Personal Information:

Primary Education:

• Blairgowrie Primary School (1984 - 1990)
• 1st position for academic achievement in standards 5, 4, 3 and 2; Achieved awards for the highest mark for Maths, English and History in standard 5.
• Extra mural activities: soccer, tennis, cricket, recorder, saxophone, Judo.
• Tennis: Junior Boys Winner (1987), Junior Boys Doubles Winners (1986), Senior Boys Doubles Runners-Up (1990), Senior Boys Singles Runner-Up (1990)

Secondary Education:

• Northcliff High School (1991 - 1995)
• Awarded full academic colours in 1995
• Awarded the Rosemary Heathcote Trophy for Latin in 1995 (for the top mark in Latin in matric)
• Achieved awards of merit for Latin in standard 9, Mathematics in standard 8, achieving over 80% average in standard 8, Mathematics in standard 7, achieving over 80% average in standard 7, Mathematics in standard 6, achieving over 80% average in standard 6,
• Matric Results:

Tertiary Education:

I have a Bsc in Computer Science and Maths (1996 - 1998), and a Bsc with honours in Computer Science (1999) from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Results of Bachelor of Science Degree (Bsc):
 

First year results (1996)

Completed requirements for qualification with distinction

University Prizes/Awards:

• 1996: Certificate of first class - Computer Science I
• 1996: Certificate of first class - Mathematics I (Major)
• 1996: Certificate of first class - Economics I
• 1997: Certificate of merit - Computer Science II
• 1998: Certificate of first class - Computer Science III
• 1998: Certificate of first class - Mathematical Insights III
• 1999: Certificate of merit - Computer Science Honours
• 1999: Altech Systems Prize: Runner-up to the best computer science honours project
• 1999: Liberty Life gold medal for honours in computer science to the most outstanding honours student in computer science
• 1999: Colin James Young Prize for the best project in application maths sciences to real world

Publications:

• [ID Sanders, DC Watts, AD Hall] Orthogonal Axial Line Placement in Chains and Trees of Orthogonal Rectangles, South African Computer Journal (technical report) no. 25, August 2000, pp 56-67.

Work Experience:

• Part-time: Approximately 12 months (51 weeks) experience over the 5 years from April 1994 to July 1999
• Full-time: 12 months from December 1999 to February 2001

1) Starfind: The time spent programming in Turbo Pascal for Windows involved writing a small database engine which was used in a generic database application, Starfind. I wrote the entire engine and application with online help. The program features included reports, searching and filtering of the generic databases. I also wrote an installation program with copy protection for the program. (6000 lines)

2) Clearcut: I was involved in writing major modifications in a glass cutting optimization application Clearcut. The program was DOS based and written in Turbo Pascal 6.0. Modifications included database restructuring, algorithm analysis and debugging of previous code. (7800 lines)

3) Starfind 3.0: The first Delphi application was rewriting Starfind and adding/removing numerous features. (3000 lines)

4) Cashtrac and Select: Both projects were started but never completed due to unexplained company reasons. Cashtrac was a basic invoicing application and Select a generic price selection program. (Cashtrac 1500 lines, Select 1800 lines)

5) Bildware: A database system for organizing building materials into logical categories, makes and specifications. Once the building materials are categorized, they can be selected for a specific project and a bill of quantities can be produced. Quotes can also be produced. Client information is stored in databases which can be linked to specific projects. Project defaults and preferences can be set before hand. The system has password protection with different features of the program accessible depending on the user access level. Various reports are available to create hard copies of the information available in the system. (6000 lines). Written in Delphi 1 and updated to Delphi 3.

6) SCOrders: Another database application similar to Starfind to be used as an ordering facility by private hospitals in the medical industry. Once again searching and filtering facilities are features of the program. Also included are various reports and an emailing facility to email orders to the various suppliers. (7000 lines). Written in Delphi 3. This was later renamed SC-Info.

7) SC Screen Saver: A screen saver which can display graphic files of several different formats (bmp, jpg, gif, etc.) at user defined intervals in a user defined order with several different fading algorithms. Used by Surgicom for marketing purposes. (840 lines). Written in Delphi 3.

