B			     CURRICULUM VITAE

			  Jonathan Graham HARSTON
			      70 Camm Street,
			 Walkley, Sheffield S6 3TR
			        jgh@mdfs.net
			     http://mdfs.net/jgh
			     Tel: 0114 281-8708b


BPROFILEb

I offer nearly 30 years experience in hardware and software design,
programming and testing; mapping, surveying and documentation; and eleven
years experience of working at the public face of local government. I am a
skilled and flexible programmer, documentation writer, and mapmaker, who
takes a pride in achieving accuracy and clearness and ancouraging that in
others. I have particular expertise in writing low-level device drivers and
handlers and platform-independent code. Many examples of my work are listed
in my portfolio at mdfs.net/jgh/Docs/Me/Portfo.htm.


BKEY SKILLSb
* Managing and administering computing, IT, database and networking
resources, data entry and processing, in-depth experience of working with
multiple systems, protocols and architectures.
* Experienced in C, PHP, Pascal, Modula 2, Cobol, Visual-Basic, FORTH, Basic
and BBC BASIC; ARM, 80x86, PDP-11, 32016, 6809, 6502 and Z80 machine code,
and of UNIX, VMS, MSDOS, Windows, CP/M and BBC operating systems.
* Expertise in low-level device drivers, serial and networking programming
with MIDI, RS232, ACIAs, ADLCs and UARTs and specialist knowledge of Econet
and co-processor systems.
* Writing computer programs and designing and building computer hardware;
writing much of the software that I use; testing and documentation.
* Able to translate object code back into recompilable source code and
recreate schematics from hardware.
* Skilled in technical and cartographic drawing, including maps, plans,
electronic schematics and circuit board layouts, and technical writing and
HTML authoring.
* Running and organising a print shop with RISO printers, folding machines,
organising drop-off and dispatch of printed materials.
* Administering and organising back-office support, organising agendas,
coordinating meetings and taking minutes, chairing public meetings and
giving presentations.


BMOST RECENT EMPLOYMENTb
BJanuary 2013 to date, Highlander/Capita/Sheffield City Councilb
BIT Support Engineer.b Organisation-wide hardware and software refresh
bringing the whole IT system up to Windows 7, Office 2010 and additional
client-specific applications.

BAugust 2011 to November 2011, Tribal, Sheffieldb
BTester.B Pre-release functionality testing of two major public
sector web applications, ensuring consistency of functionality and
presentation across a range of browsers and versions. Working within
a small team reporting and documenting issues and retesting updates,
writing and updating step-wise test scripts and summaries, regression
testing new releases, and end-to-end shakedown testing to document
areas for future development, coordinating with developer and client teams.

BMay 1999 to May 2010b
BElected Member of Sheffield City Council for Walkley Wardb

Lead member of Environmental Performance Working Party auditing
council environmental policies and systems, developing and promoting
environmental policies. Member of the Licensing Board, deciding on
applications for alcohol premises, hot food, street trading, gaming
facilities, sports stadiums, taxi driver and vehicle licenses. Member
of the Schools Admissions Board, determining entrance to schools, school
transfers and supported travel applications. Member of Planning Board
determining planning applications.

Party membership secretary and city-wide Data Officer, maintained party
membership and electoral databases, entered, analysed and used data for
targeted and untargeted mailings, organised and mapped optimal delivery
rounds. Ran the party print shop with high-speed high-volume printers,
folding and stuffing machines, coordinated with suppliers and external
print companies. Set up and ensured correct operation of server systems,
on per-user and shared basis.

During this time I was also a board member of South Yorkshire Housing
Association taking part in making decisions on service standards, budgets,
lettings policies, future development and services, and holding the Chair
and Executive to account.


BHIGHER EDUCATIONb
BChartered Institute of Environmental Health.b July 1996 Health and Safety Certificate

BSheffield College, Loxley Centre.b September 1994 to May 1996 City
& Guilds Electrical Installation Part 1 and 2.

BUniversity of Stirling, Scotland.b September 1987 to September 1990.
Computing Science BSc Major, taking Environmental Science and Japanese Language
as a subsidiaries.


BPERSONAL BACKGROUNDB
* Am interested in cartography, drawing many of my own maps, including the
  ones listed below.
* Member of the Society of Genealogists and the Sheffield Family History
  Society. Have traced my family in Sheffield and Whitby back through 12
  generations to about 1700 and across more than 15 families, identifying
  over 1100 members.
* While at University, co-wrote, produced and presented a breakfast-time
  news and current affairs radio programme for University Radio Airthry.
* Have been a school governor for 12 years, chairing the Buildings &
  Site committee at Myers Grove School, my former school.
* Was a board member of South Yorkshire Housing Association for three years
  and continue as a shareholder member.
* Qualified electrician, have had Health & Safety training and  property
  management experience.
* Member of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society.
* Conversational fluency in Japanese, French and German.


