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.