Curriculum Vitae


Name:            Jonathan David Amery.

Date of Birth:   10th October 1977.                                      
                                                
Marital Status:  Single.

Address:         6, Scarsdale Close, 
                 Greenend Road,
                 CAMBRIDGE.
                 CB4 1SL.

Telephone:       (01223) 424983
Mobile:          (07866) 777503

E-Mail Address:  jonathan@shinythings.org.uk


Employment:     November 1999 - Present Day:
                   Software Engineer at Petrologic Limited.
                   This mainly involved maintaining the Petrologic Oil Data
                   format manipulation utilities.  It was about equal parts
                   fixing bugs in existing utilities and writing new ones 
                   from the ground up.  The utilities are mainly written in C
                   with GNU/Linux as the main development environment.

                 July 1997, 1998 & 1999: 
                   AQA NEAB Temporary Clerical Assistant
                   This was a simple clerical job, ensuring that Examiners
                   had followed the correct procedures with each candidates'
                   scripts, and had not made any elementary errors of 
                   arithmetic.

Work Experience: Summer 1994: William Sessions (Finance).


Computing Experience: Systems:  Unix (including Solaris, Linux)         5 years
                                  (With some sysadmin experience)
                                Microsoft Windows/DOS                   7 years
                                Apple MacOS                             5 years
                                Acorn RiscOS                           12 years
                      Software: Basic familiarity with most office 
                                administration tools, some experience of 
                                graphic design programmes.  Extensive 
                                experience of most varieties of Internet tool
                                and protocols.

                   Programming: C, Java/JavaScript, Modula-3, ML, Bourne shell
                     Languages: BASIC (particularly BBC BASIC V), some C++,
                                Simple Perl, Assembly (particularly ARM and Z80).

Education (11+): Bootham School, York. YO30 7BU.

           GCSE:   Two A*, six A and two B.

        A-level:   Grade A in Maths, Further Maths, Physics, 
                   Chemistry and General Studies.

          (18+): BA(Hons) in Mathematics from Cambridge University
                 (Trinity Hall, Cambridge.  CB2 1TJ)


Special Achievements:   Scholarship and Bursary in Maths at Bootham School.
             Three programs published in Acorn User (Feb, Mar 1996, Jan 1997).

Positions of Responsibility:  
                 School Prefect.        Captain School Chess Team 95/96. 
                 Chess/Bridge House Captain.    Computer Room "Curator".
                 Cambridge Student Methodist Society:
                     Held the posts of Treasurer, Catering and President 
                     at times between Jan 1997 and Mar 2001
                 Cambridge University Diplomacy Society (Board Game):
                     Secretary               Oct 1998 - Jul 2001.
		 Cambridge University Science-Fiction Society:
                     Treasurer               Oct 2000 - Jul 2001.


Interests and Activities: Backgammon, Bridge, Chess, Computing, 
                 Diplomacy (Board Game), Nomic, Reading, RPGs, Wargaming.

Addresses of previous employers:
                        Petrologic Limited,
                        St. John's Innovation Centre,
                        CAMBRIDGE
                        CB4 0WS

                        AQA NEAB (Harrogate)
                        Springfield House,
                        HARROGATE

Referees:    Mr Louis Vermeulen               Dr T W Korner,       
             226 Bromham Road                 Trinity Hall,        
             Bedford                          Trinity Lane,              
             MK40 4AA                         CB2 1TJ.	     
             (Previous Employer)              (Director of Studies)