8) SC-Client: This application forms the receiving module of SC-Info ( previously SCOrders ). SC-Client resides at the supplier side and receives orders from the hospitals generated by SC-Info. Once orders are received they are processed and the confirmed order is sent back to SC-Info. Once again searching and filtering facilities are built into the system and there are various reports to analyse the orders processed, products ordered and hospital trends, etc. (4400 lines). Written in Delphi 3.

9) SC-Manager: This is a "watch-dog" application which monitors the sending and receiving of orders between SC-Info and SC-Client. This application monitors when an order is placed, received, processed and/or cancelled. The monitoring is done via the automatic sending of email messages from SC-Info and SC-Client to SC-Manager when an order is sent, received, etc. (1000 lines). Written in Delphi 3.

10) SC-Info 2000: Rewrote SC-Info to form SC-Info 2000 to accommodate for significant enhancements, such as multiple suppliers per product, specials, bonusing and discounting information. Further improvements include management of excess stock, confirmations and cancellations of orders, advanced searching facilities, faxing and receipting abilities (11500 lines). Written in Delphi 5.

11) SC-Group 2000: Developed SC-Group 2000, a hospital group price file management module. This modules enables a hospital group to control and specify pricing, discounting, specials, bonusing, billing information and preferred suppliers which is automatically passed down to the respective hospitals (6500 lines). Written in Delphi 5.

12) SC-Client 2000: Upgraded SC-Client to SC-Client 2000 to keep data formats and operation consistent with SC-Info 2000 and SC-Group 2000. Added the facility to SC-Client 2000 to manage product catalogues and prices files for the various hospital groups. This information is then automatically passed to SC-Group for processing before being passed to a hospital (6800 lines). Written in Delphi 5.

13) SC-Manager 2000: Upgraded SC-Manager to SC-Manager 2000 to keep data formats and operation consistent with SC-Info 2000, SC-Group 2000 and SC-Info 2000 (1300 lines). Written in Delphi 5.

14) Barotti Online: Developed a price list manager for the seller of this online procurement B2B system. Also worked briefly on the buyer s module of online procurement system as part of a larger team. Both modules were written in Delphi 5.

15) Orpheus 2/FRED: A music cataloging system used by BMG Africa to help with the administration of CD information to determine artist and composer royalties. Includes full editing, searching, reporting, multi-user and security features. The system is a full client/server application with Interbase 6.0 as the database server and serves over 100 concurrent users (30 000 lines). Written in Delphi 5.

16) Gap Reports: A web based system which queries a DB2 server based on user input to generate web based (i.e. HTML) reports. Written in PHP and Java (5000 lines). I contributed to the Java development.

17) Gap Enquiry: A windows applications which generates reports by querying a DB2 server to return doctor, pharmacy, hospital and respective claim processing information (35 000 lines). Written in Delphi 5 in a team environment.

About Andrew Hall:

Andrew Hall started working with computers at the age of 8. Andrew's first home computer was a 4.77 Mhz XT with 256 Kb of RAM, no hard drive, a monochrome screen and two 360 Kb floppy drives. After mastering games such as Donkey Kong, Andrew started learning about DOS. At about 12 years of age, Andrew starting "programming" with batch files and then discovered something called "GW-Basic". About a year and a half later of programming with GW-Basic Andrew discovered Turbo Pascal (version 5.0). At the age of 15 (std 7) Andrew moved up to Turbo Pascal 6.0 and started learning about the wonderful world of  object orientated programming. At 17 (std 9) Andrew landed a part-time job with a company called Stargate. (Strange that the very first bit of software besides DOS that Andrew ever saw was a game called Stargate.) At Stargate Andrew taught himself to program in Turbo Pascal for Windows 1.5. Two years later (1st year university) Andrew started programming in Delphi 1.0. A year later Andrew started mastering C++. Currently Andrew's primary development is in Delphi 5.0 and Java.

Andrew has also picked up various other computer skills and knowledge on along the way including (but not limited to) SQL, HTML, Javascript, Linux, Mac OS, Java, C, Perl, ML and Latex. When Andrew is not programming, you'll find him playing shoot-em-ups, smacking a tennis ball, involved at Church or having a quite beer with a few mates.