BPUBLICATIONSb
ISubmission to the Sheffield Parliamentary Boundary Reviewi, J.G.Harston, 2011.
IRockall and Hasselwood Rocki, map, pub. J.G.Harston, 2009.
IPlanning Appeal supporting refusal of listed building consent, 163 Church
Street, Whitbyi, J.G.Harston, May 2008.
I1er mai 1707: Qui s'en souvient?i, Genista Informations, June 2007.
ISubmission to the Local Enquiry on the Sheffield Parliamentary Boundary
Reviewi, J.G.Harston, 2005.
ISheffield Parliamentary Boundary Review Submissioni, J.G.Harston, 2004.
IComments on the Sheffield Ward Boundary Reviewi, J.G.Harston, 2003.
ISheffield Ward Boundary Review  Submissioni, J.G.Harston, 2002.
IGenealogy of the Old Testamenti, pub. J.G.Harston, 1995.
IHADFS Reference Manuali, pub. J.G.Harston, 1992, 1994, 2012
ILife in the Fast Lane (Game of Life)i, Acorn User, January 1992.
IClimb aboard the Carousel (GetPages)i, Micro User., September 1991.
ISuss out the Symbols (VLIST)i, Micro User, July 1990.
IProgram Lister (PRLIST)i, Micro User, June 1990.
IInside Story (MDUMP)i, Micro User, September 1989.
IThe Yards of Whitbyi, map, pub. J.G.Harston, 1989.
IThe Treaty of Union of the Kingdoms of Scotland and Englandi, pub. J.G.Harston , 1988.


BPREVIOUS EMPLOYMENTb
BJanuary 1997 to May 1999b
BSheffield Liberal Democrat Group, Sheffield City Councilb
BDeputy Office Manager/IT Manager.b
Setting up and maintaining shared and segregated user areas. Configuring
software to correctly function on a per-user basis. First point of contact
for Group members for IT problems.

BJuly 1996 to January 1997b
BChannel 5 Broadcastingb
BTelevision Reception Engineer.b Retuning and testing video equipment as
part of the Channel 5 retuning project. This involved working in people's
homes ensuring that the new transmissions would not interfere with existing
equipment.

BMarch 1994 to April 1994b
BOwain F Carter Information Services, STIRLINGb
BProgrammer.b Consultant to debug a WordPerfect filehandling enhancement
program.  Reconfiguring a PC system to use the Cyrillic character set to
BS2979, optimising memory-management and disk cacheing under DOS and
Windows, and installing the hardware and software for a communications link.

BNovember 1993 to December 1993b
BIT Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, SHEFFIELDb
BProgrammer.b Rewriting medical information systems designed by medical
students with little computer knowledge; and rewriting systems to use
Windows from Visual Basic.

BJuly 1992 to July 1993b
BAFE Computer Services (Acorn Far East), HONG KONGb
BNetwork Systems Manager/In-house Technician.b Responsibilities included
installing, customising and maintaining software, and installing and
maintaining hardware.  Managing a mixed Acorn UNIX Ethernet and Econet
network of RISC OS and PC computers, liaising with the English schools in
Hong Kong and installing and teaching staff about new software and helping
them with problems, and coordinating service and maintenance requests.

BJune 1992 to March 1993 (part time)b
BMay 1991 to June 1992 (full-time)b
BTokyo Kyoei Gakuen, HONG KONGb
BMaths, Science and English TEFL Teacher.b Teaching 'O' level Mathematics
and Science to mainly Japanese and some Chinese secondary school students.
Teaching Geography and French, and conversational English to adults with a
wide range of abilities.

BJanuary 1991 to April 1991b
BWatford Electronics, WATFORDb
BTechnician.b Responsible for taking telephone enquiries and orders, doing
minor computer repairs, and dealing with mail returns of microcomputers and
peripherals.

BSeptember 1990b
BDept. of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Stirling, STIRLINGb
BComputing Consultant.b Responsible for the installation of software for
an RISC OS Network system, installing and setting up programs, and preparing
a connection to the campus Ethernet system to connect to JANET; Beta testing
of pre-release software for Unix workstations.

BJune 1988 to August 1988b
BCamp Beaumont, Albrighton, SHROPSHIREb
BComputing Activity Instructor.b Teaching children in the 5 to 16 year
range how to use various computer applications including word processors,
databases, spreadsheets and graphics packages.  Assisting 14 to 18 year olds
in programming activities; looking after children of foreign nationalities
and some informal experience of TEFL teaching.

BJune to Aug 1987, 1986, 1985b
BRoyal Hallamshire Hospital, Medical Physics Dept., SHEFFIELDb
BTechnician.b Designing and building, and writing control programs for,
electronic computer hardware for sensing medical data.