Curriculum Vitæ for Mark Tuson
Date of Birth:
Sunday, September 24th, 1989.
Education:
Blackpool and the Fylde College (September 2007 - present).
The Blackpool Sixth Form College (August 2006 - May 2007).
Hodgson High School, Technology College (September 2001 - July 2006).
Burn Naze County Primary School (September 1994 - July 2001).
BTEC
Higher National Diploma, Software Development (Currently attending).
National Diploma for IT practitioners.
City and Guilds
L2 Key Skills - Mathematics.
CGE-AS Level
Electronics (E).
CGSE
English (C).
English Literature (D).
Mathematics (C).
Double-award Science (C).
Double-award Applied ICT (F).
French (C).
Graphic Products (F).
Music (E).
Drama (D).
Work Experience:
Total of 6 weeks at AXA Insurance (Lytham), doing various jobs including:
Building and networking computers.
Project Management Reporting.
Testing web-based insurance broker software.
Set up a recording system for an XP desktop refresh project, from requirements given.
Set up photo ID system and conducted sessions.
Voluntary work at different points over the period (2003 - present) at Donna's Dream House
(Blackpool). I attend AXA-UK's 'Hearts in Action' every September if I am able to.
6 weeks at the Milton Community Centre (Fleetwood), dismantling and rebuilding legacy
computers as part of a project to enable people to rent computers.
Skills:
Quick at learning.
Wide range of computing experience.
Good at communicating.
Capable programmer (experience with C, C++, C#, BASIC, Visual Basic, and Delphi).
Relatively well acquainted with HTML, I also own and maintain a web-site of my own.
Interests:
Languages (Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Anglo-Saxon).
Old computers, both hardware and software. In 2009 I took over the 'Endangered Software
Archive' from Derek Quenneville.
Music (Rock 'n' Roll, Rock, Jazz, Blues, George Formby, I also play the ukulele and am a
member of the George Formby Society).
Reading (most kinds of books, I particularly enjoy books by Micheal Crighton).
Amateur film making/acting (I have acted in The Crucible, was a technician on Grease,
and a little bit of pantomine).
Early radio/television technology (I have built a Baird Televisor and several crystal sets).
Old English currency (I have a somewhat large collection, including some rather rare
specimens).
History.
Palaeography; I am capable of binding books using three different methods, and also can make
and use reed and quill pens.
Availability:
Not available at this time.