TECHNICAL RECIPES LIMITED
Jonathan
Name Jonathan Paul Howard Smith
Born   1971, Christchurch
Employment   2007-Now Director and owner of Technical Recipes Limited
2003-2007 Self-employed computer consultant trading as Technical Recipes
2002-2003 Director and technical manager - Dynamic Software Limited
2000-2002 Contracting senior analyst/programmer to Greenwood Technology Limited
1996-2000 Contracting senior analyst/programmer to Software Mechanix Limited
1995-1996 Analysis/programmer for Software Mechanix Limited
 
Education 1995 Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) with Honours
1993 Bachelor of Science (Mathematics)
1989 A Bursary from Burnside High School
 
Strengths Always seek to understand a problem fully. I then use that understanding to govern my approach to design and problem solving. I am a clear logical thinker.
I am very adept at understanding new concepts and can pick up all new technologies quickly.
I am able to easily cut through sales jargon and recognise real benefits of products and technologies.
I am good at communicating and speaking plain "english" to non-technical people.

 

Areas of expertise Software design, specification and project agreement.
Delphi programming
ASP.NET and C# programming
Business to business automatic electronic transactions.
Database design and data relationships
Process automation
Web programming function technologies
 
Interests Food and coffee
Environmentally friendly and traditional residential architecture
Things Italian and the Italian language
Alternative energy and electric cars
Tramping/Hiking
Latin Dance