Colin Sandercock
Below are a list of here I have lived.
- Born - Dalby, Qld
- Until 8, lived on a grain farm near Jimbour, Qld
- Until 17, lived on a dairy farm near Oakey, Qld
- Moved to Brisbane, attended Qld Uni and started work
- Moved to Sydney at 22, and have lived here since
Work
I work in the IT industry, currently in the service management area. Over the years, I have worked for or consulted to many companies. Amongst them are:
BHPDeveloped interface between PCs and ships management computer to help manage maintenance on the cargo ships and automatically order parts to be available when the ships docked.
WestpacPart of a team that transitioned entire Domino application catalogue to the then latest version of Domino.
IBM Asia PacificPart of implementation team to roll out Domino across all of Asia Pacific region. Was also technical lead for deployment of a fully fault tolerant Domino to SMTP mail gateway for entire Asia Pacific region.
Hill and KnowltonSupported their head office systems in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong for many years, including development of custom applications to suport billing of customers.
Multisoft AustraliaWas technical manager looking after their retailers in Australia, and distributors in New Zealand and Malaysia.
Grandmaster ComputersRan the service and support department, and helped build the company from turnover of approximately $1 million to over $11 million in 2 years. Company was awarded Compaq's national dealer of the year.
TelstraDesigned the seperation of several subsidiaries from the Telstra environment. Since then have been employed by Telstra in designing and implementing BI solutions for service management of their major customers.
N.S.W. Dept of EducationDesigned and implemented a debtors system for the NSW Dept. of Education.
Expo 88Developed applications used by several of the exhibitors at Expo 88 as a part of their Expo stands.
Interests
Some of my interests are listed below:
MotorcyclesI've been interested in motorcysles since a teenager, and have owned many motorcycles over the years. I currently own a Honda VFR800 and a CBR1100XX (Blackbird).
CarsMostly super/hyper cars, and, in particular, Alfa-Romeo. I own the (as far as anyone can determine) the only blackAlfa-Romeo 4C in Australia.
Family TreeI have been working on my family tree for many years - initially becameinterested as the result of a family reunion in the 1980's - that I was unable to attend. My family has been in Australia since the mid 1800's, and I have managed to trace it back to the early 1700's.
ITAs well as working in IT, I have a keen interest in using IT to automate my home - using Goolge home and integrating it with as much as possible - from lights and doorbell to my ay=duio-visual system.
RugbyFollow both the Wallabies and the Waratahs (hopefully rebuilding this season)