivery, business process
documentation, and data protection and privacy support.
John is
the director and principal consultant of Ashmele Computing Limited, established
to provide professional services to managers and users of information systems
technology. He
created Anetz Pages, a website service dedicated to bringing cost-effective
internet advertising to businesses and other organisations, supported by a
comprehensive client
care programme. He
designed and developed the website, and continues to market and support the
service.
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1966...
Operator on the NCR/Elliot 4120 at NCR, London;
1968..
Programmer in NEAT4100, NEAT315, and MJSP/ COBOL;
1973..
Member of the British Computer Society;
1977..
Freelance programmer/analyst t/a Ash Programming Support Ltd.;;
1982..
Freelance systems analyst t/a Ashmele Computing Ltd.;
2004..
Chartered Member of the British Computer Society;
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John is prepared to work and travel throughout the
UK, as a team player or on his own. He has been security cleared, and is continually updating
his IS/IT knowledge through seminars and courses. He is currently serving on the
Council of the Association of Independent Computer Specialists.
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Key
Business Skills... |
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Business
systems analysis - business activity and work practice modelling,
user requirements catalogue, process and data modelling, business and
technical systems options; |
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Business
systems design - requirements and functional specification,
logical process modelling; |
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systems implementation - software package evaluation, user acceptance
testing, service level agreement, service delivery, business process
documentation and mentoring; and |
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protection and privacy support, including adequacy and compliance audit to determine any
weaknesses in an organisation's obligations under the Data
Protection Act 1998 |
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Key
Technical Skills... |
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SSADM Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology; |
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PRINCE2 Project Management in a Controlled Environment; |
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CASE
tools including Select SSADM and Systems Engineer; and |
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(long ago) MJSP/COBOL
programming in IBM mainframe environments. |
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Associations and Professional Qualifications... |
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Member of the
British Computer Society (BCS) and special interest groups; |
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ISEB Certificates in SSADM versions
3, 4 and 4.2; and |
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NCC Certificate in Systems
Analysis. |
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